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Elizabeth (1805 ship)

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Name
  
Elizabeth

Type
  
Barque

Propulsion
  
Sail

Builder
  
Dartmouth

Tons burthen
  
392 (bm)

Launched
  
1805

Elizabeth was a 392-ton merchant ship built at Dartmouth, England in 1805. She made one voyage transporting convicts from England to Australia.

Career

Under the command of John Austin and surgeon Robert Espie, she left London, England on 26 June 1836, with 161 female convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 12 October 1836 and had no convict deaths en route. Elizabeth departed Port Jackson on 21 November 1836 bound for Valparaíso, Chile with passengers and sundries.

References

Elizabeth (1805 ship) Wikipedia