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!