Name Castle Forbes Launched 1818 | Propulsion Sail Tons burthen 398,300 kg | |
Builder Robert Gibbon & Sons, Aberdeen | ||
Castle Forbes was a 439-ton merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia.
Career
On her first convict voyage, under the command of Thomas Reid and surgeon J. Scott, she departed Cork, Ireland on the 3 October 1819, with 140 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney arriving on 27 January 1820. There were no convict deaths en route. Castle Forbes departed Port Jackson on 15 February 1820, for Hobart Town with 180 male convicts. She arrived in Hobart Town on 29 February 1820. Castle Forbes left Hobart Town on 26 March 1820 bound for Batavia.
The second convict voyage, under the command of John Ord and surgeon Matthew Anderson, she departed Cork, Ireland on 28 September 1823 with 140 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 15 January 1824 and had one convict death en route. Castle Forbes left Port Jackson on 11 March 1824 bound for Isle de France.