Elizabeth (1816 ship)
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| Name: | Elizabeth |
| Builder: | Calcutta |
| Launched: | 1816 |
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| Tons burthen: | 527 (bm) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
The Elizabeth was a 527-ton merchant ship built at Calcutta, British India in 1816. She made one voyage transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia.
Career
Under the command of Walter Cock and surgeon Joseph Hughes, she left Cork, Ireland on 27 August 1827, with 194 female convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 12 January 1828 and had two convict deaths en route. Elizabeth departed Port Jackson bound for Mauritius.
References
- Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9
- Llyod's Register (1828)
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