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1841 Ships	Depart from Arrive at	Departure date Arrival date	Other information	Passengers

Royal Mail	London Port Adelaide	27 Sep 1840 07 Feb 1841	schooner 1825-	passengers

Tyrone	Liverpool Port Adelaide	04 Oct 1840 11 Feb 1841	brig 1838-	1 passenger

Hawk	London Port Adelaide	22 Sep 1840 18 Feb 1841	schooner 1827-

Planter	Rio de Janeiro Cape of Good Hope Port Adelaide	- - 13 Feb 1841	schooner 1825-	no passengers

King William	Singapore Port Adelaide	02 Dec 1840 10 Feb 1841	barque 1831-	no passengers

Corsair	London Cape of Good Hope Holdfast Bay	13 Sep 1840 10 Jan 1841 01 Mar 1841	schooner 1827-	passengers

London	Cape of Good Hope Port Adelaide	31 Jan 1841 27 Mar 1841	barque 1833-	passengers

Edina	Greenock Port Adelaide	15 Dec 1840 06 Apr 1841	barque 1839-	passengers

Siam	London Plymouth via Rio de Janeiro Port Adelaide	01 Dec 1840 12 Dec 1840 - 23 Apr 1841	barque 1840-	passengers

Alexandrina	Dublin Hobart Town Port Adelaide	01 Oct 1840 - 28 Apr 1841	brig 1839-	passengers

Caroline	Hamburg Port Adelaide	10 Dec 1840 26 Apr 1841	brig 1825-	no passengers

Lord Glenelg	London Port Adelaide	03 Jan 1841 10 May 1841	ship rig 1835-	passengers incl. Governor Grey

Henry Hoyle	Liverpool Port Adelaide	14 Jan 1841 12 May 1841	snow 1829-	passengers

Dumfries	Singapore King George Sound Port Adelaide	03 Apr 1841 07 May 1841 15 May 1841	ship 1837-	passengers

Amelia	Liverpool Cape of Good Hope Port Adelaide	03 Dec 1840 19 Mar 1841 15 May 1841	brig 1826-	passengers

Countess of Durham	London Port Adelaide	17 Jan 1841 05 Jun 1841	barque 1835-	> 2 passengers

Christiana	London Port Adelaide	- 25 Jul 1841	barque 1823-	passengers

Comet	Table Bay Port Adelaide	- 06 Jul 1841	brig 1824-	cargo of 'trashy wine'

William	Guernsey Port Adelaide	03 Apr 1841 25 Jul 1841	barque 1835-	passengers 1st boat from Channel Isles to sail to an Australian port

Benares	Leith Pt Phillip Port Adelaide	- - 27 Jul 1841	barque 1840-	1 passenger from Port Phillip

Clydeside	the Clyde Port Adelaide	28 Apr 1841 03 Sep 1841	brig 1841- maiden voyage	passengers

L'Elizabeth	Port Adelaide	Oct 1841	ship 1837-	French whaler refitting

Elizabeth Moore	Liverpool Cape of Good Hope Port Adelaide	21 May 1841 02 Sep 1841 21 Oct 1841	barque 1831-	Cargo of vine cuttings from the Cape. no passengers

Skjold	Altona Port Adelaide	03 Jul 1841 27 Oct 1841	ship rig 1839-	214 passengers 41 deaths

Lorina	Java Port Adelaide	- 27 Oct 1841	brig 1831-	no passengers

Fama	London Port Adelaide	19 May 1841 11 Oct 1841	barque 1830-	> 2 passengers

Orissa	London Port Adelaide	26 Jun 1841 20 Nov 1841	barque 1832-	> 2 passengers

James Turcan	London The Downs Port Adelaide	16 Jul 1841 26 Jul 1841 26 Nov 1841	barque 1835-	12 passengers

Alcmena	Leith Melbourne Port Adelaide	10 May 1841 23 Nov 1841 06 Dec 1841	barque 1840	1 passenger

Mercator	Port Adelaide	16 Dec 1841	American whaler

King Henry	Greenock Port Adelaide	12 Jul 1841 20 Dec 1841	brig 1820-	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!