Name Waterloo Type Barque Launched 1815 Builder Bristol | Namesake Battle of Waterloo Propulsion Sail Tons burthen 375,600 kg | |
Waterloo was a 414-ton merchant ship built at Bristol, England in 1815. She made four voyages transporting convicts from England to Australia and two voyages from Ireland to Australia.
Career
On her first convict voyage, under the command of Stephen Addison and surgeon Michael Goodsir, she departed London on 14 March 1829, with 180 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 9 July 1829. There were two convict deaths en route. The second convict voyage, under the command of Stephen Addison and surgeon William Trotman, she departed Dublin on 18 December 1830 with 200 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 30 April 1831 and had one convict death en route.
The third convict voyage, under the command of John Cow and surgeon John Stephenson, she departed Sheerness on 12 March 1833 with 214 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 3 August 1833 and had eleven convict deaths en route. On her fourth convict voyage, under the command of John Cow and surgeon George Roberts, she departed Portsmouth on 20 November 1834, with 224 male convicts. She arrived in Hobart Town on 3 March 1835 and had no convict deaths en route. She made a fifth convict voyage, under the command of John Cow and surgeon George Roberts, she departed Cork, Ireland on 21 May 1836 with 224 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 6 September 1836 and had two convict deaths en route.
On her sixth convict voyage under the command of John Cow and surgeon J. Ellis, she departed Sheerness on 4 October 1837 with 224 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 8 February 1838 and had no convict deaths en route.