Convict Ship Captains Index
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ADDIE, Robert
Aeolus 1809
ADDISON, Stephen
Waterloo 1829
Waterloo 1831
In February 1830 the death of Captain Addison of the Waterloo and Captain Nicholas of the Eliza was reported in the newspapers. Both were said to have drowned in a boating accident at Mauritius, however this was incorrect as Stephen Additions returned to the colony on the Waterloo in 1831. He was appointed to the Eudora in 1836.
AGAR, Henry
Asia 1831
Fairlie 1834
Henry Ager was Captain of the Waterloo convict ship en route to VDL in 1842 when it was wrecked at Table Bay.
AITKIN
Lady Juliana 1790
ALLOWAY, Henry F
Nautilus 1840
ANDERSON, Alexander
Grenada 1825
Phoenix 1826
Alexander Anderson was born in 1797 in Northumberland, England. He first came to Australia as First Officer on the Grenada in 1819.
ANDERSON, William Prince
Prince Regent 1820
ANSTICE, Joseph Ball
Bencoolen 1819
Joseph Anstice served as 3rd Mate on the East India ship Carnatic in 1808-09
ANSTIS, Nicholas
Surprize 1790
Nicholas Anstis was formerly Chief Mate on the First Fleet vessel Lady Penrhyn in 1788
APSIE (APSEY), John
Martha 1818
Captain John Apsey had been in the colony as early as 1807. He was required in that year to vacate land he had settled on near Government House (SG). He was Captain of the Estramina on voyages between Sydney and Van Diemen's Land. After the Martha unloaded her prisoners in 1818 she was employed in the whaling industry however was condemned in Sydney in July 1820 and the hull, masts, anchors etc were auctioned off in August. (SG 19 August 1820) . John Apsey was employed as Captain on the Fame in the mid 1820's. In September 1824 the Fame, Captain Apsey was detained in Launceston along with several men who were accused of being prisoners of the Crown.
ARBOTHNOT, John
Mary Anne 1816
ARCOLL, Charles
Mary 1822
Minstrel 1825
Charles Arckoll was 2nd Mate on the Sir William Bensley in 1808 - 1810 and Captain of the Marquis of Hastings in 1819.
ARMET, Andrew
Friendship 1818
Andrew Armet and surgeon Peter Cosgreave were accused of failing to take precautions to prevent an improper intercourse between the crew and the female convicts of the Friendship in 1818, although both were later exonerated by a Bench of Magistrates. Andrew Armet was also accused of cruelty towards female prisoners in using a wooden collar as punishment. It may have been this Andrew Armet who died at Stepney in March 1826 aged 52.
ARMSTRONG, Archibald
Atlantic 1791
ARNOLD, Harford
Charles Kerr 1837
Harford Arnold was born c. 1807 the son of Thomas Arnold a mast maker. After his voyage brining convicts on the Charles Kerr in 1837 he returned to England. His next voyage to the colonies on the Charles Kerr departed Ireland and arrived in Australia in January 1839 with 229 immigrants. When he married Sarah Howes Satcher on 7th July 1841 he gave his employment as Master Mariner. He was later employed as Harbour Master of the Port of London. In the 1861 Census he was recorded as a widower and resided with his son and daughter, servants and two boarders. On 27 April 1861 he married widow Elizabeth Harford Barnes at Stepney. He died in 1863. ........Harford Arnold late of Milton next Gravesend in the County of Kent, Harbour Master of the Port of London died 27 October 1863 at 26 Harmer Street Milton-next-Gravesend. - Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England (Ancestry)
ASCOUGH, William
Malabar 1819
Ann and Amelia 1825
Marquis of Huntley 1826
Marquis of Huntley 1828
Marquis of Huntley 1830
Portland 1832
Portland 1833
Mary 1835
William Ascough was born on 2 October 1777 in Iburndale, north Yorkshire. He died on 11 June 1836 at Broken Bay. NSW.
AUSTIN, John
Elizabeth 1836
AUSTIN, John
Barossa 1839
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BACON, Thomas
England 1835
BAIGRIE, James
Midas 1825
Midas 1827
Bussorah Merchant 1828
Jane 1831
James Baigrie was detained in quarantine in Sydney in 1828 after an outbreak of smallpox on the Bussorah Merchant.
BAKER, George
Maitland 1840
BAKER, John
Numa 1834
BARCLAY, Andrew
Indian 1810
Providence 1811
Andrew Barclay became a Justice of the Peace, magistrate and settler in Van Diemen's Land
BAYLEY, George
Hooghley 1834
George Bayley became ill with pneumonia on this voyage.
BELL, Carsey
Tyne 1819
BELL, John
Minerva 1818
Minerva 1819
Minerva 1821
Minerva 1824
John Bell (1790-1841), merchant, was born on 30 November 1790 at Middlebie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
BERRY, Robert
Isabella 1818
BEST, Henry
Indispensable 1809
BETHAM, George
Marquis of Wellington 1815
A complaint was made against Captain Betham by one of the convicts of the Marquis of Wellington however a subsequent enquiry exonerated Betham and his ship's Officers of any blame.
BETTS, Luckyn
Hercules 1802
Luckyn Betts was tried for murder after the disastrous voyage of the Hercules. He was found guilty of manslaughter only and fined £500
BILLETT, J.T
Florentia 1828
BISSETT, Lieutenant Alexander R.N.
