Tasmanian Convict Ships List - "R" Ships
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Rajah
| One voyage only Female convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | London / Woolwich | Departure Date: | 05 Apr 1841 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 19 Jul 1841 |
Convicts landed: 179 (+ 10 children)
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1834-1842, Roebuck, 1985, p202.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
BEVINGTON Petus
BURT Jane
ESP Sarah
FORD Mary Ann
GRAHAM Ellen
GREEN Sarah
HAWKINS Elizabeth
LAING Amelia (aka Emily)
LOWRY Catherine
LOWRY/LOURY Catherine
MILLER Margaret
O'CONNOR Mary
PERRY Hannah
PINDAR Sarah
REDMAN Eliza
RILEY Elizabeth
ROBERTSON Janet
STEVENSON / STEPHENSON Christian(a)
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Ratcliffe (1)
| First voyage Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | London / Dublin / Kingstown Ireland | Departure Date: | 19 May 1845 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 30 Aug 1845 |
Convicts landed: 215
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Broxam, Graeme, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1843-1850, Roebuck, 1998, p53.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
BEVEN Michael
BEVIN Michael
CAIN William
DUGGAN Andrew
FITZGERALD Henry
GALLAGHER Bernard
GALLAGHER James
GASON Francis
GASON Francis
GODFREY Patrick
HUNT Terence
KELLY Lawrence
MEALLY / MALEY Michael
SHEEDY Patrick
SHIELDS Patrick
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Ratcliffe (2)
| Second voyage Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Spithead | Departure Date: | 29 Jul 1848 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 12 Nov 1848 |
Convicts landed: 248
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Died on board:
LINDLEY John
SAYER John
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Broxam, Graeme, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1843-1850, Roebuck, 1998, p142.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Archives Office of Tasmania, Convict Department, Registers of Convict's Deaths, 10 Jun 1840-31 Mar 1846, 25 Nov 1845-5 Jul 1874, (Ref: CON 63).
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
BAKER William
BASSETT Peter
BASSETT Peter
BOYLETT James
CHEW John
JOHNSON George
MARKS Thomas (aka SMITH John)
NEATE Thomas (aka ROBINSON John)
PARKER James
RAYNER Abraham
ROBINSON John (aka NEATE Thomas)
SMITH John (aka MARKS Thomas)
STAPLES Robert
TIDEY William
TOOMEY John
TUNNICLIFFE William
WHITCOMBE James
WHITEHEAD Thomas
WOODWARD Robert
WOOLFORD Robert
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
BENNISON Robert William - Lieutenant, 99th Lanarkshire Foot Regt.
Recovery
| One voyage only Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | London / Downs | Departure Date: | 01 Jun 1837 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 06 / 08 Oct 1837 |
Convicts landed: 275
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1834-1842, Roebuck, 1985, p93.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
ARNETT James
BALDOCK James
BLUNT William
BOVILLE William
ELLIOTT James
EVANS Edward
FORREST William
FRANKS Joseph
GAMBRILL George
GOSSAGE Charles
GREENWOOD James
HAIRSINE / AIRSINE Matthew
HETHRINGTON Robert
ODELL John
PENMAN Joseph
QUIN Mark
ROSSER Frederick
SIMPSON George
SMITH James
TREBLE William
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Red Rover
| One voyage only Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Sheerness / Portsmouth | Departure Date: | 24 Oct / 18 Nov 1830 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 25 / 26 Mar 1831 |
Convicts landed: 166
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1803-1833, Roebuck, 1983, p182.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
GAGE William Henry
GRUNDELL John
NEVILLE Isaac
NUTTALL Christopher
SERMON Job
THOMAS John
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Richard Webb
| One voyage only Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Kingston / Dublin | Departure Date: | 5 / 15 Nov 1841 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 04 Mar 1842 |
Convicts landed: 189 / 190 / 199 (+6 children)
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Also on board Dr Rogers, Lieutenant Muir, 30 rank & file 99th Regt, 4 women, 6 children, 5 free settlers, 6 children of prisoners.
Died on board:
DONOHOE John
FITZGERALD Mark
GREEN Thomas
McDERMOTT Patrick
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1834-1842, Roebuck, 1985, p222.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Archives Office of Tasmania, Convict Department, Registers of Convict's Deaths, 10 Jun 1840-31 Mar 1846, 25 Nov 1845-5 Jul 1874, (Ref: CON 63).
Newspaper report Launceston Examiner Saturday 12 Mar 1842 p5.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
CUDDIH(E)Y / CUDDILEY / CUDDY Richard
ISLES Samuel
KIRK Patrick
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Richmond
| One voyage only Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Sheerness / Downs | Departure Date: | 27 Nov / 06 Dec 1821 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 29 / 30 Apr 1822 |
Convicts landed: 159
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1803-1833, Roebuck, 1983, p79.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
ALEXANDER James
BALDWIN William
EVERETT / EVERET John
FLEGG Robert
TAYLOR George
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Rodney (1)
| First voyage Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Portland (Dorset) | Departure Date: | 23 Aug 1850 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 28 Nov 1850 |
Convicts landed: 308
Notes:
Click to view the UK PRO list of convicts per Rodney (1)
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Died on board:
GILL John
MURPHY George
SPEAKMAN Thomas
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Broxam, Graeme, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1843-1850, Roebuck, 1998, p227.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Archives Office of Tasmania, Convict Department, Registers of Convict's Deaths, 10 Jun 1840-31 Mar 1846, 25 Nov 1845-5 Jul 1874, (Ref: CON 63).
