Name Perseus Owner Reeve & Co. Propulsion Sail Builder Stockton-on-Tees | Namesake Perseus Tons burthen 364, or 372 ⁄94 (bm) Launched 1799 | |
Fate No longer listed in Lloyd's Register for 1811 | ||
Perseus was a sailing ship built in 1799 at Stockton-on-Tees, England.
Her first trade was as a London-based transport, with T. Ellerby as master. Her next trade was London-Jamaica, under John Dick, master. During 1801, her trade became London-Botany Bay.
Under the command of John Davison, she sailed from Spithead, England on 12 February 1802, in company with Coromandel. She reached Rio de Janeiro on 9 April, and the Cape on 25 May. At the Cape Davison purchased a number of head of cattle.
She arrived at Port Jackson on 14 August 1802. Perseus transported 113 male convicts, one of whom died on the voyage. The cattle too survived the voyage and Governor Philip Gidley King purchased them for the Government at £35 per head.
Perseus left Port Jackson on 7 October bound for China. Perseus brought with her goods loaded in London for sale at Canton.
Perseus returned to Britain on 9 August 1803. In 1804 she was converted to an armed escort ship and transport. On 10 September the "Perseus armed defense ship" sailed for Shields.
By 1809-10 Perseus was a transport operating out of Cowes. She is no longer listed in 1811.