Emu 1812 (captured)
Alexander Bissett later settled in South Africa
BISSETT, James T
Diamond 1838
Captain Bissett formerly commanded the trading vessel Princess Victoria
BLAKEY, George
Coromandel 1804
BLYTHE, Joseph
Globe 1819
BOLTON, Thomas
Lady Kennaway 1835
Moffatt 1836
BOND, Essex Henry
Royal Admiral 1792
Essex Henry Bond died on 19 July 1819 at his seat Ditchteys (Dytchleys), near Brentwood, Essex. He was brother of Mr. Serjeant Bond and was captain of the Walmer Castle Indian man, and had made fourteen voyages to India, when he retired from the Hon. Company's service
Parramatta Heritage Centre - Essex Henry Bond opened the first public house and shop in Parramatta
BOWEN, George
Albermarle 1791
BOWLES, Matthew
Indefatigable 1815
The Asiatic Journal reported the arrival of W. Bowles, late commander of the Indefatigable at the Downs on the Admiral Gambier on 3rd September 1816.
BOYCE, John
William Pitt 1806
John Boyce was employed as 3rd Mate on the William Pitt under Captain Charles Mitchell in 1786.
BOYD, George Hay
Almorah 1824
BOYD, Matthew
Bellona 1793
BRAITHWAITE, George
Diana 1833
BRIGSTOCK, John
Westmoreland 1835
Westmoreland 1838
John Brigstock served as Midshipman on the Eurotas under Captain Phillimore in 1814. He was wounded in the attempt to take the French frigate Clorinde and later awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp 'EUROTAS 25 FEBY. 1814' which was given to all still surviving members of Eurotas' crew that had participated in the action.
BROOKS, Richard
Atlas 1802
Alexander 1806
Richard Brooks, mariner, merchant and settler, was born at Topsham, Devon, England, the son of an impoverished clergyman. He had little formal education, entered the East India Co.'s service at an early age, and rose to command his own ship - Australian Dictionary of Biography
BROWN, George W
Captain Cook 1836
BROWN, George
Minerva 1839
BROWN, James Temple
Blenheim 1834
BROWN, Joseph
Calcutta 1837
BROWN, Robert
Morley 1817
Morley 1818
Morley 1820
BROWN, Robert
Medina 1823
BROWN, Robert
Lord Melville 1829
Lord Melville 1830
BUNKER, Eber
William and Ann 1791
Eber Bunker (1761-1836), sea captain and farmer, was born on 7 March 1761 at Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, son of James Bunker and his wife Hannah, nee Shurtleff. On 16 November 1786 at St George-in-the-East, Middlesex, England, he married Margrett, daughter of Henry Thompson
BUNN, George
Countess of Harcourt 1822
Countess of Harcourt 1824
George Bunn was a master mariner, merchant and magistrate. He was principal of the merchant firm Buckle, Buckle, Bagster and Buchanan, and Director of the Bank of Australia. He died in 1834.
BURT, Robert
Regalia 1826
BYRON, John
John Renwick 1838
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CABLE, James
David Malcolm 1845
CAMERON, John
Barwell 1798
CAMPBELL, John
Heber 1837
CAMPBELL, Patrick
Surprize 1794
Patrick Campbell died in India in July 1799 (2)
CAMPBELL, William
Larkins 1829
CAMPBELL, William
Bengal Merchant 1835
Bengal Merchant 1836
Bengal Merchant 1838
CANNEY, Edward
Margaret 1837
Margaret 1839
Margaret 1840
CANNEY, Thomas
Katherine Stewart Forbes 1830
CARNS, Robert
Neptune 1818
Caledonia 1820
CARR, William
Mangles 1828
Mangles 1833
Mangles 1837
Mangles 1840
CHALMERS, Robert
Boddingstons 1793
CHRISTIAN, Thomas
Nithsdale 1830
CLARKE, Charles
Anne 1810
CLAYTON, George
Camden 1833
CLENDON, James Reddy
City of Edinburgh 1828
James Clendon was born in Deal, Kent in 1800. He first came to Australia as Captain of the Medora in October 1826 bringing passengers and goods. A Mrs. Clendon was also on this voyage. After discharging the female convicts of the City of Edinburgh he proceeded to New Zealand for spars. He later settled in New Zealand and raised a large family. His house built in the 1860s still stands at Rawene....find out more at the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
CLIFFORD, Francis
Prince Regent 1821
Francis Clifford's death was announced in the Gentleman's Magazine - 24 April 1821 - On his passage from New South Wales to Batavia Mr. Francis Clifford, jun., Commander of the ship Prince Regent, of London.
COCK, Robert
Eleanor 1831
COCK, Walter
Elizabeth 1828
COGHILL John
Mangles 1820
Mangles 1822
Mangles 1824
Mangles 1826
John Coghill b.1785 at Wick in Scotland, marr. Jane Grean in 1814. He was Captain and part owner of the Mangles. In 1826 he sold the Mangles and became a settler. After he sold the Mangles he became part owner of Kirkham near Camden and resided there as manager for about ten years. During this time he purchased 5,600 acres near Braidwood where he ran sheep and cattle. In the 1830s he commissioned John Verge to build Bedervale on his property. The house was completed by 1842.
COLNETT, Captain James R.N
Glatton 1803
James Colnett began his naval career as an able seaman in the Hazard on 28 June 1770. On 4 September of the following year he became a midshipman under James Cook in the Scorpion, and transferred to the Resolution when the great explorer was readying for his second Pacific voyage. During the expedition, Colnett sighted New Caledonia on 4 Sept. 1774, and Cook named Cape Colnett on that island after him.
