Name Henry Porcher Fate Wrecked in 1858 Propulsion Sail Weight 492.8 tons | Namesake Henry Porcher Type barque Launched 1817 Displacement 440,000 kg | |
Builder Hilhouse & Sons and Company | ||
Henry Porcher was a 485-ton barque sailing ship built in 1817 by Hilhouse & Sons and Company at Bristol, England. The ship was named after Henry Porcher, the son of then East India agent, Josias Du Pré Porcher.
Henry Porcher was a regular ship of the East India Company between 1818 and 1831.
Under the command of John Thomson, she departed Dublin, Ireland on the 5 August 1825, carrying 176 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 3 December 1825 and had one death en route. In 1835, Henry Porcher sailed, under the command of John Hart, on her second voyage as a convict transport, departing The Downs on 4 September 1834, with 260 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 1 January 1835 and had eight deaths en route. On her third voyage as a convict transport, again under the command of John Hart, she departed Portsmouth on 4 August 1836, with 260 male convicts. She arrived at Hobart on 15 November 1836 and had two deaths en route.
While she was travelling from Quebec to Grangemouth, Captain Simpson committed suicide in September 1858 with result that the ship went aground near Thurso and was wrecked.