Convict ships to Tasmania explained

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
		Port Jackson
	21 October 1823	England
	28 February 1827	London
	30 November 1827	London
	17 August 1827	Portsmouth
	19 January 1824	The Downs
	21 February 1836	Sheerness
	7 October 1835	The Downs
	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
	13 January 1836	Portsmouth
	13 January 1842	Sheerness	Her first convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
	5 September 1844	Dublin	Her second convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land
	10 August 1828	Plymouth
	23 December 1843	London
	16 July 1837	Woolwich
	8 October 1828
	15 April 1824	The Downs
	18 January 1830	The Downs

C

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	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
	29 February 1820	Port Jackson
	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
	15 December 1821	Woolwich
	18 December 1830	Portsmouth
	3 August 1823	England
	11 June 1851	Ireland
	12 March 1823	England
	26 October 1838
	27 July 1821	Portsmouth
			Moved convicts between Hobart and Sydney in the 1830s

D

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	4 October 1841	Plymouth
	10 January 1820

E

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	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
	22 December 1836	Portsmouth
	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
	29 May 1831	Portsmouth
	24 February 1830	London
	12 August 1833	Sheerness
			Captured on way to Van Diemen's Land before she could land her convicts
	31 July 1833	Portsmouth
	18 July 1832	Sheerness

G

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	12 March 1835	Woolwich	Wrecked with heavy loss of live before she could disembark her convicts
	1 December 1834	The Downs
	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
	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
	31 March 1827	Plymouth
	9 January 1827	Portsmouth
	28 October 1820	Portsmouth

H

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	9 February 1825	London
	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
	11 May 1819	Portsmouth
	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
	10 January 1820	England

I, J, & K

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	19 October 1812	England	First ship to bring convicts to VDL
	14 November 1833	Plymouth
	28 January 1831	London	First voyage to VDL
John	1 December 1833	Spithead	Second voyage to VDL
	11 August 1834	England
	16 July 1832	England

L

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	11 June 1818	England via Port Jackson	Landed some convicts at Port Jackson and took the bulk of them on to Hobart
			Transferred convicts between Australian penal colonies
	28 July 1829	London
	13 February 1835	Portsmouth & Cork	First convict voyage to Tasmania
Lady Kennaway	28 May 1851	Portsmouth	Second convict voyage to Tasmania
			Transferred convicts and former convicts between Australian ports
	11 November 1836	Sheerness
	27 June 1821	England
	19 October 1831	The Downs
	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
	1 May 1842	London	First convict voyage
London	10 March 1851	Dublin	Second convict voyage to Tasmania
Lord Melville	17 December 1818
	26 December 1821	England
	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
	26 August 1838	Portsmouth
	28 August 1832	Portsmouth
	16 May 1833	London

M

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	3 March 1844	Norfolk Island	Her first convict voyage to Tasmania
Maitland	27 October 1846	London	Her second convict voyage to Tasmania
	22 January 1829	London
	21 October 1821	Gravesend
	2 August 1835	Portsmouth
	9 November 1828	London	Her first convict voyage to Tasmania
Manlius	12 August 1830	Sheerness	Her second convict voyage to Tasmania
	1 December 1820	London
	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
	2 May 1822	Dartmouth
	14 September 1825	The Downs
	21 October 1821	Land's End
	22 September 1830	Spithead
	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
	28 August 1820	London

N, O, & P

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	18 January 1838	Sheerness	Her first convict voyage to Tasmania
Neptune	5 April 1850	England & Bermuda	Her second convict voyage to Tasmania
	28 August 1835	Sheerness
	1804	Port Phillip
	20 May 1822	Portsmouth
	21 July 1824	England
	8 November 1824	London
	10 January 1830	Sheerness
	2 January 1842	Kingstown (Dublin)

R

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	16 December 1828	The Downs
	18 October 1830	Portsmouth
	c.March 1812	Port Jackson
	28 March 1840	London

S

Name	Date of arrival	Sailed from	Notes
	29 March 1837	London
	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
	30 December 1823	London
	8 July 1852	Woolwich	220 female convicts (1 died at sea)
	30 May 1842	Plymouth
	4 September 1833	Spithead
	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
	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
	1 November 1829	London
	19 February 1842	Plymouth
	20 November 1834	Portsmouth
	3 December 1836	Woolwich
	29 July 1828	The Downs
	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
	29 April 1826	Sheerness
	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

• Book: Bateson, Charles . The Convict Ships . Charles Bateson . 1959 . Brown, Son & Ferguson . 3778075.