List of colonial vessels of New South Wales explained

This is a list of the colonial vessels of New South Wales. Known as HM Colonial Ship, the ship prefix was used by ships owned and operated by a colony naval force or in the service of the colonial administration.

NameTypeIn serviceRemoved from serviceNotes
AcheronTorpedo boat18791902sunk in 1940
AmityBrig18241831wrecked in 1845
AntelopeSchooner
AvernusTorpedo boat18791902paid off 1930s
BeeSloop18011804wrecked 1806
BlackbirdSchooner18281833wrecked 1836
BrothersSchooner18091816wrecked 1816 Kent Islands Tasmania
CumberlandSchooner18011803Sold to Royal Navy, impounded Mauritius
CumberlandSchooner18111862wrecked 1862, Newcastle
DartCutter18271830wrecked in 1832
Elizabeth HenriettaBrig1816wrecked in 1825
EmuBrig18131816Wrecked April 1817
EstraminaSchooner1805wrecked in 1816
FrancisSchooner1793wrecked in 1805
Governor HunterSchooner1805wrecked in 1816
Governor PhillipBrig18281848wrecked in 1848
IntegrityCutter1804lost in 1805
InvestigatorSloop18031805broken up 1872
KangarooBrig18121817
Lady Nelsonbrig18001825cut out Timor 1825
Lucy AnnBarque18271831hulked by 1854
Mary ElizabethBrig18251832storage hulk 1832
Cutter18171824Sold in 1824
NorfolkSloop17981800beached by convicts
Brig18011802wrecked in 1802
Brig18181831Wrecked at Port Sorell, Tasmania in 1835
Princess CharlotteBrig1819lost in 1820
Queen CharlotteBrig
Resource
Rose Hill PacketPacket1789
SnapperCutter18211823Sold in 1823
SpitfireGunboat18551859sunk in 1899
Supply18001806broken up 1806
William CossarSchoonerwrecked in 1825[1]

Notes and References

  1. Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, p57