Name Kangaroo Builder Bideford Type Brig | Owner Transport Board Launched 1811, or 1812 Tons burthen 200, 203, or 204 (bm) | |
HM Colonial brig Kangaroo was abrig built at Bideford, England in 1811 or 1812. She belonged to Royal Navy's Transportation Board and was based at Port Jackson. There she made voyages for the colonial government along the east coast of Australia with goods and troops. She made one voyage to Ceylon for merchandise and transporting military convicts from Ceylon to Australia. She returned to England in 1817 and was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1819.
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Career
Governor Lachlan Macquarie on 30 April 1810 requested the British Government supply the colony with two brigs (colonial ships) that would not be subject to the control of the Admiralty. The British government provided Kangaroo and Emu. The American privateer Holkar, captained by J. Rolland, captured Emu in 1812 on her outward-bound voyage.
Lieutenant Charles Jefferys (or Jeffreys), received a letter of marque on 1 March 1813. Kangaroo arrived in Sydney on 10 January 1814 after a passage of seven months and eight days from England.
She made one voyage to Ceylon, still under Jeffries' command, returning with merchandise, passengers and a number of military convicts. She arrived in Sydney on the 7 February 1816. Governor Lachlan Macquarie sent her back to England after he determined that she was unsuitable for the colony. She left on 9 April 1817.
Fate
She is last listed in 1819.