COLUMBINE, Henry
Sarah 1829
Melancholy Catastrophe at Sea, which occurred in sight of the ship Sarah, Captain H. Columbine, commander proceeding from Bombay to London. Between 10 and 11 o'clock on the 16th January, a strange sail was discovered on the larboard bow; she appeared to be in distress, having lost her fore topmast and fore topsail yard, suspended by the lefts dangling in the wind, lee fore-rigging and her sails much torn. As we neared her, it proved to be a brigantine of about 150 tons, and appeared as if deserted by her crew. Captain Columbine ordered a boat to be got ready, and, accompanied by the carpenter and four seamen repaired to the wreck. Soon after they had boarded her, with the exception of one man who remained in charge of the boat, we saw them exploring the decks of the deserted wreck, and from it throwing into the boat articles of various kinds. The captain then gave instructions for the boat to return to the Sarah with certain orders for his officer, whilst himself and carpenter remained upon the wreck. As the boat was proceeding towards the Sarah we saw from our poop the wreck roll several times heavily; she was evidently going down, and on a sudden nothing more could be seen than her main topmast, which was tossed about as the sea was rushing over her. We then made immediate signal for the boat to return to the brigantine to rescue those she had left upon the wreck; the boat remained some time in the hope of saving those who were the victims to a raging element. Nothing could be found except the Captain's hat. Poor Captain Columbine was beloved by all on board, and even the rough seamen shed tears for his fate; to his passengers he had endeared himself by his gentlemanly manners, and his kind and liberal treatment; and by his crew he was regarded as a skilful seaman, and a just, kind, and considerate commander. He met his fate at the early age of 32. This truly unfortunate vessel turned out to be a brigantine the Invincible. The Nautical Magazine 1832.
COOMBES, John James
Southworth 1832
CORBYN, Joseph
Royal Charlotte 1825
Joseph Corbyn's first position as Lieutenant was on la Sybille frigate, Captain Charles Adam. He distinguishing himself in the command of her boats, during the blockade of Batavia in 1808. Lieutenant Corbyn was promoted to the rank of commander on the 15th June, 1814.
CORLETTE, William
John Bull 1821
COW, John
Waterloo 1833
Waterloo 1836
Waterloo 1838
COWELL, John
Aboukir 1852
CRAIGIE, John
Hadlow 1818
Hadlow 1820
CROMARTY, James
James Pattison 1837
The James Pattison arrived with immigrants in February 1840 left Sydney in March 1840 bound for Samarang. She was burnt to the water's edge when off the Azores in 1840. Captain Cromarty returned to Australia on the Earl Grey in June 1841.
CROSBIE, John
William Jardine 1838
CROSS John
Indefatigable 1812 (to Hobart)
CUMMING, Robert
Rolla 1803
CUZENS, Thomas
Tellicherry 1806
CUZENS, Thomas
Phoenix 1828
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DALE, Henry
Fame 1817
Henry Dale was still in command of the Fame in April 1826 when he generously gave a gratuitous passage to the family of American missionary Mr. Stewart from the Sandwich Island to Gravesend after the missionary's wife became seriously ill.
DALE, William
Randolph 1849
DAVIDSON, John
Sarah and Elizabeth 1837
DAVIDSON, Robert
Lady Kennaway 1836
DAVISON, John
Perseus 1802
DOWSON, Dalrymple
Aurora 1833
Backwell 1835
DENNOTT, Thomas
Britannia 1797
DIXON, Adam
John 1837 NSW
DOBSON, Roger
John Barry 1821
DOBSON, William
Woodbridge 1840
DODDS, John
Experiment 1809
DONALD, Andrew
Grenada 1819
Grenada 1821
DONALD, Robert S
America 1829
DOUTY, William
Eliza 1828
DOWNIE, James
Coromandel 1820
The Missionary Register recorded some of James Downie's adventures in New Zealand in 1822
DOWSON, Henry C
Hero 1835
DRAKE, John
Chapman 1817
DRAKE, J.T
Sesostris 1826
DRAKE, John Jeffrey
Marquis of Hastings 1827
Marquis of Hastings 1828
Florentia 1830
DRISCOLL, William Henry
Lonach 1825
DUFF, John
Dunvegan Castle 1832
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EARL, Percy
General Hewitt 1814
EBSWORTHY, William
Adamant 1821
William Ebsworthy married Eleanora Ditchburn 10 Nov. 1819 (2). Their son William Lancy Ebsworthy was born 20th September 1820 at Wapping. (1) William had embarked on the Adamant by the following March and reached Australia in September. The Adamant's return voyage to England was delayed by a court case involving himself and the steward of the Adamant George Farris who accused the Captain of embezzling and converting to his private purposes, government stores. There were counter accusations and lengthy depositions. The case was noted in Excise Information in the Exchequer. Ebsworthy was convicted of opening packages of wine shipped for exportation and fined £150, however nothing was recovered as he had no effects. He died prior to 1823 at Trinity House, Deptford (1)London Metropolitan Archives, Wapping, Register of Baptism, p93/jn2, Item 008. (2) London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Anne, Limehouse, Register of marriages, P93/ANN, Item 026
EDWARDS, William
Sydney Cove 1807
EDGAR, Thomas (Naval Officer)
Lady Juliana 1790
ELLERBY, Stephenson
John Barry 1819
Lady Feversham 1830
Stephenson Ellerby was born at Whitby in Yorkshire c. 1794. In the 1851 Census he was recorded residing at Trinity House, Deptford with his wife Elizabeth where he was an Elder Brother. His sister Ann resided with them. He was presented to Her Majesty the Queen by the Duke of Wellington at Buckingham Palace in 1842. -The Morning Post 18 March 1842
ELLEY, Thomas
Sophia 1829
EMBLEDON, Robert
Royal George 1828
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FAWCETT, Joseph
Lady Nugent 1835
FENWICK, John
Havering 1849
FERGUSON, Henry
Roslin Castle 1830
Henry Tanner 1834
FERRIER, James
Lord Sidmouth 1823 VDL and NSW
Henry 1825
FOLGER, William
William 1794
Captain Folger came into conflict with passenger Rev. Marsden on the voyage to Australia. Rev. Marsden considered him an irreligious individual who did nothing to curb the ship's company from their evil ways of blasphemy and drunkenness. It was with difficulty that Marsden gained permission to hold service on Sundays, the captain remarking that he had never seen a religious sailor and that to preach to the crew would be mere waste of time. After holding a service Marsden was almost inclined to agree with the captain, writing 'the sailors are the most stupid, ignorant people in the world; might preach to them for an eternity without doing them the least good.'
