Name Edward Type Barque Propulsion Sail | Builder Bristol Tons burthen 406 (bm) Launched 1806 | |
Edward was a 406-ton merchant ship built at Bristol, England in 1806. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia.
Career
Under the command of J. Gilbert and surgeon William Watt, she left Cork, Ireland on 1 January 1829, with 177 female convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 26 April 1829 and had three deaths en route. Edward departed Port Jackson on 27 May 1829 bound for Bombay in ballast.
On her second convict voyage under the command of J. Gilbert and surgeon Thomas Bell, she left Cork, Ireland on 17 October 1830, with 158 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 22 February 1831 and had five deaths en route. Edward departed Port Jackson on 26 March 1831, bound for Batavia, in convoy with York bound for Madras. She returned to Sydney on 3 April after Captain Gilbert believed that York had been seized by the soldiers sailing aboard her. Edward left Port Jackson on 5 April bound for Batavia and arrived at Batavia on 16 May 1831. She then returned to London.