| 1837
Ships | | | Depart from
Arrive at | | | Departure date
Arrival date | | | Other information | | | Passengers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Coromandel | | | Deal
Nepean Bay
(Kangaroo Island)
Holdfast Bay | | | 26 Sep 1836
12 Jan 1837
17Jan 1837 | | | ship
662 tons
1820- | | | 156 passengers
124 adults
32 children | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | William Hutt | | | London
Holdfast Bay | | | 12 Aug 1836
26 Jan 1837 | | | brig 260 tons 1833- | | | 1 passenger
1 adult | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Isabella | | | London
via Launceston Holdfast Bay | | | Sep 1836
06 Jan 1837
11 Feb 1837 | | | ship 1826-1837 | | | several passengers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | John Renwick | | | Gravesend
Holdfast Bay
Port Adelaide (m) | | | 18 Oct 1836
09 Feb 1837
21 Feb 1837 | | | ship 403 tons 1826- | | | 140 passengers
106 adults
34 children | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mary and Jane | | | Cape of Good Hope Holdfast Bay
Port Adelaide | | | 20 Dec 1836
18 Feb 1837
21 Feb 1837 | | | 196 tons | | | 3 passengers
3 adults | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Australian | | | Plymouth
Kingscote
(Kangaroo Island) | | | 22 Dec 1836
22 Apr 1837 | | | barque 236 tons 1819-1837 | | | 63 passengers
46 adults
17 children | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sarah and Elizabeth | | | Hull
Kingscote
(Kangaroo Island) | | | 26 Sep 1836
14 Apr 1837 | | | barque
269 tons
1775-1857 | | | 40 passengers
38 adults
2 children | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Schah | | | Gravesend
Port Adelaide | | | 08 Jan 1837
04 May 1837 | | | brig 161 tons <1832-1837 | | | 5 passengers
4 adults
1 child | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lord Hobart | | | Cape of Good Hope Port Adelaide | | | 1837
09 Jul 1837 | | | 189 tons | | | no passengers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Abeona | | | Mauritius
via Swan River
Port Adelaide | | | 1837
11 Jun-06 Jul
29 Jul 1837 | | | brigantine 1832- | | | 24 passengers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Solway | | | Hamburg
Kingscote
(Kangaroo Island) | | | 09 Jun 1837
16 Oct 1837 | | | ship 337 tons 1829-1837 | | | 38 passengers
38 adults | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Katherine Stewart Forbes | | | Gravesend
Port Adelaide | | | 28 Jun 1837
17 Oct 1837 | | | ship 457 tons 1818- | | | 222 passengers
143 adults
79 children | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hartley | | | Gravesend
Port Adelaide | | | 17 May 1837
28 Oct 1837 | | | ship 322 tons 1836- | | | 108 passengers
57 adults
51 children | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Peter Proctor | | | Calcutta
Port Adelaide | | | 30 Aug 183
23 Nov 1837 | | | brig 1808- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lady Emma | | | Gravesend
Port Adelaide | | | 05 Aug 1837
04 Dec 1837 | | | barque 231 tons 1823- | | | 109 passengers
67 adults
42 children | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Navarino | | | Gravesend
Port Adelaide | | | 26 Aug 1837
06 Dec 1837 | | | barque 463 tons 1808- | | | 217 passengers
151 adults
66 children |
The data in the Other Information column includes a brief description of the vessel, the year of construction and, if known, the year of loss/destruction where the ship was later lost at sea or shipwrecked. Sources:
South Australian Records Prior to 1841 (Opie)
Migrant Ships for South Australia 1836-1866 (Ronald Parsons)
Shipping Arrivals and Departures South Australia 1627-1850 (Sexton)
The Land of Promise (John Stephens) At times there is a conflict in the information provided by each of the sources listed above. For example, dates of sailing may vary from one source to another, and 3 different references may give 3 differing dates! |
