Eliza was a merchant ship built in Java, Netherlands East Indies, in 1815. She was registered at Calcutta in 1818.[1] She made two voyages transporting convicts from England to Australia. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1848.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Eliza |
| Owner |
|
| Builder | Java |
| Launched | 1815 |
| Fate | Last listed in 1846 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 373,[1] or 391,[2] or 392[3] (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
Career
editUnder the command of William Doutty and surgeon J. Patterson, she left London, England, on 29 June 1828, and arrived in Sydney on 18 November.[2] She had embarked 158 male convicts and had eight deaths en route.[4] Seven of the eight deaths were due to dysentery. It appeared while Eliza was becalmed for a while in the Doldrums, and disappeared after she left the tropics[5][Note 1] Eliza departed Port Jackson on 19 March 1829 bound for London with produce.[7]
On her second convict voyage Eliza was under the command of William Doutty and surgeon David Thompson. She left London on 7 November 1829, arrived in Hobart Town on 24 February 1830.[8] She had embarked 117 female convicts and had two deaths en route.[9] Eliza departed Hobart Town in June 1830, bound for Singapore.
Notes, citation, and references
editNotes
Citations
- ^ a b Phipps (1840), p. 185.
- ^ a b Bateson (1959), pp. 298–9.
- ^ Register of Shipping (1829), Seq.№252.
- ^ Bateson (1959), p. 331.
- ^ Bateson (1959), p. 250.
- ^ Bateson (1959), p. 253.
- ^ "Commercial Interests". The Australian (Sydney), Friday 27 March 1829, p.3. 27 March 1829. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ Bateson (1959), pp. 310–1.
- ^ Bateson (1959), p. 332.
References
- Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
- Phipps, John (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.