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 Convict Ships to Australia
NSW 1788-1800 NSW 1801-1849 Norfolk Island
Tasmania Queensland Victoria Western Australia
Convicts and Convict Ships Sent to
Port Jackson NSW 1787-1800
Click on "NSW Convict Women" above for
lists of Convict Women 1788-1828.
N.B. Some ships are linked to information on one
or more of the convicts who arrived on that voyage.
The First Fleet (1787-1788)Go to List of Convicts on the First Fleet
       Vessel        Year      Built    Tons    Arrived    Port    Sailed        From      Days Embarked   Deaths   Escaped   New Cons  Arrivals          Master                       Surgeon
                                                                                                  M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F
Alexander (T)        1783  Hull         452?   21 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    251   195  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...     Duncan Sinclair              William Balmain
Charlotte (T)        1784  Thames       335?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252    88   20  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...     Thomas Gilbert                 John White
Friendship (T)       1784  Scarborough  274?   21 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    251    76   21  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...     Francis Walton               Thomas Arndell
Lady Penrhyn (T)     1786  Thames       333?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252   ...  101  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...    Wm Cropton Sever    John Turnpenny Altree/Arthur Bowes
Prince of Wales (T)  1786  Thames       350?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252     1   49  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...       John Mason                       ...
Scarborough (T)      1782  Scarborough  430?   21 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    251   208  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...      John Marshall               Denis Considen
Borrowdale (S-S)     1785  Sunderland   272?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...           ...                          ...
Fishburn (S-S)       1780  Whitby       378?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...           ...                          ...
Golden Grove (S-S)   1780  Whitby       375?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...           ...                          ...
Sirius (W)            ...       ...     612?   22 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    252   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...           ...                          ...
Supply (W)            ...       ...     170?   20 01 1788  NSW   13 05 1787  Portsmouth    250   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...           ...                          ...
         (T)=transport; (S-S)=store-ship; (W)=warship
Lady Juliana          ...       ...     401    03 06 1790  NSW   29 07 1789  Plymouth      309   ...  226  ...   5   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  221       Capt Aitken                 Richard Alley
Guardian *            ...       ...      ...   21 02 1790  CAPE  12 09 1789  Spithead      ...    25  ...   5   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  20*  ...   Lt Edward Riou (RN)                  ...
         * The Guardian struck an iceburg and limped back to Africa                                * 20 convicts survived and joined the Second Fleet
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The Second Fleet (1790)Go to List of Convicts on the Second Fleet

       Vessel        Year      Built    Tons    Arrived    Port    Sailed        From      Days Embarked   Deaths   Escaped   New Cons  Arrivals          Master                       Surgeon
                                                                                                  M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F
Surprize (1)          ...       ...     400    26 06 1790  NSW   19 01 1790  Portsmouth    158   256  ...   36  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  218  ...     Nicholas Anstis                 Wm Waters
Neptune               ...       ...     809    28 06 1790  NSW   19 01 1790  Portsmouth    160   424   78  147   11  ...  ...  12*  ...  286   67      Donald Trail                    Wm Gray
Scarborough (2)       ...       ...     418    28 06 1790  NSW   19 01 1790  Portsmouth    160   259  ...   73  ...  ...  ...   8*  ...  188  ...      John Marshall            Augustus Jacob Beyer
                                                                                                       * Convicts rescued from the Guardian in Feb 1790
Mary Ann             1772  France       298    09 07 1791  NSW   16 02 1791  England       143   ...  150  ...   9   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  141       Mark Munroe                      ...
Gorgon                ...       ...      ...   21 09 1791  NSW   15 03 1791  England       190    31  ...   1   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...   30  ...           ...                          ...
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The Third Fleet (1791)Go to List of Convicts on the Third Fleet

       Vessel        Year      Built    Tons    Arrived    Port    Sailed        From      Days Embarked   Deaths   Escaped   New Cons  Arrivals          Master                       Surgeon
                                                                                                  M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F
Matilda              1779  France       460    01 08 1791  NSW   27 03 1791  Portsmouth    127   230  ...   25  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  205  ...   Matthew Weatherhead                  ...
Atlantic             1784  Wales        422    20 08 1791  NSW   27 03 1791  Plymouth      146   220  ...   18  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  202  ...   Archibald Armstrong             James Thomson
Salamander           1776  Thames       320    21 08 1791  NSW   27 03 1791  Plymouth      147   160  ...   5   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  155  ...        J? Nichol                       ...
William and Ann      1759  England      370    28 08 1791  NSW   27 03 1791  Plymouth      154   188  ...   7   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  181  ...        E? Bunker                       ...
Active               1764  Shoreham     350    26 09 1791  NSW   27 03 1791  Portsmouth    183   175  ...   21  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  154  ...     John Mitchinson                    ...
Queen                1773  Georgia      400    26 09 1791  NSW   .. 04 1791  Cork          ...   133   22   7   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  126   22      Richard Owen                      ...
Albermarle            ...  France       530    13 10 1791  NSW   27 03 1791  Portsmouth    200   282  ...  32*  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  250   6+      George Bowen                      ...
Britannia             ...       ...     520    14 10 1791  NSW   27 03 1791  Portsmouth    201   150  ...   21  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  129  ...     Thomas Melville                    ...
Admiral Barrington   1781  France       527    16 10 1791  NSW   27 03 1791  Portsmouth    203   300  ...   36  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  264  ...   Robert Abbon Marsh              Peter Gossam
[To Top]                                                                                                        * 32 deaths included 2 executions
                                                                                                              + arrival of 6 females is a mystery

