Eliza (1806 ship)

For other ships of the same name, see Eliza (ship).
History
Name: Eliza
Builder: India
Launched: 1806
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 511 (bm)
Propulsion: Sail

The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.

Career

First convict transport voyage (1819-1820)

Under the command of Francis Hunt and surgeon J. Brydone, she left England on 16 October 1819, with 160 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 21 January 1820 and had one death en route.

Eliza departed Port Jackson on 21 March 1820 bound for Hobart Town.[1]

Second convict transport voyage (1822)

On her second convict voyage under the command of J. Hunt and surgeon William Rae, she left Sheerness, England on 20 July 1822, with 160 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 22 November 1822 and had no deaths en route.

Eliza departed Port Jackson on 12 January 1823, bound for Batavia.[2]

Third convict transport voyage (1827-1828)

After repairs and rerated at 538 tons, her next convict voyage under the command of Daniel Leary and surgeon George Rutherford, she left Cork, Ireland on 19 July 1827, with 192 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 8 November 1827 and had no convict deaths en route. One guard died on the voyage.

Eliza departed Port Jackson on 8 April 1828, bound for London with produce.[3]

Fourth convict transport voyage (1829-1830)

On her fourth convict voyage under the command of William Nicholas and surgeon J. McTernan, she left Cork, Ireland on 2 March 1829, with 170 male convicts and eleven free boys joining their parents. She arrived in Sydney on 20 June 1829 and had no deaths en route.

Eliza departed Port Jackson on 16 July 1829, bound for Mauritius.[4] She arrived at Mauritius in mid September.[5]

Fifth convict transport voyage (1831)

The fifth convict voyage under the command of John Groves and surgeon William Anderson, she left Portsmouth, England on the 6 February 1831 and arrived at Hobart Town on the 29 May 1831 with no deaths en route.

Eliza departed Hobart Town on 16 June 1831, bound for Penang and Calcutta, in ballast.[6]

Citations and references

Citations
  1. ↑ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 25 March 1820, p.2. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 16 January 1823, p.2. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Wednesday 9 April 1828, p.3. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Vessels Enterted Outwards, since last publication". Sydney General Trade List, Thursday 23 July 1829, p.1. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nautical Intelligence". Sydney General Trade List, and Mercantile Advertiser, Thursday 31 December 1829, p.2. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Courier". The Hobart Town Courier, Saturday 18 June 1831, p.2. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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