FORD, Henry
Woodman 1823
FOTHERINGHAM, David
Royal Admiral 1830
Royal Admiral 1833
Royal Admiral 1835
FOTHERLY, William
Recovery 1819
Recovery 1823
Mariner 1825
FRAZER, R.L.
Planter 1832
Surgeon Alick Osborne described Captain Frazer in his journal in 1832. On taking leave of my friends in the Planter, it is but justice to state that this has been the most agreeable voyage of my life. The owner, Wm. Bottomly, Esq., of Finsbury Square, had the ship fitted out in the most complete and substantial manner. The captain, Mr. L. Frazer, is a gentleman of considerable literary attainments, as well as proficiency in the fine arts, music and painting. In the performance of my public duty, I had his most cordial co-operation and support, and in my private capacity as passenger, all my wishes were anticipated, I have, therefore, great pride and satisfaction in bearing this public testimony to the uniform good conduct, order, and regularity observed on board throughout the whole voyage, an agreeable contrast to what I had experienced on many other occasions. Captain Frazer made note of the Discovery of William the Fourth Group of Islands, Pacific Ocean in 1838, however the Islands had already been discovered in 1828.
FREEMAN, Benjamin
Henry Wellesley 1836
Asia 1837
FREMLIN, Thomas
Elphinstone 1838
FULCHER, William
Camden 1831
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GALE, Ben
Andromeda 1833
Andromeda 1834
GARRETT, Edward
Lloyds 1833
Lloyds 1837
GATENBY, John
Norfolk 1837
On arrival in Sydney Captain Gatenby was presented with a Silver snuff box and letter of thanks by Captain J. Bowler of 80th regt., Lieut. Raitt 80th regt., and Allan Cunningham
Dear Sir, It affords me the highest gratification in being deputed by Mr. Cunningham and Lieutenant Raitt, of the 80th regiment, to present to you the accompanying token of our esteem and regard for the hospitality and kind attention evinced by you to ourselves and families during the whole passage from England. Our best wishes attend you in all your under-takings, and from the very able manner in which you have conducted your ship to this Port, there can be little doubt but that success will ever attend you ; and, as it may be grateful to your feelings to know that your exertions were not misplaced, I can assure you, in the name of all, that greater harmony and good understanding could not exist in any society Believe me to remain, Dear Sir, Your's very sincerely, Captain J. Bowler Captain Gatenby replied the same day... Sirs,- I have the honour to receive your note, accompanying a Silver Snuff Box, bearing an inscription expressive of your thanks for my attentions to you during our passage from England. Although I must attribute your happiness during the passage more to your good dispositions than to any merit on my part, still I accept your token with much thankfulness, and shall ever retain it as a memorial of the pleasure I enjoyed during that period in the esteemed society of yourselves and your amiable families...Sydney Herald 9 March 1837
GILBERT, James
Edward 1829
Edward 1831
Parmelia 1832
Parmelia 1834
GILBERT, Thomas
Charlotte 1788
Thomas Gilbert later published an account of the voyage: A Voyage from New South Wales to Canton, in the Year 1788; with Views of the Islands discovered. By Thomas Gilbert, Esq. Commander of the Charlotte. The account was said to exhibit a number of views of land, which were remarkably well engraved.
GOODWIN, William Lushington
Kains 1831
William Lushington Goodwin was descended from a seafaring family of Kent, England. The Kains departed Sydney for Launceston to take troops to India, was becalmed in the Tamar and wrecked on a submerged rock. In 1832 Goodwin acted as honorary secretary of the Tasmanian Society in Launceston, and unsuccessfully applied for the position of port officer there. In 1834 he edited the Independent newspaper but, keen to be connected with a journal on republican lines, he became editor and then proprietor of the newly-established Cornwall Chronicle in 1835. ....Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
GRAINGER, Robert
General Stewart 1818
GREIG, Alexander
Norfolk 1825
Norfolk 1829
GREY, John
Blenheim 1839
GRIGG, John
Canada 1815
Canada 1817
GROTE, Joseph (R.N.)
James Pattison 1830
Joseph Grote was born on 5 February 1801, the fourth son of George Grote Esq., of Badgemore, Oxfordshire. He entered the Royal Navy in April 1814 on board the Eurotas, in which ship, he served, until December 1815, on the Home station, and was employed for some time in that year in guarding Napoleon Bonaparte during his detention at Plymouth. He was subsequently employed as Masters Mate and Midshipman on various vessels on the West India, Cork, and Newfoundland stations. For his exertions on the occasion of the wreck of the Drake on 23 June 1822, Mr Grote, who was left the senior surviving officer, had the satisfaction to be presented with a commission as Lieutenant, appointing him to the Niemen on the Halifax station. In October 1824 he joined the Boadicea, bearing the broad pendant of Sir James Brisbane in the East Indies, where, from July 1825, until the cessation of hostilities, he took an active part in the Burmese War. He was awarded a Campaign Medal with clasp. ...DNW Auctioneers On 4th January 1832 at Madras, he married Maria Theresa, eldest daughter of the Hon. Charles Harris.
