Convict Ships

Convict ships were used to carry transported criminals to a penal colony.

Prior to their transportation, prisoners could be held in a prison hulk which was moored off-shore.

The list below shows the Convict ships which are mentioned in the Calderdale Companion

Asia	Ref 459-10

Sailings:

• 25th April 1840: Left England for Van Diemen's Land with 276 convicts

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• John Downs [1840]
• Joshua Wilson [1840]

Bengal Merchant

Ref 459-17

Sailings:

• 24th March 1838: Left England, carrying 270 convicts, arriving New South Wales, Australia [21st July 1838]

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Eli Priestley [1838]

Blundell

Ref 459-3

Sailings:

• 13th March 1844: Left England 13th March 1844, and arriving at Van Diemen's Land on 12th July 1844

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Valentine Akroyd [1844]
• Henry Jagger [1844]
• Samuel Ramsden [1841]

Champion

Ref 459-5

Sailings:

• 24th May 1827: (394 tons) left England, carrying 128 passengers on a voyage lasting 138 days, arriving Sydney Cove, Australia about 17th October 1827

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Henry Sutcliffe [1827]

Coromandel

Ref 459-6

639 tons.

Sailings:

• 27th June 1838: Left Sheerness with 350 male convicts, and arrived in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land, on 26th October 1838, a voyage of 121 days

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Solomon Crabtree [1838]
• James Pickles [1838]
• Jabez Priestley [1838]
• Joseph Ratcliffe [1838]

Duncan

Ref 459-2

Sailings:

• 10th December 1840: 259 convicts left England for Van Diemen's Land

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Jonathan Rushworth [1840]
• George Ibbetson [1840]

Earl Grey

Ref 459-14

Sailings:

• 5th October 1842: Left Plymouth carrying 261 male convicts, and arrived at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land [14th January 1843], after a voyage of 101 days

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• George Ashworth [1842]

Eliza

Ref 459-18

Sailings:

• 25th June 1828: Left England with 158 convicts, arriving in New South Wales [18th November 1828]

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• James Scholes [1828]

Gilmore

Ref 459-7

Sailings:

• 31st October 1831: Left England for Van Diemen's Land with 225 convicts
• 21st April 1832: To Hobart Town
• 4th March 1839: To Hobart Town

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Benjamin Thorpe [1831]

Lady Harewood

Ref 459-4

429-ton

Sailings:

• 26th March 1829: Left London with 207 male convicts, and arrived in Australia [28th July 1829] after a 124-day voyage

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Isaac Briggs [1829]

Lady Penrhyn

Ref 459-22

Originally built as a slave ship [1786].

Sailings:

• 13th May 1787: One of the First Fleet, left Portsmouth for Port Jackson, Sydney, carrying 101/102 female convicts (3 of whom died on voyage) 

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

Mary Greenwood [1787]

Lady Raffles

Ref 459-19

Sailings:

• 30th November 1840: Left England for Van Diemen's Land carrying 330 convicts

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• William Barber [1840]
• Charles Evans [1840]
• Robert Titterington [1840]

Lady Ridley

Ref 459-12

Sailings:

• 4th January 1821: Left England for Van Diemen's Land carrying 138 convicts

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Joseph Firth [1821]

Lord Lyndoch

Ref 459-20

Sailings:

• 7th September 1840: Left England for Van Diemen's Land, carrying 322 convicts

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Jonas Barrett [1840]

Lord Melville (3)

Ref 459-8

Built in Quebec [1825]. 425 tons.

The vessel was wrecked in 1836 with some loss of life

Sailings:

• 6 May 1829: First convict voyage from London to NSW
• 20th May 1830: The second voyage left Sheerness around 20th May 1830, calling at the Downs (England), finally departing 6th June 1830, and arriving at Port Jackson, Sydney Cove [22nd October 1830]. Also on board was a guard detachment of the 17th Regiment of Foot

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Joseph Cliffe [1830]
• William Walsh [1830]
• John Wood [1830]

Marion

Ref 459-13

Sailings:

• 29th November 1843: Left Deptford carrying 295 male convicts and no females, and arrived Van Diemen's Land [3rd April 1844] after a voyage lasting 126 days

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Thomas Spencer [1843]

Mermaid

Ref 459-1

• 30th December 1850: 209 convicts left England for Western Australia on the Mermaid

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• John Kitson [1850]

Moffatt

Ref 459-9

(820 tons) had two decks, and was built in Bengal and launched 1807.

Sailings:

• 10th August 1842: Third voyage departed England carrying a total of 390 convicts and arrived 106 days later, on 28th November 1842,

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

Oriental Queen

Ref 459-21

Sailings:

• 23rd October 1852: Left England, for Van Diemen's Land, carrying 280 convicts

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

Scarborough

Ref 459-23

Sailings:

• 13th May 1787: One of the First Fleet, left Portsmouth for Port Jackson, Sydney, South Wales, carrying 205 male convicts, arriving 26th January 1788

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Richard Partridge [1787]

Susan

Ref 459-15

Launched in Calcutta [1813], she traded in the East Indies

Sailings:

• 21st April 1842: Left England, carrying 300 passengers, and arrived at Colony Tasmania, Van Diemen's Land [25th July 1842]

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Abel Ashworth [1842]

Westmoreland

Ref 459-16

Sailings:

• 15th May 1841: Left England, arriving at Van Diemen's Land [12th September 1841]

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Alexander Mackay [1841]

York	Ref 459-11

Sailings:

• Some time after 1840: Left England for Van Diemen's Land

Prisoners recorded on this ship include:

• Daniel Pullinger

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