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1838 Ships	Depart from Arrive at	Departure date Arrival date	Other information	Passengers

Royal Admiral	London Falmouth Port Adelaide	25 Sep 1837 18 Jan 1838	barque 413 tons 1828-	208 passengers 139 adults 69 children

Justina	Batavia Port Adelaide	24 Feb 1838 30 Mar 1838	235 tons

Lord Goderich	London Port Adelaidce	15 Oct 1837 15 Apr 1838	ship rig 461 tons 1828-	157 passengers 111 adults 46 children

Lord Hobart	Timor Port Adelaide	14 Feb 1838 25 Apr 1838	brig 189 tons 1805-	cargo of ponies

Canton	London Port Adelaide	15 Dec 1837 02 May 1838	ship 507 tons 1834-	143 passengers 83 adults 60 children

Trusty	London Port Adelaide	03 Dec 1837 15 May 1838	ship 365 tons 1834-	129 passengers 96 adults 33 children

Rapid	London Falmouth Port Adelaide	03 Feb 1838 26 Feb 1838 20 Jun 1838	brig 161 tons 1826-1841	25 passengers 25 adults

Goshawk	Hamburg London Port Adelaide	20 Dec 1837 Jan 1838 20 Jun 1838	brig 244 tons 1831-	2 passengers 2 adults

Eden	London Portsmouth Port Adelaide	13 Feb 1838 26 Feb 1838 24 Jun 1838	ship rig 523 tons 1826-	228 passengers 149 adults 79 children

Henry Porcher	London Port Adelaide	26 Feb 1838 01 Jul 1838	ship rig 485 tons 1817-1858	140 passengers 99 adults 41 children

HMS Alligator	Plymouth Holdfast Bay	06 Mar 1838 10 Jul 1838	28 gun sloop 1821-

David	London Port Adelaide	09 Mar 1838 16 Jul 1838	210 tons 1825-	no passengers

Emerald Isle	Calcutta Port Adelaide	-- Mar 1838 24 Jul 1838	ship 400 tons 1836-	2 passengers

Duke of Roxburgh	Londo Kingscote (KI) Holdfast Bay	12 Apr 1838 24 Jul 1838 28 Jul 1838	ship rig 416 tons 1828-	84 passenger 65 adults 19 children

Reunion	Kangaroo Island	01 Sep 1838	French whaler 1822-	no passengers

Speculator	London Port Adelaide	09 May 1838 05 Sep 1838	brig 1828-	no passengers

Winchester	London Port Adelaide	12 Jun 1838 23 Sep 1838	ship rig 400 tons 1837-1853	121 passengers 73 adults 48 children

Africaine	London Kingscote (KI) Port Adelaide	12 May 1838 17 Aug 1838 02 Oct 1838	barque 317 tons 1832-1843	the first ship to unload at Kingscote jetty

Pestonjee Bomanjee	London Holdfast Bay	11 Jun 1838 12 Oct 1838	ship rig 595 tons 1834-	230 passengers 160 adults 70 children, incl. Governor Gawler

Surry	London Port Adelaide	15 Jun 1838 16 Oct 1838	ship rig 461 tons 1811-	106 passengers 82 adults 24 children

Elizabeth	India Port Adelaide	- 02 Nov 1838	barque 1830-

Briton	Cape of Good Hope Port Adelaide	02 Sep 1838 05 Nov 1838	snow 240 tons 1824-	no passengers

Bengalee	Hamburg The Downs Kingscote (KI) Port Adelaide	16 Jul 1838 - 09 Nov 1838 16 Nov 1838	barque 304 tons temperance vessel 1837-	27 passengers

Rajahsthan	London Port Adelaide	26 Jul 1838 16 Nov 1838	ship rig 601 tons 1837-	235 passengers 171 adults 64 children

Prince George	Hamburg Port Adelaide	13 Jul 1838 18 Nov 1838	ship 317 tons 1828-1841	207 passengers 4 adults 3 children plus 200 Germans detail not specified, incl. A Kavel

Lloyds	London Port Adelaide	01 Aug 1838 01 Dec 1838	ship rig 402 tons 1830-	181 passengers 120 adults 61 children

David Witton	London Holdfast Bay	23 Jun 1838 03 Dec 1838	brig 270 tons 1833-1839	2 passengers 2 adults, cargo incl. 30,000 bricks

Catherine Jamieson	Leith Port Adelaide	28 Jun 1838 07 Dec 1838	barque 307 tons 1838-1840	37 passengers 37 adults

Mona	London Port Adelaide	12 Aug 1838 21 Dec 1838	barque 200 tons 1831-	no passengers

Prince George	London Port Adelaide	08 Sep 1838 26 Dec 1838	ship 482 tons 1830-	199 passengers 126 adults 73 children

Glenalvon	London Port Adelaide	13 Aug 1838 28 Dec 1838	ship rig 300 tons 1828-	17 passengers 12 adults 5 children

Zebra	Altona Port Adelaide	27 Aug 1838 28 Dec 1838	ship rig 350 tons 1818-	191 passengers 1 adult 190 Germans, detail not specified cargo incl. 40,924 bricks

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!