GROVES, John
Ferguson 1829
Eliza 1832
GUNNER, William
Lord Sidmouth 1819
Sidmouth Rock, discovered by Captain William Gunner, of the ship Lord Sidmouth, March 5th, 1819, is about 4 or 5 miles north-eastward of the Eddystone; the boat was sent to examine this rock, which was found to be about 100 yards in diameter above the surface of the sea,* with a reef projecting from it about half a mile to the north-eastward. No bottom with 20 fathoms line could be obtained in sounding all round the rock, and the passage between it and the Eddystone appeared safe...Sailing Directions Van Diemen's Land, The India Directory
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HAMILTON, William
Alexander 1816
HARGRAVES, John
Dorothy 1820
HARRISON, Edward
Admiral Gambier 1808
HARRISON, John
Guildford 1829
HARRISON, Robert
Speke 1826
HARRISON, Thomas O
Thomas Harrison 1836
HARRISON, William
Francis & Eliza 1815
HARRISON, William
Dick 1821
HARRISON, William
Ocean 1823
HARRISON, William
Countess of Harcourt 1827
Countess of Harcourt 1828
HARRISON, William
Morley 1829
HART, John
Henry Porcher 1835
HEATHORN, W.M
Claudine 1829
HENDERSON, John
Royal Sovereign 1834
HENNIKER, William
Mermaid 1830
Norfolk 1832
On 14th October, at the General Hospital Launceston, after a long and painful illness, Captain William Henniker, shipping master of that town aged 62 years. - The Mercury 23 October 1865
HERBERT, John
Mariner 1816
HERD, James
Providence 1822
HILL, Lew
Lord Wellington 1820
HILLMAN, J.C
Mary Anne 1839
HINGSTON, John
Speke 1808
HINGSTONE, William
Hillsborough 1799
HOGAN, Michael
Marquis Cornwallis 1796
Michael Hogan was born in Ireland in 1766. Between 1780 and 1784 he served as a seaman and midshipman in the Royal Navy. After leaving the navy he sailed as a seaman on trading voyages to India and China before becoming owner and captain of a ship trading between India and Europe. In 1795 he sailed as master of the Marquis Cornwallis to NSW. He returned to London in 1797 and later became a merchant in Capetown before settling in New York where he continued to trade. In 1820 he was appointed U.S. Consul and Navy Agent at Valparaiso, Chile. He died in 1833. ...The Oriental Navigator - Instructions for sailing to and from the East
HOLTON, Adolphus
Prince George 1837
HUNT, Francis
Eliza 1820
HUNT, James
Eliza 1822
HURST, John
Layton 1829
HUSTWICK, George
Lady McNaughten 1835
George Hustwick died on 7th August 1839 at the Bay of Biscay while in the command of the Lady McNaughton
HUTTON, Henry
Forth 1835
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JAMIESON, Alexander
Mary 1833
JEFFRIES, J.P.
Archduke Charles 1813
JOHNSON, Magnus
Guildford 1812
Guildford 1816
Guildford 1818
Guildford 1820
Guildford 1822
Guildford 1824
Guildford 1827
Captain Magnus Johnson, after an absence of three years, has paid another, his seventh visit, in the same ship. The Guildford, to our Southern shores. Since he last left us, we hear Capt. J. has got married; these repeated visits to Australia, make our old friend quite a Colonist. It was Capt. J. who brought hither Chief justice Forbes and family. -The Monitor 26 July 1827
JOHNSON, Thomas
Recovery 1836
JOHNSON, William
Manlius 1827
JOHNSTON, Alexander
Ocean 1816
JOHNSTON, William
Lord Lyndoch 1833
JONES, Philip
Strathfieldsaye 1836
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KEAN, Sampson
Pekoe 1840
KEMP, Charles
Surry 1831
Surry 1834
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LAMB, James Thomas
Lord Eldon 1817
LAMB, John
Baring 1815
Baring 1819
LAMB, William Buchanan
Batavia 1818
LEARY, Daniel
Eliza 1827
York 1831
LEITH, John
Minorca 1801
LESLIE, James
Sir Charles Forbes 1837
LIVESAY, George N
George Hibbert 1834
Pyramus 1836
LOCKE, Henry
Champion 1827
LOWE, Samuel
John 1832
LOWE, Samuel John
Portsea 1838
LUSCOMBE, John
Hive 1834
LUSK, John
Mary 1819
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MACKDONALD, Alexander
Caroline 1833
MANNING, Edward
Pitt 1792
MANNING, F. B
Earl of Liverpool 1831
Planter 1839
MARSH, Robert Abbon
Admiral Barrington 1791
MARSHALL, John
Scarborough 1788
Scarborough 1790
John Marshall was born in Ramsgate, Kent in 1748. After departing Port Jackson, the Scarborough under Captain Marshall and the Charlotte under Captain Thomas Gilbert called at Lord Howe and Norfolk islands and proceeded northward. They gave their names to the Marshall and Gilbert groups of Micronesian islands and pioneered the Outer Eastern Passage for the return to Europe via Canton. On the second voyage of the Scarborough in 1790 the Macarthur family transferred from the Neptune to the Scarborough. Elizabeth Macarthur described the transfer: On 19th February a favourable day presented itself, and we removed with all our little baggage, rejoiced at an escape from tyranny, insult, and every species of oppression. In the Scarborough we shared a small cabin with Mrs. Abbott. Captain Marshall, the master of the ship, was a plain, honest man, and disposed to make things as comfortable for me as was in his power. - BBC History Some early records of the Macarthur family of Camden
MASON, John
Prince of Wales 1788
MATCHES, John
Clyde 1838
MATTISON, Hugh
Daphne 1819
MCAUSLAND, Alexander
Isabella 1840
