Free Settler or Felon
Henry Ryan R. N.,
Convict Ship Surgeon-Superintendent
Date of Seniority Royal Navy 20 September 1811
Henry Ryan was entered in the Navy List of Medical Officers in 1814.
He was employed as Surgeon-Superintendent three convict ship voyages to Australia:
1). Tyne to NSW in 1819. After the voyage of the Tyne he returned to England on the Shipley in April 1819. Seven other naval surgeons returned on the same vessel - Robert Espie, Andrew Smith, William Hamilton, Thomas Roylance, Morgan Price, John Johnston and John Whitmarsh . [1]
2). Shipley to NSW in 1820
3). Claudine to VDL in 1821