Convicts and Convict Ships to Port Jackson, NSW, 1792

       Vessel        Year      Built    Tons    Arrived    Port    Sailed        From      Days Embarked   Deaths   Escaped   New Cons  Arrivals          Master                       Surgeon
                                                                                                  M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F
Pitt                 1780  Thames       775    14 02 1792  NSW   17 07 1791  Yarmouth Rds  212   352   58   20    9    5  ...  ...  ...  319   49     Edward Manning                  ? Jameson
Royal Admiral        1777  Thames       914    07 10 1792  NSW   30 05 1791  Torbay        130   299   49   10    2    1  ...   1+  ...  289   47    Essex Henry Bond               Richard Alley
Kitty                1787  Sunderland   363    18 11 1792  NSW    31 03 1792 England *     231    10   30  ...    3    8  ...  ...  ...    2   27      George Ramsay                 J.P Niebuhr
[To Top]                                                        * Returned to Spithead for repairs             + recaptured prisoner from Pitt
                                                                  sailed from Portsmouth 6/4/1791.

Convicts and Convict Ships to Port Jackson, NSW, 1793

       Vessel        Year      Built    Tons    Arrived    Port    Sailed        From      Days Embarked   Deaths   Escaped   New Cons  Arrivals          Master                       Surgeon
                                                                                                  M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F
Bellona              1782  Thames       472    16 01 1793  NSW   08 08 1792  Gravesend     163   ...   17  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...   17      Matthew Boyd                Richard Clarke
Boddingtons          1781  Thames       331    07 08 1793  NSW   15 02 1793  Cork          173   125   20    1  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  124   20     Robert Chalmers               Richard Kent
Sugar Cane           1786  Thames       403    17 09 1793  NSW   12 04 1793  Cork          157   110   50   1*  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  109   50     Thomas Musgrave              David Wake Bell
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Convicts and Convict Ships to Port Jackson, NSW (1794-1796)

       Vessel        Year      Built    Tons    Arrived    Port    Sailed        From      Days Embarked   Deaths   Escaped   New Cons  Arrivals          Master                       Surgeon
                                                                                                  M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F
William              1770  France       305    10 03 1794  NSW   21 09 1793  England       171   ...    1  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...    1     William Folger                     ...
Surprize (2)          ...       ...     400    25 10 1794  NSW   02 05 1794  England       176    23   60  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...   23   60    Patrick Campbell               James Thomson
Sovereign             ...       ...     362    05 11 1795  NSW   25 05 1795  England       165     1  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...    1  ...      George Storey                     ...
Marquis Cornwallis   1789  India        654    11 02 1796  NSW   09 08 1795  Cork          186   163   70  11*  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  152   70      Michael Hogan               Matthew Austin
Indispensable        1791  France       351    30 04 1796  NSW   .. 10 1795  England      6mths  ...  133  ...    2  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  131       ? Wilkinson                      ...
[To Top]                                                                                                       * 7 died after mutiny put down

Convicts and Convict Ships to Port Jackson, NSW (1797-1800)

       Vessel        Year      Built    Tons    Arrived    Port    Sailed        From      Days Embarked   Deaths   Escaped   New Cons  Arrivals          Master                       Surgeon
                                                                                                  M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F    M    F
Lady Shore           1793  Hull         316    28 08 1797   *    .. 05 1797  Gravesend     ...     1   66  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...     James Willcocks                  ? Fyfe
                                                          * mutiny at 4am on 1/8/1797 while 4 days out of Rio de Janeiro
                                                            female prisoners landed in Montevideo & taken as servants
Britannia (I)        1774  East India   500    27 05 1797  NSW   10 12 1796  Cork          169   144   44   10    1  ...  ...  ...  ...  134   43     Thomas Dennott            Augustus Jacob Beyer
Ganges               1794  India        700    02 06 1797  NSW   .. .. 1797  Portsmouth     ?    203  ...   13  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  190  ...    Thomas Patrickson              James Mileham
Barwell              1782  Thames       796    18 05 1798  NSW   07 11 1797  Portsmouth    192   296  ...    9  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  287  ...      John Cameron              John Thomas Sharpe
Britannia (II)       1783  Bridport     301    18 07 1798  NSW   .. .. 1798  England        ?    ...   96  ...    2  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...   94     Robert Turnbull                    ...
Hillsborough          ...       ...     764    26 07 1799  NSW   23 12 1798  Portland Rds  212   300  ...   95  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  205  ...    William Hingston        John Justice William Kunst
Minerva               ...  Bombay       558    11 01 1800  NSW   24 08 1799  Cork          140   165   26    3  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  162   26     Joseph Salkeld                     ...
Friendship           1793  Thames       430    16 02 1800  NSW   24 08 1799  Cork          176   133  ...   19  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  114  ...        Hugh Reed                       ...
Speedy               1779  Thames       313    15 04 1800  NSW   24 11 1799  England       143   ...   53  ...    3  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...   50     George Quested                     ...
Royal Admiral (2)    1777  Thames       914    20 11 1800  NSW   23 05 1800  England       181   300  ...   43  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  257  ...     William Wilson                Samuel Turner
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Extracted from The convict ships, 1787-1868, by Charles Bateson. 2nd ed. 1974.

This list has been compiled in good faith. Please treat the information with caution and
refer to primary sources for confirmation and further research.

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