MCCARTHY, Robert
Heroine 1833
MCDOUGALL, Dougal
Tottenham 1818
MCKELLAR, William
Sovereign 1829
MCKISSOCK, William
Almorah 1817
Neptune 1820
MCPHERSON, Peter
Speke 1821
MELVILLE, Thomas
Britannia 1791
MENTRUP, Richard
Borodino 1828
MERITON, Walter
Atlas 1816
METCALF, John
Burrell 1830
Burrell 1832
MIDDLETON, Richard
Harmony 1827
MINCHINSON, John
Active 1791
MITCHELL, William
Earl Spencer 1813
MOLISON, A.L
Marquis of Huntley 1835
MONCRIEFF, Lewis Williams
Shipley 1817
Shipley 1818
Shipley 1820 NSW and VDL
Shipley 1822
MONCRIEFF, John
Bussorah Merchant 1831
Royal Sovereign 1835
MONCRIEFF, William John
John 1827
MOORE, (Moor)Henry
Fortune 1806
Wanstead 1814
Henry Moor came to Sydney as Master of the Reliance in 1795. He later captained several ships including Montgomery, Fortune and Wansted. He joined the Marquis Cornwallis in Sydney on 26 March 1796 and disembarked at Calcutta on 2 October. He later published 'Sailing directions to accompany a new Chart of the Molluccas and Eastern Islands: together with separate plans ... surveyed, in the course of two years and six months stations in those seas, by Henry Moor, assisted by V.V. Ballard', 1801...State Library of NSW
MOORE, Samuel
Brampton 1823
MORGAN, James
Waverley 1839
MORICE, James
Asia 1820
MOTLEY, Charles
Brothers 1824
Brothers 1827
MOWATT, Thomas
Janus 1820
MUDDLE, James
Lord Sidmouth 1821
MUDDLE, James
St. Vincent 1837
MUNRO, Charles
Middlesex 1840
MUNRO, Mark
Mary Anne 1791
MUNRO, Daniel N
Clyde 1832
MUSGRAVE, Thomas
Sugar Cane 1793
Atlas 1802
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NAGLE, Joseph
Neptune 1838
NAYLOR, Henry
Eden 1840
NEATBY, Henry
Susan 1836
Agincourt 1844
NICHOL, John
Salamander 1791
NICHOLAS, William
Eliza 1829
NORSWORTHY, Robert
Mariner 1827
John 1829
NUTTING, John
Hive 1835
John Nutting was captain of the Hive when she was wrecked near Jervis Bay. Just one month later he had another narrow escape from a watery grave. He was assisting the Captain of the Blackbird to remove stores from the Hive when the Blackbird was almost wrecked. She was run on shore as the only way of saving the crew. Captain Nutting returned to England on the Norfolk in February 1836 and a month later it was reported that he had been appointed to the command of the Avon owned by Captain Cole which conveyed oil to London. The friends of Captain Nutting were much gratified at this appointment as they considered he had not been fairly treated in Australia since his misfortune. A Court of Enquiry was held upon his conduct in the loss of the Hive at which he was not even allowed to be present, the result of which was laid before the Governor; and about a month after, when all the witnesses had left the Colony, he was made acquainted with the particulars and decision of the investigation. The Avon reached Australia by the following April and returned to England with oil. On the 20th May she fell in with great quantities of ice, and were surrounded with ice islands for over a week during which time the sea appeared as one continued mass of ice at times almost impassable. On the 30th they rounded the Horn from which time they were clear of the ice.
O
OGILVIE, David
Juliana 1820
ORD, John W
Castle Forbes 1824
OSTLER, William
Elizabeth 1816
Elizabeth 1818
Elizabeth 1820
Marquis of Hastings 1826
O'TWEEN, John
Northampton 1815
OWEN, Richard
Queen 1791
P
PARKER, John
Gorgon 1791
PARKIN, Robert
Andromeda 1830
PATRICKSON, Thomas
Ganges 1797
PATTERSON, James
Surry 1814
PEARCE, Richard
Cambridge 1827
PECK, Benjamin
Neva 1833
Neva 1835(wrecked)
PEXTON, William
Pilot 1817
PITCHER, Thomas junior
Broxbournebury 1814
POPE, William L
Asia 1825
Boyne 1826
POUNDER, Edward
Glory 1818
PROUDFOOT, David
Forth 1830
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QUESTED, George
Speedy 1800
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RAINE, Thomas
Surry 1816
Surry 1819
Surry 1823
Thomas Raine's brother John Raine and wife arrived in New South Wales on the Regalia in 1820 On the 18th April 1826 Colonial Times & Tasmanian Advertiser reported that Captain Raine, many years Commander of the Surry and well known in these colonies was married on 10th instant, to Miss Worsley, a young lady who was recently here on a visit to Major Abbott. The happy pair are keeping the honey moon at the beautiful estate of Mr. Simeon Lord near Sydney.
RALPH, James
Friends 1811
RALPH, James
Albion 1827
Albion 1828
RAMSAY, George
Kitty 1792
RAPSON,
Gaillardon 1838
Gaillardon 1839
REAY, John
England 1826
REED, Hugh
Friendship 1800
REEVES, Peter
Earl St. Vincent 1823
REEVES, Peter J
Hooghley 1825
Hooghley 1828
Hooghley 1831
REID, John
Minstrel 1812
REID, Thomas
Castle Forbes 1820
Asia 1822
REMMINGTON, Samuel
Ocean 1818
Samuel Remmington was 3rd Mate on the Euphrates in 1808-1810
RENNOLDSON, John
Sir Godfrey Webster 1826
RICHARDS, William
Prince Regent 1827
RICHARDS, William
Roslin Castle 1833
Roslin Castle 1834
Roslin Castle 1836
ROBERTSON, James
Forth 1830
ROBERTSON, John
Coromandel 1804
ROBSON, John
John Barry 1836
John Barry 1839
ROSS, John
Hashemy 1849
RUSSELL, Bourn
Lady Rowena 1826
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SADLER, F.W.N
Buffalo 1833
Captain Sadler was formerly attached to H.M. Victory.
