Shipping movements December 1840

Seq

Ship

Departure

Arrival

Arr Date

Source Codes

Notes

Pass

Newspaper

-

Abeona [Be - 105t]

Hobart

Pt Adelaide

25 Dec

RS

P

-

Alice [Cu - 25t]

Port Lincoln

Pt Adelaide

4 Dec

RS

supply whalers

-

Australia [Br - 239t]

Leith

NEVER ARR

29 Dec

RS

abandon on fire 600 miles W of Cape

15

40/64

Birman [Ba - 544t]

Greenock

Pt Adelaide

7 Dec

*

01

57

58

27

52

R

S

RP

S: 18 Dec 1840 (L); Despatches from Col Commissioners p71-84

218

12 Dec 1840

40/65

Brightman fmrly Edward Brightman [Ba - 383t]

London

Pt Adelaide

12 Dec

*

01

58

57

59

53

R

RP

pass inc Geo Morphett;Robt Torrens

169

19 Dec 1840

-

Challenger [Sc - 90t]

Launceston

Pt Adelaide

16 Dec

RS

-

Dorset [Br - 81t]

Sydney

Pt Adelaide

22 Dec

RS

P

40/68

Fairfield [Sh - 434t]

London

Pt Adelaide

14 Dec

*

01

58

57

59

R

RP

265

19 Dec 1840

-

Governor Gawler [Ke - 10t]

Portland

Pt Lincoln

22 Dec

RS

stimated arrival date

40/66

Helen Thompson [Sh - 544t]

Greenock

Pt Adelaide

12 Dec

01

58

57

59

52

R

RP

28

19 Dec 1840

-

Hero [Sl - 36t]

Port Adelaide

Encounter Bay

25 Dec E

RS

-

Isabella [Sh - 287t]

Calcutta

Pt Adelaide

9 Dec

01

duplicated entry by Opie see 40/58

T

-

John Pirie [Sc - 105t]

Sleaford Bay

Pt Adelaide

6 Dec

RS

-

John Pirie [Sc - 105t]

Sleaford Bay

Pt Adelaide

16 Dec

RS

-

John Pirie [Sc - 105t]

Port Adelaide

Glenelg

16 Dec

RS

-

John Pirie [Sc - 105t]

Glenelg

Pt Adelaide

19 Dec

RS

-

John Pirie [Sc - 105t]

Port Adelaide

Glenelg

23 Dec

RS

-

John Pirie [Sc - 105t]

Glenelg

Pt Adelaide

30 Dec

RS

-

Mary Ann [Cu - 20t]

Glenelg

Pt Adelaide

16 Dec

RS

-

Mary Ann [Cu - 20t]

Glenelg

Pt Adelaide

24 Dec

RS

-

Marys [Sc - 61t]

Hobart

Pt Adelaide

29 Dec

RS

40/69

Naiad [Be - 103t]

London

Pt Adelaide

29 Dec

58

57

59

R

RP

4

9 Jan 1841

40/67

Royal Admiral [Sh - 414t]

London

Pt Adelaide

13 Dec

*

01

58

57

59

52

R

RP

Opie says 446 pass

411

19 Dec 1840

-

Scout [Br - 94t]

Launceston

Pt Adelaide

4 Dec

RS

P

-

St Vincent [Cu - 11t]

Port Lincoln

Pt Adelaide

2 Dec E

RS

2

-

Victoria [Sc - 28t]

Port Adelaide

Kingscote

5 Dec E

RS

-

Victoria [Sc - 28t]

Kingscote

Pt Adelaide

7 Dec

RS

-

Victoria [Sc - 28t]

Port Adelaide

Kingscote

14 Dec E

RS

-

Victoria [Sc - 28t]

Kingscote

Pt Adelaide

16 Dec

RS

-

Victoria [Sc - 28t]

Port Adelaide

Kingscote

28 Dec E

RS

-

Victoria [Sc - 28t]

Kingscote

Pt Adelaide

29 Dec

RS

-

Water Witch [Cu - 25t]

Denial Bay

Fowlers Bay

18 Dec

RS

• The material listed in the column headed Source Codes was organised originally by the Mortlock Library of South Australiana and indicates the source of the information, if any, to assist in identifying the passengers on each vessel. In all there are 67 sources of information. Additional sources denoted by letters have been organised by Graham Jaunay. To understand these codes use the link at the head of the column.
• An aterisk (*) indicates the passengers may be listed in Register of Emigrant Labourers Applying for Free Passage. You can check this list by clicking on the *.
• The reference number indicates the sequence of arrivals and was originally allocated by the State Library of SA. The first digits refer to the year of arrival and the second to the arrival order of surviving lists only.
• A date followed by E represents an estimated date only.

[Ba] Barque [Bo] Boat [Br] Brig [Be] Brigantine [Cu] Cutter [Ke] Ketch [Lu] Lugger [PS] Paddlesteamer [Sc] Schooner
[Sh] Ship [Sl] Sloop [Sn] Snow [Wh] Whaleboat [Ya] Yacht