Convict ships to New South Wales

The use of convict ships to New South Wales began on 18 August 1786, when the decision was made to send a colonisation party of convicts, military, and civilian personnel to Botany Bay. Transportation to the Colony of New South Wales was finally officially abolished on 1 October 1850.Convicts This list reflects vessels that transported convicts to New South Wales as currently represented, it does not include transportations to colonies or ports that were once part of New South Wales.

A NameDate of arrivalSailed fromNotes26 September 1791PlymouthPart of Third Fleet8 September 1821EnglandAdelaide24 December 1849London16 October 1791PortsmouthPart of Third Fleet20 December 1808PortsmouthFirst convict voyage to NSWAdmiral Gambier29 September 1811EnglandSecond convict voyage to NSW20 August 1830PortsmouthAeolus26 January 1809London22 September 1820PortsmouthAlbemarle13 October 1791PortsmouthPart of Third Fleet14 February 1827PlymouthFirst convict voyage to NSWAlbion3 November 1828SheernessSecond convict voyage to NSW26 January 1788SpitheadPart of First Fleet20 August 1806Portsmouth4 April 1816IrelandAlice1 March 1835Hobart Town29 August 1817DownsFirst convict voyage to NSWAlmorah22 December 1820WaterfordSecond convict voyage to NSWAlmorah20 August 1824CorkThird convict voyage to NSW1 January 1822IndiaAmerica 18 August 1829Woolwich Wrecked at outset of voyage Woolwich 108 female convicts and 12 children drownedAndromeda18 December 1830CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWAndromeda11 March 1833PortsmouthSecond convict voyage to NSWAndromeda17 September 1834CorkThird convict voyage to NSW2 January 1825CorkAnn30 June 1825Mauritius21 February 1801Cork27 February 1810SpitheadArab15 August 1834Hobart Town16 February 1813Cork28 December 1820EnglandFirst convict voyage to NSWAsia24 July 1822EnglandSecond convict voyage to NSWAsia22 February 1825CorkThird convict voyage to NSWAsia13 March 1828LondonFourth convict voyage to NSWAsia13 January 1830CorkFifth convict voyage to NSWAsia13 February 1832PortsmouthSixth convict voyage to NSWAsia27 June 1833DownsSeventh convict voyage to NSWAsia22 March 1836Hobart TownEighth convict voyage to NSW29 April 1825PortsmouthFirst convict voyage to NSWAsia7 December 1827PortsmouthSecond convict voyage to NSWAsia2 December 1831CorkThird convict voyage to NSWAsia2 December 1836TorbayFourth convict voyage to NSW20 August 1791PlymouthPart of Third Fleet7 July 1802IrelandFirst convict voyage to NSWAtlas19 October 1819GravesendSecond convict voyage to NSW.30 October 1802Cork22 July 1816Portsmouth3 November 1833Portsmouth

B NameDate of arrivalSailed fromNotes3 February 1836Hobart TownOne convict transported from Hobart.Baring7 September 1815EnglandFirst convict voyage to NSWBaring26 June 1819DownsSecond convict voyage to NSW8 December 1839SheernessBarwell18 May 1798Portsmouth5 April 1818PlymouthBellona16 January 1793Gravesend25 August 1819CorkBengal Merchant30 January 1835LondonFirst convict voyage to NSWBengal Merchant9 December 1836DownsSecond convict voyage to NSWBengal Merchant21 July 1838SheernessThird convict voyage to NSWBlackwell29 September 1835CorkBlenheim14 November 1834CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWBlenheim5 August 1837Hobart TownSecond convict voyage to NSWBlenhiem27 September 1839DublinThird convict voyage to NSW7 August 1793CorkBoddingtons22 April 1828Hobart TownNot clear that she actually carried convicts12 July 1828Cork26 July 1830Calcutta10 prisoners from CalcuttaBoyd14 August 1809CorkBoyne28 October 1826CorkBrampton22 April 1823CorkBridgewater11 May 1816BengalBritannia14 February 1814BengalFirst convict voyage to NSW14 October 1791PortsmouthFirst convict voyage to NSW. Part of Third FleetBritannia18 July 1798PortsmouthSecond convict voyage to NSW27 May 1797CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWBrothers7 May 1824DownsFirst convict voyage to NSWBrothers2 February 1827CorkSecond convict voyage to NSWBroxbornebury28 July 1814England5 October 1833PortsmouthFirst convict voyage to NSWBuffalo27 June 1837AdelaideSecond convict voyage to NSWBuffalo25 February 1840QuebecThird convict voyage to NSW19 December 1830PlymouthFirst convict voyage to NSWBurrell20 May 1832WoolwichSecond convict voyage to NSWBussorah Merchant26 July 1828LondonFirst convict voyage to NSWBussorah Merchant14 December 1831DublinSecond convict voyage to NSW

