Convict ships to Tasmania

Indefatigable arrived at Hobart Town in 1812 and was the first vessel to transport convicts to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). There was a break until 1818 when Minerva arrived. Thereafter one or more vessels arrived each year until 26 May 1853 when St Vincent became the last to arrive. In some cases the vessels concerned simply transferred convicts from Port Jackson.

A

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Admiral Cockburn (1814 ship) Port Jackson
Albion (1813 ship) 21 October 1823 England
Andromeda (1819) 28 February 1827 London
Asia (1813 ship) 30 November 1827 London
Asia (1815 ship) 17 August 1827 Portsmouth
Asia (1817 ship) 19 January 1824 The Downs
Asia (1818 ship) 21 February 1836 Sheerness
Aurora (1816 ship) 7 October 1835 The Downs
Augusta Jessie (1834 ship) 27 September 1834 Portsmouth First convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land (VDL)
Augusta Jessie 6 December 1838 Second convict voyage to VDL

B

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Bardaster (1833 ship) 13 January 1836 Portsmouth
Barrosa (1811 ship) 13 January 1842 Sheerness Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Barrosa (1811 ship) 5 September 1844 Dublin Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Bengal Merchant (1812 ship) 10 August 1828 Plymouth
Bheemoolah (1808 ship) 23 December 1843 London
Blenheim (1834 ship) 16 July 1837 Woolwich
Borneo (1817 ship) 8 October 1828
Brothers (1815 ship) 15 April 1824 The Downs
Bussorah Merchant (1818 ship) 18 January 1830 The Downs

C

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Caledonia (1815 ship) 17 November 1820 Portsmouth Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Caledonia 6 November 1822 Portsmouth Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Castle Forbes (1818 ship) 29 February 1820 Port Jackson
Chapman (1777 ship) 27 July 1824 England Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Chapman 7 October 1826 London Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Claudine (1811 ship) 15 December 1821 Woolwich
Clyde (1820 ship) 18 December 1830 Portsmouth
Competitor (1813 ship) 3 August 1823 England
Cornwall (1810 ship) 11 June 1851 Ireland
HMS Coromandel (1815) 12 March 1823 England
Coromandel (1820 ship) 26 October 1838
Countess of Harcourt (1811 ship) 27 July 1821 Portsmouth
Currency Lass (1826 schooner) Moved convicts between Hobart and Sydney in the 1830s

D

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
David Clark (1816 ship) 4 October 1841 Plymouth
HMS Dromedary (1806) 10 January 1820

E

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Earl Grey (1835 ship) 14 January 1843 Plymouth Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Earl Grey 9 May 1850 Dublin Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Eden (1826 ship) 22 December 1836 Portsmouth
Egyptian 24 August 1839 Sheerness Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Egyptian 12 December 1840 Dublin Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Eliza (1804 ship) 29 May 1831 Portsmouth
Eliza (1815 ship) 24 February 1830 London
Emperor Alexander (1813 Chepstow ship) 12 August 1833 Sheerness
Emu (1812 ship) Captured on way to Van Diemen's Land before she could land her convicts
Enchantress (1828 ship) 31 July 1833 Portsmouth
England (1813 ship) 18 July 1832 Sheerness

F

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Fairlie (1810 ship) 3 July 1852 Dublin, via the Cape

G

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
George III (ship) 12 March 1835 Woolwich Wrecked with heavy loss of live before she could disembark her convicts
George Hibbert (1803 ship) 1 December 1834 The Downs
Georgiana (1826 ship) 20 April 1829 Plymouth Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Georgiana 1 February 1833 Portsmouth Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Gilmore (1824 ship) 22 March 1832 London Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Gilmore 24 January 1839 Spithead Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Governor Ready (1825 ship) 31 March 1827 Plymouth
Grenada (1810 ship) 9 January 1827 Portsmouth
Guildford (1810 ship) 28 October 1820 Portsmouth

H

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Henry (1819 ship) 9 February 1825 London
Henry Porcher (1817 ship) 24 April 1833 London Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Henry Porcher 15 November 1836 Portsmouth Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Hibernia (1810 ship) 11 May 1819 Portsmouth
Hooghly (1819 ship)
Hindostan (1819 ship) 7 December 1839 London Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Hindostan 19 January 1841 London Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
HMS Howe 10 January 1820 England

I, J, & K

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Indefatigable (1799 ship) 19 October 1812 England First ship to bring convicts to VDL
Isabella (1818 ship) 14 November 1833 Plymouth
John (1809 ship) 28 January 1831 London First voyage to VDL
John 1 December 1833 Spithead Second voyage to VDL
John Barry (1814 ship) 11 August 1834 England
Katherine Stewart Forbes (1818 ship) 16 July 1832 England

