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1839 Ships	Depart from Arrive at	Departure date Arrival date	Other information	Passengers

Orleana	Liverpool Port Adelaide	05 Oct 1838 16 Jan 1839	ship rig 648 tons 1835-	95 passengers 63 adults 32 children

Indus	Dundee Port Adelaide	13 Sep 1838 17 Jan 1839	422 tons 1838-	22 passengers 17 adults 5 children

Catharina	Hamburg Port Adelaide	15 Sep 1838 20 Jan 1839	barque 350 tons 1810-	122 passengers 2 adults 120 Germans not specified

Bardaster	London Port Adelaide	07 Oct 1838 22 Jan 1839	ship rig 1832-	at least 4 passengers

Dorset	Liverpool Port Adelaide	26 Aug 1838 23 Jan 1839	brig 99 tons 1838-1852	10 passengers 9 adults 1 child

Resource	London Port Adelaide	07 Oct 1838 23 Jan 1839	ship 417 tons 1804-	211 passengers 117 adults 94 children

Porter	Liverpool Port Adelaide	26 Aug 1838 25 Jan 1839	brig 252 tons 1824-1842	26 passengers 23 adults 3 children

Platina	London Port Adelaide	26 Sep 1838 09 Feb 1839	ship rig 303 tons 1829-	105 passengers 59 adults 46 children 9 deaths on voyage

Thomas Harrison	London Deal Port Adelaide	13 Nov 1838 20 Nov 1838 25 Feb 1839	ship rig 355 tons 1834-	95 passengers 70 adults 25 children

Henry Wellesley	Java Port Adelaide	02 Jan 1839 02 Mar 1839	barque 1804-

Fox	Rio de Janeiro Port Adelaide	04 Jan 1839 16 Mar 1839	brig <1811-

Katherine Stewart Forbes	London Portsmouth via Cape of Good Hope Port Adelaide	20 Oct 1838 22 Oct 1838 - 21 Mar 1839	ship 457 tons 1818-	55 passengers 45 adults 10 children

Dawsons	London via King George's SoundPort Adelaide	03 Sep 1838 09 Mar 183921 Mar 1839	brig 1826-	passengers

Buckinghamshire	London Portsmouth Port Adelaide	05 Dec 1839 11 Dec 1838 21 Mar 1839	ship 1468 tons 1816-	401 passengers 315 adults 86 children

D'Auvergne	London Port Adelaide	13 Nov 1838 21 Mar 1839	barque 440 tons 1831-	170 passengers 98 adults 72 children

Welcome	Greenock Port Adelaide	22 Nov 1838 01 Apr 1839	293 tons	24 passengers 18 adults 6 children

Fairfield	Liverpool Port Adelaide	14 Nov 1838 30 Apr 1839	barque 434 tons 1833-	115 passengers 83 adults 32 children

Alma	Hamburg Port Adelaide	13 Dec 1838 09 May 1839	ship 1832-	2 passengers

Planter	London Port Adelaide	23 Nov 1838 17 May 1839	ship rig 347 tons (crew mutiny off Rio de Janiero) 1829-	95 passengers 66 adults 29 children

Essington	Timor Port Adelaide	01 Jun 1839	brigantine 1825-	cargo incl. 60 Timor ponies

Sir Charles Forbes	Liverpool Port Adelaide	23 Jan 1839 10 Jun 1839	ship rig 1824-	183 passengers

HMS Herald	India Holdfast Bay	11 Feb 1839 16 Jun 1839	28 gun sloop 1822-

Hooghly	London Port Adelaide	19 Feb 1839 17 Jun 1839	ship rig, later barque 1819-	290 passengers

Lady Bute	Greenock via Madiera Port Adelaide	31 Jan 1839 18 Jun 1839	barque 1838-	61 passengers

Ganges	London Port Adelaide	17 Feb 1839 23 Jun 1839	ship rig 1816-	60 passengers

Seppings	London Port Adelaide	12 Mar 1839 29 Jun 1839	ship rig 1823-	36 passengers

Lysander	Liverpool Port Adelaide	18 Mar 1839 06 Jul 1839	ship rig, later barque 1834-	218 passengers