C NameDate of arrivalSailed fromNotesCalcutta5 August 1837 DublinCalder20 November 1822Calcutta Caledonia17 December 1838Madras First convict voyage to NSWCaledonia30 April 1840Swan RiverSecond convict voyage to NSWCalista13 April 1828Hobart TownCambridge17 September 1827DublinCamden25 July 1831LondonFirst convict voyage to NSWCamden18 February 1833SheernessSecond convict voyage to NSWCampbell Macquarie17 January 1812CalcuttaCanada14 December 1801SpitheadFirst convict voyage to NSWCanada8 September 1810EnglandSecond convict voyage to NSWCanada5 August 1815CorkThird convict voyage to NSWCanada6 August 1817CorkFourth convict voyage to NSWCanada1 September 1819LondonFifth convict voyage to NSWCaptain Cook2 April 1832DublinFirst convict voyage to NSWCaptain Cook26 August 1833PortsmouthSecond convict voyage to NSWCaptain Cook13 November 1836CorkThird convict voyage to NSWCaroline31 July 1831Madras & CalcuttaCaroline6 August 1833Cork Castle Forbes27 January 1820CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWCastle Forbes15 January 1824CorkSecond convict voyage to NSWCatherine4 May 1814FalmouthCawdry1 January 1826India & CeylonCelia14 October 1828MauritiusFirst convict voyage to NSWCelia11 March 1831MauritiusSecond convict voyage to NSWCeylon21 August 1830CeylonChampion17 October 1827LondonChapman26 July 1817CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWChapman3 November 1826Hobart TownSecond convict voyage to NSWCharles Dumergue16 July 1837MadrasCharles Kerr9 October 1837SpitheadCharlotte26 January 1788SpitheadPart of First FleetChristina29 August 1840Adelaide City of Edinburgh12 November 1828CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWCity of Edinburgh27 June 1832CorkSecond convict voyage to NSW6 December 1829LondonClorinda12 May 1835Ceylon27 August 1832PortsmouthFirst convict voyage to NSWClyde10 September 1838DublinSecond convict voyage to NSW10 October 1828LondonCoromandel13 June 1802Spithead First convict voyage to NSWCoromandel7 May 1804England Second convict voyage to NSWHMS Coromandel4 April 1820Spithead 21 December 1823CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWCountess of Harcourt12 July 1824DownsSecond convict voyage to NSWCountess of Harcourt28 June 1827DublinThird convict voyage to NSWCountess of Harcourt8 September 1828LondonFourth convict voyage to NSWCourier23 March 1833Port LouisCurrency Lass11 October 1834Hobart TownFirst convict voyage to NSWCurrency Lass29 July 1835Hobart TownSecond convict voyage to NSW