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
ALLEN Charles
BARKER Samuel
BERRYMAN Charles
BILCLOUGH William
EXALL Joseph
FENSOM William
GOLD Hugh
GOODWIN Joseph aka STEWART
GRAHAM William
HANCOCKS John
RANDALL William
RITCHIE David
SHEEN Francis
SPACKMAN James
STEWART Joseph aka GOODWIN
TAYLOR Luke
TYSON Frederick
WADE William
WARE Charles
WINWOOD Levi
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
MATTHEWS Joseph & Sarah - Military Pensioner
Rodney (2)
| Second voyage Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Queenstown | Departure Date: | 24 Sep 1851 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 20 Dec 1851 |
Convicts landed: 308
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
ALEXANDER Henry
BEGGS Charles
BRERETON David
CLARIDGE James
DIAPER Edward
ELLSON Joseph
EVANS Charles
FRANKCOMBE Charles
GREAVES John
GROVES Charles aka SMITH
HEWITT John
HIBBIT John
HURRELL Robert
JONES Benjamin
MILLINGTON Matthew aka William
NASH Michael
PARSISSON George
PEARCE George
RENSHAW Robert
SMITH Charles aka GROVES
WESTMORELAND John
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Rodney (3)
| Third voyage Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Queenstown | Departure Date: | 24 Nov 1852 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 12 Feb 1853 |
Convicts landed: 339
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Died on board:
CARTHY Florenere
HARRINGTON Timothy
KIERNAN Bryan
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Archives Office of Tasmania, Convict Department, Registers of Convict's Deaths, 10 Jun 1840-31 Mar 1846, 25 Nov 1845-5 Jul 1874, (Ref: CON 63).
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
BERGIN Robert
HALLORAN Patrick
HEALY Edmond
HYNES Patrick
KIERNAN Bryan
O'BRIEN Daniel
REILLY James
ROONEY Richard
SHEA Matthew
SWEEN(E)Y Michael
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Roslyn Castle
| One voyage only Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Downs | Departure Date: | 19 Aug 1828 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 08 / 16 Dec 1828 |
Convicts landed: 174
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1803-1833, Roebuck, 1983, p151.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
BLAKE Thomas
BLAKE Thomas
DEWHURST Charles
DONAKEY Michael
LOBB John
OLDKNOW John
SELFRIDGE Paul
TOMKINS John
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Royal Admiral
| One voyage only Female convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Woolwich / London | Departure Date: | 05 / 07 May 1842 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 24 Sep 1842 |
Convicts landed: 122 + 80 to Launceston
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1834-1842, Roebuck, 1985, p236.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
BAILEY Jane
BEDDOW Mary Ann
BROWN Emma
CARMICHAEL Janet
CASEY Mary
CULLING Susan Eleanor / Susellen
DAVIS Maria
GIFFORD Ann
GREAVES Emma
JONES Catherine
MILES Lydia
MOCKRIDGE Mary Jane
NEWMAN Ann
ROGERS Sarah
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Royal George
| One voyage only Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | London / Portsmouth | Departure Date: | 12 / 27 Jun 1830 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 16 / 18 Oct 1830 |
Convicts landed: 211
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1803-1833, Roebuck, 1983, p176.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
BAKER Thomas (aka BUCK)
CORNELIUS John
EDWARDS Richard (real name Abraham Charles FLOWER)
FISHER Ambrose
FLOWER Abraham Charles (aka Richard EDWARDS)
GOODALL John
JONES John
JORDAN Charles
PIGUENIT Frederick Le Geyt
SEWARD Robert
WHITFORD Joseph
WHYMARK Benjamin
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Royal Sovereign
| One voyage only Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Sheerness / Downs | Departure Date: | 31 Aug / 02 / 07 Sep 1837 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 08 / 09 Jan 1838 |
Convicts landed: 150 (boys)
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1834-1842, Roebuck, 1985, p101.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Ruby (19-02-1812)
| One voyage only Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | Sydney | Departure Date: | 11 Feb 1812 |
| Arrival Port: | Derwent | Arrival Date: | 19 Feb 1812 |
Convicts landed: 80
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Index to Tasmanian Convicts.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1803-1833, Roebuck, 1983, p30.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
BANKS Margaret aka HUGHES, McCORMACK, FARRELL (Friends to NSW)
BANKS Thomas aka Anthony FARRELL (Guildford to NSW)
BENT Andrew (Guilford to NSW)
CROSSWELL Henry (Guildford to NSW)
FARRELL Anthony aka Thomas BANKS (Guildford to NSW)
FARRELL Margaret aka HUGHES, McCORMACK, BANKS (Friends to NSW)
HANSKE Gottfried aka HANSKEY/HANSKIE Godfrey (Guildford 1 to NSW)
HUGHES Margaret aka McCORMACK, BANKS, FARRELL (Friends to NSW)
HUXLEY John (Admiral Gambier to NSW)
LOWE George (Glatton to NSW)
McCORMACK Margaret aka HUGHES, BANKS, FARRELL (Friends to NSW)
RUSSELL John (Ann 1808 to NSW)
TAMPLIN John
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
Runnymede
| One voyage only Male convicts on board |
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| Departure Port: | London | Departure Date: | 20 Dec 1839 |
| Arrival Port: | Hobart | Arrival Date: | 28 Mar 1840 |
Convicts landed: 200 (boys?)
Notes:
Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms.
Sources:
Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference.
Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985.
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1834-1842, Roebuck, 1985, p161.
Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77.
Convicts on board listed by Researchers
ALLEN Samuel
BROOKMAN Benjamin
DUFF Andrew
HARRIS James
LAKEY William
LORDEN Thomas Lewis
MERRICK Charles
MILNE William Lyon
MUNRO John
O'NEIL Alexander
ORANGE John
PHASEY Thomas
ROBOTTOM Edward
RUSHTON Richard
WATKINS Thomas
Non-convicts on board listed by Researchers
No current listings
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Updated: 19-Jun-2016
