Name Royal Admiral Propulsion Sail Tons burthen 375,600 kg | Launched 1828 | |
Royal Admiral was a 414-ton timber three-masted barque, built at King's Lynn, England in 1828 and used as a merchant ship. Royal Admiral first served for trade to India. She subsequently sailed to Australia on four occasions carrying convicts, from Portsmouth to Port Jackson in 1830, from Dublin to Port Jackson in 1833 and 1834, and from Woolwich to Hobart Town in 1842.
Career
On her first convict voyage, under the command of David Fotheringham and surgeon S. Rutherford, she departed Portsmouth on the 5 July 1830, with 193 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on the 8 November 1830. There were no convict deaths en route. The second convict voyage, under the command of David Fotheringham and surgeon Andrew Henderson, she departed Dublin, Ireland on the 4 June 1833, with 220 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on the 26 October 1833. There were five convict deaths en route. On her third convict voyage, under the command of David Fotheringham and surgeon J. Osborne, she departed Dublin on 27 September 1834 with 203 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 22 January 1835 and had two convict deaths en route.
Royal Admiral also sailed from Falmouth, Cornwall on 26 September 1837 with 112 pioneering settlers bound for Port Adelaide, South Australia, arriving 18 January 1838. A notable passenger on this voyage was Henry Inman who was to become the founding commander of the South Australian Police Force.
Royal Admiral was shipwrecked on the coast of Colaba, India in 1844 with the loss of its cargo.