1845
Ships		   Depart from
Arrive at		   Departure date
Arrival date		   Other information   Passengers
Lightning   London
Cape of Good Hope
Port Adelaide		   16 Aug 1844
22 Nov 1844
01 Jan 1845		   schooner
1841-		   > 3 passengers
                 
William Wise   London
Port Adelaide		   20 Sep 1844
05 Jan 1845		   brig
1826-		   17 passengers
                 
Guiana   Mauritius
Swan River
Port Adelaide		   15 Dec 1844
22 Jan 1845
08 Feb 1845		   barque
1831-1847		   2 passengers from Swan River
                 
Britomart   Singapore
Port Adelaide		   -
28 Feb 1845		   brig
1820-		    
                 
Waterwitch   Mauritius
Port Adelaide		   27 Jan 1845
04 Mar 1845		   schooner
1831-		   1 passenger
cargo incl. 1021 bags sugar
                 
John Pirie   Port Adelaide   16 Mar 1845   schooner
1827-1850		   whaling voyage
                 
Isabella Watson   London
Plymouth
Port Adelaide		   20 Dec 1844
03 Apr 1845		   3 mast ship
1840-1852		   125 passengers
first ship with assisted immigrants since Dec 1840
                 
Falco   Boston USA
Swan River
Port Adelaide		   19 Nov 1844
11 Mar 1844
12 Apr 1845		   brig
1832-		   1 passenger
(for New Zealand?)
                 
Lightning   Singapore
Port Adelaide		   26 Mar 1845
06 May 1845		   schooner
1841-		   1 passenger
cargo incl. 1 live turtle
                 
Richard Mount   Cape of Good Hope
Port Adelaide		   -
08 May 1845		   schooner
1834-		   cargo incl. 12 ton guano
                 
Sans Pareille   Leith
Faroe Islands
Port Adelaide		   21 Nov 1844
29 Jan 1845
26 May 1845		   brigantine
1841-		    
                 
Hawk   Singapore
Port Adelaide		   -
31 May 1845		   schooner
1827-		   1 passenger for New Zealand
                 
Jane Geary   Mauritius
Port Adelaide		   -
28 Jun 1845		   brig
1840-		    
                 
Cheerful   Manila
Port Adelaide		   04 Apr 1845
03 Ju1 1845		   brigantine
1834-		    
                 
Taglioni   London
Port Adelaide		   07 Apr 1845
24 Jul 1845		   3 mast ship
1840-		   passengers
                 
Guiana   Mauritius
Port Adelaide		   -
27 Jul 1845		   barque
1831-1847		   passengers
                 
Waterwitch   Bourbon
Port Adelaide		   -
06 Aug 1845		   schooner
1831-		   1 passenger
                 
Spartan   London
Port Adelaide		   18 Apr 1845
12 Aug 1845		   3 mast ship
1825-		   passengers

 

Haidee   London
Cape Verde Is
Port Adelaide		   -
07 May 1845
26 Aug 1845		   barque
1839-		   no passengers
                 
HMS Racehorse   Plymouth
Port Adelaide		   209 May 1845
9 Aug 1845		   18 gun sloop
1830-		    
                 
Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel   Bremen
Port Adelaide		   24 May 1845
18 Sep 1845		   3 mast ship
1842-		   262 passengers
                 
Hawk   Singapore
Port Adelaide		   05 Aug 1845
23 Sep 1845		   schooner
1827-		   1 passenger
                 
Phoebe   Cape of Good Hope
Port Adelaide		   29 Jul 1845
23 Sep 1845		   brigantine
1843-		   1 passenger
                 
John Pirie   Port Adelaide   29 Sep 1845   schooner
1827-1850		   whaling voyage
                 
Lightning   Singapore
Port Adelaide		   13 Aug 1845
29 Sep 1845		   schooner
1841-		   passengers
                 
Elphinstone   Bombay
Port Adelaide		   19 Aug 1845
14 Oct 1845		   18 gun brig-sloop
East India Co.		   passengers
incl. Governor Robe and military convicts
                 
Augustus   London
The Downs
Port Adelaide		   -
22 Jun 1845
15 Oct 1845		   3 mast ship,  later barque
1834-1858		   21 passengers
                 
Telegraph   Cape of Good Hope
Port Adelaide		   09 Sep 1845
21 Oct 1845		   brig   1 passenger
                 
Symmetry   London
The Downs
Port Adelaide		   25 Jun 1845
26 Jun 1845
07 Nov 1845		   3 mast ship
1840-		   12 passengers
                 
Amelia   Leith
Gothenburg
Port Adelaide		   -
24 Jun 1845
13 Nov 1845		   rig
1825-		    
                 
Royal Archer   Liverpool
Hobart Town
Port Adelaide		   27 Jun 1845
30 Nov 1845
21 Nov 1845		   barque
1841-		   25 passengers
                 
John Heyes   London
Port Adelaide		   10 Aug 1845
24 Nov 1845		   3 mast ship
1820-		   no passengers
                 
Templar   London
Port Adelaide		   25 Jul 1845
24 Nov 1845		   3 mast ship
1842-		   109 passengers
                 
Gunga   Liverpool
Port Adelaide		   27 Jul 1845
29 Nov 1845		   barque
1834-		   no passengers
                 
Waterwitch   Mauritius
Port Adelaide		   22 Nov 1845
26 Dec 1845		   schooner
1831-		    
                 
Joseph Albino   London
Cape of Good Hope
Port Adelaide		   04 Jul 1845
22 Oct 1845
08 Dec 1845		   schooner
1839-1849
Condemned 1849		   7 passengers
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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!