L

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Lady Castlereagh (1803 EIC ship) 11 June 1818 England via Port Jackson Landed some convicts at Port Jackson and took the bulk of them on to Hobart
Lady Denison Transferred convicts between Australian penal colonies
Lady Harewood (1791 ship) 28 July 1829 London
Lady Kennaway (1816 ship) 13 February 1835 Portsmouth & Cork First convict voyage to Tasmania
Lady Kennaway 28 May 1851 Portsmouth Second convict voyage to Tasmania
HMS Lady Nelson (1798) Transferred convicts and former convicts between Australian ports
Lady Nugent (1814 ship) 11 November 1836 Sheerness
Lady Ridley (1813 ship) 27 June 1821 England
Larkins (1808 ship) 19 October 1831 The Downs
Layton 9 October 1827 Plymouth First convict voyage to VDL
Layton 10 December 1835 Sheerness Second convict voyage to VDL
Layton 1 September 1841 Lonson Third convict voyage to VDL
London (1832 ship) 1 May 1842 London First convict voyage
London 10 March 1851 Dublin Second convict voyage to Tasmania
Lord Melville 17 December 1818
Lord Hungerford (1814 ship) 26 December 1821 England
Lord Lyndoch (1814 ship) 18 November 1831 Sheerness First convict voyage to Tasmania
Lord Lyndoch 20 August 1836 London Second convict voyage to Tasmania
Lord Lyndoch 5 February 1841 London Third convict voyage to Tasmania
Lord William Bentinck (1828 Bristol ship) 26 August 1838 Portsmouth
Lord William Bentinck (1828 Yarmouth ship) 28 August 1832 Portsmouth
Lotus (1826 ship) 16 May 1833 London

M

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Maitland (1811 ship) 3 March 1844 Norfolk Island Her first convict voyage to Tasmania
Maitland 27 October 1846 London Her second convict voyage to Tasmania
Majestic (1829 ship) 22 January 1829 London
Malabar (1804 ship) 21 October 1821 Gravesend
Mangles (1803 ship) 2 August 1835 Portsmouth
Manlius (1826 ship) 9 November 1828 London Her first convict voyage to Tasmania
Manlius 12 August 1830 Sheerness Her second convict voyage to Tasmania
Maria (1798 ship) 1 December 1820 London
Mary (1811 Ipswich ship) 5 October 1823 London Her first convict voyage to Tasmania
Mary 10 April 1830 London Her second convict voyage to Tasmania
Mary 19 October 1831 London Her third convict voyage to Tasmania
Mary Ann (1807 Batavia ship) 2 May 1822 Dartmouth
Medina (1811 ship) 14 September 1825 The Downs
Medway (1810 ship) 21 October 1821 Land's End
Mellish (1819 ship) 22 September 1830 Spithead
Minerva (1805 ship) 7 June 1818 Cork Second ship to bring convicts to VDL
Moffat 9 May 1834 Plymouth Her first convict voyage to Tasmania
Moffat 1 April 1838 Portsmouth Her second convict voyage to Tasmania
Moffat 20 November 1842 Portsmouth Her third convict voyage to Tasmania
Morley (1811 ship) 28 August 1820 London

N, O, & P

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Neptune (1815 ship) 18 January 1838 Sheerness Her first convict voyage to Tasmania
Neptune 5 April 1850 England & Bermuda Her second convict voyage to Tasmania
Norfolk (1814 ship) 28 August 1835 Sheerness
Ocean (1794 ship) 1804 Port Phillip
Phoenix (1810 ship) 20 May 1822 Portsmouth
Phoenix (1798 ship) 21 July 1824 England
Princess Charlotte (1813 Sunderland ship) 8 November 1824 London
Prince Regent (1811 Shields ship) 10 January 1830 Sheerness
Prince Regent (1811 Rochester ship) 2 January 1842 Kingstown (Dublin)

R

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Roslin Castle (1819 ship) 16 December 1828 The Downs
Royal George (1820 ship) 18 October 1830 Portsmouth
Ruby (1800 ship) c.March 1812 Port Jackson
Runnymede (1825 ship) 28 March 1840 London

S

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Sarah (1819 ship) 29 March 1837 London
Sir Charles Forbes 18 April 1825 Portsmouth First convict voyage to Tasmania
Sir Charles Forbes 3 January 1827 London Second convict voyage to Tasmania
Sir Charles Forbes 27 July 1830 Plymouth Third convict voyage to Tasmania
Sir Godfrey Webster (1799 ship) 30 December 1823 London
Sir Robert Seppings (ship) 8 July 1852 Woolwich 220 female convicts (1 died at sea)
Somersetshire (1810 ship) 30 May 1842 Plymouth
Stakesby (1814 ship) 4 September 1833 Spithead
Surry (1811 ship) 14 December 1829 London Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Surrey 17 May 1836 Cork Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Surrey 11 August 1842 The Downs Her third convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Susan (1813 ship) 21 November 1837 London Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Susan 25 July 1842 Plymouth Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land

T, W, & Y

Name Date of arrival Sailed from Notes
Thames (1818 ship) 1 November 1829 London
HMS Tortoise (1807) 19 February 1842 Plymouth
Waterloo (1815 ship) 20 November 1834 Portsmouth
Westmoreland (1832 ship) 3 December 1836 Woolwich
William Miles (1808 ship) 29 July 1828 The Downs
Woodford (1819 ship) 22 November 1826 London Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Woodford 25 August 1828 Portsmouth Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
Woodman (1808 ship) 29 April 1826 Sheerness
York (1819 ship) 28 August 1829 London Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
York 29 December 1832 Plymouth Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land

References

  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.