Exporter	Timor Port Adelaide	09 Jun 1839 06 Jul 1839	barque 1825-	6 passengers cargo 98 Timor ponies

Asia	London Holdfast Bay	06 Mar 1839 16 Jul 1839	ship rig, later barque 1815-	245 passengers

City of Adelaide	London Port Adelaide	30 Jan 1839 19 Jul 1839	ship rig 1838-	> 75 passengers

Mary Ridgway	London Port Adelaide	- 02 Aug 1839	ship rig 1834-	passengers

Ariadne	Greenock Port Adelaide	11 Apr 1839 13 Aug 1839	barque 1838-	120 passengers

Somersetshire	London Port Adelaide	20 Apr 1839 25 Aug 1839	ship rig 1810-	234 passengers

Georgiana	Leith Port Adelaide	14 Mar 1839 28 Aug 1839	ship rig 1820	70 passengers

Lullworth	Madras Port Adelaide	16 Jun 1839 01 Sep 1839	schooner 1828-	2 passengers

Prince George	Calcutta Nepean Bay (KI)	12 May 1839 02 Sep 1839	ship 317 tons 1828-1841

Pleiades	Lombok Port Adelaide	05 Aug 1839 02 Sep 1839	barque ? - 1839	no passengers

Glenswilly	Greenock Port Adelaide	23 May 1839 18 Sep 1839	ship rig 1838-	41 passengers

Recovery	London Port Adelaide	19 May 1839 19 Sep 1839	ship 1799-	? 237 passengers incl. Lt Frome

Anna Robertson	London Port Adelaide	27 May 1839 20 Sep 1839	ship rig 1816-	111 passengers

Alice Brooks	Liverpool Port Adelaide	22 May 1839 21 Sep 1839	barque 1832-	>2 passengers

Prince Regent	London Port Adelaidce	06 Jun 1839 25 Sep 1839	ship rig 1811-	199 passengers 23 deaths on voyage

Lady Lilford	Liverpool Port Adelaide	18 Jun 1839 27 Sep 1839	ship rig 1838	203 passengers

Dumfries	London Port Adelaide	20 Jun 1839 13 Oct 1839	ship rig 1837	> 1 passenger

Strathisla	Timor Port Adelaide	04 Sep 1839 18 Oct 1839	barque 1829-	cargo of Timor ponies

Superb	Greenock Port Adelaide	11 Jul 1839 22 Oct 1839	barque 1837	49 passengers

Palmyra	Greenock Greenock Port Adelaide	03 Jul 1839 18 Jul 1839 29 Oct 1839	barque maiden voyage 1839-	150 passengers

Singapore	London The Downs Port Adelaide	11 Jul 1839 12 Jul 1839 11 Nov 1839	ship rig 1833-	96 passengers

Hero	Singapore Port Adelaide	14 Sep 1839 23 Nov 1839	barque 1835-	1 passenger

Caroline	London Gravesend Plymouth Port Adelaide	30 Jun 1839 17 Jul 1839 17 Dec 1839	ship rig 1825-	80 passengers

Cleveland	London The Downs Plymouth Port Adelaide	- 25 Jul 1839 08 Aug 1839 18 Dec 1839	ship rig 1825-	189 passengers

Duchess of Northumberland	London Port Adelaide	05 Aug 1839 19 Dec 1839	ship rig, later barque 1834-	262 passengers

Moffatt	London Port Adelaide	26 Aug 1839 19 Dec 1839	barque 1807-	316 passengers

Delhi	Liverpool Port Adelaide	18 Aug 1839 20 Dec 1839	ship rig 1835-	167 passengers

William Barrass	London Port Adelaide	08 Jul 1839 20 Dec 1839	ship rig 1834	> 2 passengers

Justine	Mauritius Port Adelaide	- 23 Dec 1839	barque 1837-	3 passengers

Mississipi	Port Lincoln	01 Dec 1839	French whaler 1825-	called for supplies

James Holm	Singapore Port Adelaide	26 Sep 1839 26 Dec 1839	barque 1833-	1 passenger

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!