Science was launched at Scarborough in 1829. On 20 September Captain J. Saunders sailed her from England for Mauritius under a license from the British East India Company.Lloyd's Register (LR), (1831), "Ships Trading to India - 1829". On 9 September 1831 Captain W. Saunders sailed her from Britain to Van Diemen's Land.LR (1832), "Ships Trading to Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales – 1831". She sailed from Hobart in May 1832.
Science, Saunders, master, foundered off Cape Horn, Chile on 21 June, after having been badly damaged by heavy seas at . Her crew set her on fire and abandoned her. The American South Sea whaler rescued the crew. Science was on a voyage from Van Diemen's Land to London.
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John Allen (settler)
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