Eliza (1815 ship)
| History | |
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| Name: | Eliza |
| Builder: | Java |
| Launched: | 1815 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 391 (bm) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
The Eliza was a 391-ton merchant ship built in Java, Netherlands East Indies in 1815. She made two voyages transporting convicts from England to Australia.
Career
Under the command of William Doutty and surgeon J. Patterson, she left London, England on 29 June 1828, with 158 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 18 November 1828 and had eight deaths en route. Eliza departed Port Jackson on 19 March 1829 bound for London with produce.[1]
On her second convict voyage under the command of William Doutty and surgeon David Thompson, she left London on 7 November 1829, with 117 female convicts. She arrived in Hobart Town on 24 February 1830 and had two deaths en route. Eliza departed Hobart Town in June 1830, bound for Singapore.
Citations
- ↑ "Commercial Interests". The Australian (Sydney), Friday 27 March 1829, p.3. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
References
- Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9
- Llyod's Register (1831)
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