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NameDate of arrivalSailed fromNotes21 September 1819Cork26 June 1831MauritiusFirst convict voyage to NSW - Transported 1 military convictDart31 December 1833MauritiusSecond convict voyage to NSW - Transported a number of military convictsDart9 July 1834MauritiusThird convict voyage to NSW - Transported a number of military convicts28 March 1838Cork25 May 1833Woolwich12 March 1821England19 September 1820Cork1 December 1840AdelaideTransported 9 male convictsHMS Dromedary28 January 1820England12 September 1831MauritiusTransported 1 military convict4 April 1807IndiaTransported 2 military convicts27 July 1807EnglandFirst convict voyage to NSWDuke of Portland25 January 1809PortsmouthSecond convict voyage to NSW30 March 1830ShernessFirst convict voyage to NSWDunvegan Castle16 October 1832DublinSecond convict voyage to NSW

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NameDate of arrivalSailed fromNotesEagle17 February 1811 CalcuttaTransported military convictsEarl Cornwallis12 June 1801England Earl Grey31 December 1836CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWEarl Grey21 November 1838PortsmouthSecond convict voyage to NSWEarl of Liverpool5 April 1831LondonEarl Spencer9 October 1813England Earl St. Vincent16 December 1818CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWEarl St. Vincent 16 August 1820PortsmouthSecond convict voyage to NSWEarl St. Vincent9 September 1823CorkThird convict voyage to NSWEden14 January 1837Hobart TownFirst convict voyage to NSWEden 18 November 1840SheernessSecond convict voyage to NSWEdward26 April 1829CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWEdward22 February 1831CorkSecond convict voyage to NSWEdward Lombes6 January 1833IndiaTransported military convicts25 June 1831Portsmouth5 July 1813CalcuttaFirst convict voyage to NSWEliza16 May 1815CalcuttaSecond convict voyage to NSWEliza16 May 1828Hobart21 January 1820EnglandFirst convict voyage to NSWEliza22 November 1822SheernessSecond convict voyage to NSWEliza8 November 1827CorkThird convict voyage to NSWEliza20 June 1829CorkFourth convict voyage to NSWEliza6 September 1832CorkFifth convict voyage to NSW18 November 1828London20 December 1830Hobart20 May 1833Singapore17 December 1838Singapore & Swan RiverTransported military convicts5 October 1816EnglandFirst convict voyage to NSWElizabeth19 November 1818CorkSecond convict voyage to NSWElizabeth31 December 1820The DownsThird convict voyage to NSWElizabeth12 January 1828Cork12 October 1836LondonEllen5 January 1837MauritiusElphinstone29 December 1838DublinEmma Eugenia9 February 1838Portsmouth16 January 1834MauritiusTransported a military convictEngland18 September 1826DownsFirst convict voyage to NSWEngland1835PortsmouthSecond convict voyage to NSWEudora22 November 1840BombayTransported military convictsExmouth28 July 1831WoolwichExperiment24 June 1804 CowesExperiment25 June 1809Cork

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NameDate of arrivalSailed fromNotes15 February 1834England8 March 1817SpitheadFanny18 January 1816The DownsFanny2 February 1833The DownsFergusson26 March 1829SpitheadFlora8 November 1829SpitheadFlorentia3 January 1828EnglandFirst convict voyage to NSWFlorentia15 December 1830IrelandSecond convict voyage to NSWForth26 April 1830CorkForth12 October 1830CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWForth3 February 1835CorkSecond convict voyage to NSWFortune12 July 1806EnglandFirst convict voyage to NSWFortune11 June 1813EnglandSecond convict voyage to NSWFrancis & Eliza8 August 1815CorkFreak23 June 1839MauritiusFrederick18 June 1814CalcuttaFirst convict voyage to NSWFrederick24 April 1815CalcuttaSecond convict voyage to NSWFrederick22 November 1817CalcuttaThird convict voyage to NSWFrederick & Maria19 June 1811CalcuttaTransported a number of military convicts from BengalFriends10 October 1811EnglandFriendship26 January 1788SpitheadPart of First FleetFriendship16 February 1800CorkFirst convict voyage to NSWFriendship14 January 1818EnglandSecond convict voyage to NSW

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