SADLER, William
Adrian 1830
SALKELD, Joseph
Minerva 1800
SAMPSON, David
Southworth 1822
SCOTT, Alexander
Somersetshire 1814
SEVER, William Compton
Lady Penrhyn 1788
SHERWOOD, Henry
Princess Royal 1823
Princess Royal 1829
Fanny 1833
SHORT, Joseph
Atlas 1819
SILK, Thomas
Prince of Orange 1821
SIMMONDS, William
Catherine 1814
SIMPSON
Mary 1836
SIMPSON, Samuel
Earl St. Vincent 1818
Earl St. Vincent 1820
SINCLAIR, Duncan
Alexander 1788
SINCLAIR, George
Surry 1836
Surry 1840
SINDREY, Edward
Admiral Gambier 1811
Captain Sindrey was notifying of his intention to leave the colony in November 1817 on one of the several convicts ships that were returning to England.
SKINNER, Richard
Dromedary 1820
SMITH, Aaron
Louisa 1827
Mary Ann 1835
SMITH, John
Vittoria 1829
SPAIN, Alexander
Canada 1819
SPARKE, J
Augusta Jessie 1840
SPENCER, John Clarke
Duke of Portland 1807
STEAD, Thomas F
Asia 1825
Asia 1828
Asia 1830
Asia 1832
Asia 1833
STEAD, William
Lord Lyndoch 1838
STEELE, J.F
Mary 1823
STEPHENSON, Daniel
Princess Charlotte 1827
STERLING, Alex
Coromandel 1802
STEWARD, William
Captain Cook 1832
STEWART, James
Ann 1801
STEWART, John
Competitor 1828
STONEHOUSE, Richard
Lady Harewood 1831
Lady Harewood 1832
STOREY, George
Sovereign 1795
SUNTER, James
Nile 1801
SURTEES, Robert
Agamemnon 1820
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TALBOT, James
Earl Grey 1836
Earl Grey 1838
TENNET, (Tennant) James
Earl Cornwallis 1801
Instructions for sailing from the Island of Ascension to Europe......All the tracks of those vessels which have made Ponedo, after their departure from Ascension, place it in 12 40' West of the latter, and consequently 31 20' West of Greenwich. But its true longitude and latitude were ascertained the 1st of December, 1798, by Captain Robert Williams of the Thames, in company with the Earl Cornwallis extra Indiaman, James Tennant commander. The longitude was found to be 29 56' West of Greenwich, and the latitude 0 58' South.
THATCHER, Thomas
Henry 1823
THOMAS, George
King William 1840
THOMPSON, John
Boyd 1809
THOMPSON, John
Henry Porcher 1825
THOMPSON, John
Georgiana 1831
THOMPSON, William
Captain Cook 1833
TODD, John
Java 1833
TOMLINS, George William
James Laing 1834
TRACEY, John
Grenada 1827
TRAIL, Donald
Neptune 1790
TREGURTHA, Edward Primrose
Caroline 1831
TURNBULL, Robert
Britannia 1798
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VAUGHAN, William
Hercules 1825
Hercules 1830
Hercules 1832
VEAL, William
Surry 1833
VINCENT, Arthur
Mellish 1829
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WADE, Giles
City of Edinburgh 1832
Emma Eugenia 1838
WALES, Alexander
Prince Regent 1824
WALKER, Thomas
Fortune 1813
WALLIS, George
Palambam 1831
WALLIS, John
Three Bees 1814
Fanny 1816
Isabella 1822
Isabella 1823
1823....During the last three weeks, three swarms of young bees have been produced from two hives, the property of D. Wentworth, Esq. purchased by him from Captain Wallace of the Isabella, and placed at his estate at Homebush, near Parramatta. The fragrant shrubs and flowers of Australasia are thus proved to be peculiarly congenial to the increase of this insect; and we trust that, in a few years, we shall be able to add honey and wax to our other numerous productions. Asiatic Journal
WALMSLEY, William
Dunvegan Castle 1830
The Hull Packet, 1 February 1831 - Deaths - On the 2nd October, on the passage of the Dunvegan Castle, Capt. Wm. Walmsley, from Sydney, New South Wales, to London, aged 24, Tom, the youngest son of Mrs WALMSLEY, Bridlington Quay, and brother of the Captain. He unfortunately fell overboard during a heavy gale of wind; he was an expert swimmer, and every effort which seamanship could devise to save him was adopted, but ineffectually, for he never rose to the surface.
WALTON, Francis
Friendship 1788
WARD, John B
Canada 1810
WARREN, Daniel
Exmouth 1831
Captain Daniel Warren. December 23, 1822, Captain Warren, homeward bound from India, when lying too in a heavy gale of wind, under a close reefed main-top-sail, in the Bay of Biscay, and having had a very long passage, was reduced to short allowance of provisions and water, discovered a French lugger water-logged to leeward, and her crew clinging to the masts and rigging, perceiving their inevitable fate, and the utter impossibility of succouring them by boats, or even by a raft, owing to stress of weather, Captain Warren resolved to run down to the wreck; bore up, and ran alongside the lugger, and, by great skill, rescued the whole of her crew, seventeen men. The collision was great, and Captain Warren's ship received considerable damage. The lugger proved to be the La Jeane, in the service of the French Government; and her commander stated that two French vessels had passed him without making an effort to render him assistance, and but for the timely aid of Captain Warren all hands must have perished. This addition to Captain Warren's passengers and ship's company straitened his means, and for the five days which intervened, until their arrival in an English port, each person was reduced to one glass of water and two biscuits per day! This brilliant display of humanity and zeal was represented to the French Government, and his late Majesty Louis XVIII. conferred an honorary cross and medal on Captain Warren, with a suitable inscription. The damages sustained and expenses incurred by him were adequately remunerated, and a reward was also bestowed upon his officers and ship's company. But a higher gratification will be cherished by every one who performed this gallant deed as long as they live!
WARRINGTON, Henry
Mary Anne 1822
Seven seamen of the Mary Anne were arrested for mutinous conduct and neglect of duty when the vessel arrived in Hobart in 1822. One of the men, George Boyce made an attempt to strike the Captain. The men were later discharged from duty.
WEATHERHEAD, Matthew
Matilda 1791
On the night of February 24, 1792, the Matilda foundered on Mururoa atoll, 640 miles south-east of Tahiti. The crew were saved and returned Tahiti on 5th March 1792. From Otaheite, the second mate and two of the sailors had, in one of their open whale boats, proceeded towards New South Wales. The rest of the crew remained on the island, excepting Mr. Matthew Weatherhead the commander of the vessel, who, with two men and two boys, had taken their passage from Otaheite on board the Jenny of Bristol; and on their arrival at Nootka, Senr* Quadra not only provided Mr. Weatherhead with a passage towards England through New Spain, but benevolently furnished him with a sum of money to defray his expenses through a country where the inhabitants would necessarily be strangers to himself and all his connections.
WELLBANK, Thomas
Whitby 1839
A shark toothed sword presented to Whitby museum by Captain Wellbank on his return to England.
WELTDEN, George
Lady Castlereagh 1818
George Weltden was Commander on the Indus in 1808-10 sailing to Madeira and Bengal.
WETHERALL, Thackeray
Lord Melville 1817
Lord Melville 1818
Hebe 1820
WHARTON, Stephen
Adelaide 1849
WHITESIDE, J.T
Parkfield 1839
WILKINSON, Henry W
Larkins 1817
WILKINSON, William
Canada 1801
WILLCOCKS, James
Lady Shore 1797
Mutiny on the Lady Shore. BY the last Lisbon Mail, the Rev. John Black, of Woodbridge, Suffolk, received a packet from his son, who was one of the surviving Officers of that unfortunate ship the Lady Shore, dated Rio Janeiro, Jan. 18, 1798, containing an authentic narrative of the mutiny, and of his subsequent perils and adventures. Captain Wilcocks did not die till the third day after the mutiny, when he expired without a groan.
WILLIAMS,
Britannia 1814
WILLIAMS, Edward
Henry Wellesley 1837
WILLIAMS, Henry
Maria 1818
WILLIAMS, Henry
Morley 1828
WILLIAMS, Lew E
Sir William Bensley 1817
WILLIAMSON, William
Hindostan 1821
WILSON, Alexander
Pyramus 1832
WILSON, William
Royal Admiral 1800
According to the Memoirs of Hydrography, William Wilson was a nephew of Captain Wilson of the ship Duff who conveyed missionaries to Matavai in 1797. William Wilson in command of the Royal Admiral and during the course of voyages made to the missionary stations established in the Pacific continued to gain information of a highly useful character in Polynesia, which proved of great value in the almost unknown state of the hydrography of that region.
WINTER, Thomas
Almorah 1820
WISEMAN, William
Lucy Davidson 1829
Isabella 1832
WITHERS, Francis J.
Experiment 1804
WOODRIFF, Daniel
Naval Agent on the Kitty in 1793
Calcutta 1803 (Port Phillip)
Obituary -Capt. Woodriff, R.N. Feb. 24. At Greenwich Hospital, aged 86, Daniel Woodriff, esq. Post Captain K.N. a Captain of the Royal Hospital, and C.B. He entered the Royal Nary in 1762, but was educated on shore in 1767-70; he was made Lieutenant in 1789, a Commander in 1795, and superintendent of the prisoners of war at Norman Cross in the same year, and attained the rank of Post Captain in 1802. Towards the end of the latter year he was appointed to the Calcutta 50, then fitting out for the purpose of establishing a new convict settlement at Port Philip, on the southern extremity of New Holland. He sailed at the end of April 1803, and arrived at the place of his destination on the 12th Oct. following; but finding the spot not-desirable, on many accounts, he proceeded to the river Derwent, where he founded the now flourishing town of Hobart. Alter her return from New South Wales, the Calcutta was fitted for sea an an effective 50-gun ship, and tent to St. Helena for the protection of merchantmen. Whilst on this service she was captured, after a gallant defence, by a numerous French squadron; and Capt. Woodriff, after three months confinement on board the French fleet, was carried prisoner to Verdun. After several fruitless applications for his release, about June 1807, he received an order, signed by Bonaparte, then in Poland, directing him to proceed immediately to England, and to take the route of St. Maloes, a town which no Englishman was at that time permitted to enter except himself. On his arrival there he found that all his letters, directed to him at Verdun, had been forwarded from the latter place by order of the French government; and on his proceeding to engage a vessel to convey him to England, for which he expected to pay forty or fifty guineas, he was told that one was already provided for him, free of expense. At this period, it is to be remarked that, owing to some difficulty, there was not an exchange of prisoners of war but the British government, not to be outdone in generosity, immediately released a French officer of similar rank to Capt. Woodriff, and sent him to France on- terms of equal liberality. At a Court Martial, held shortly after, he was honourably acquitted, of the loss of his ship, And his conduct pronounced to have been that of 'a brave, cool, and intrepid officer.' Capt. Woodriff had the improvement of the service always in view; and made some valuable suggestions to the Admiralty and Navy Boards. At the close of the year 1808 he was appointed agent for prisoners of war at Gosport, and in 1813 Commissioner of the Navy at Port Royal yard. Towards the latter part of the war he resided as Commissioner at Jamaica. In 1830 he was appointed a Captain of Greenwich Hospital, and was nominated a Companion of the Bath in the following year. One of his sons it a Commander, and another a Lieutenant R.N. His eldest daughter married the late Lieut.-Col. Tomkins, of the 58th regt. and died in 1820. - Gentleman's Magazine
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YOUNG, John
Governor Ready 1829
YOUNG, Walter
Theresa 1839