List of colonial vessels of New South Wales

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This is a list of the colonial vessels of New South Wales. Known as HM Colonial Ship, the ship prefix was used by ships owned and operated by a colony naval force or in the service of the colonial administration.

Name Type In service Removed from service Notes
Acheron Torpedo boat 1879 1902 sunk in 1940
Amity Brig 1824 1831 wrecked in 1845
Antelope Schooner
Avernus Torpedo boat 1879 1902 paid off 1930s
Bee Sloop 1801 1804 wrecked 1806
Blackbird Schooner 1828 1833 wrecked 1836
Brothers Schooner 1809 1816 wrecked 1816 Kent Islands Tasmania
Cumberland Schooner 1801 1803 Sold to Royal Navy, impounded Mauritius
Cumberland Schooner 1811 1862 wrecked 1862, Newcastle
Dart Cutter 1827 1830 wrecked in 1832
Elizabeth Henrietta Brig 1816 wrecked in 1825
Emu Brig 1813 1816 Wrecked April 1817
Estramina Schooner 1805 wrecked in 1816
Francis Schooner 1793 wrecked in 1805
Governor Hunter Schooner 1805 wrecked in 1816
Governor Phillip Brig 1828 1848 wrecked in 1848
Integrity Cutter 1804 lost in 1805
Investigator Sloop 1803 1805 broken up 1872
Kangaroo Brig 1812 1817
Lady Nelson brig 1800 1825 cut out Timor 1825
Lucy Ann Barque 1827 1831 hulked by 1854
Mary Elizabeth Brig 1825 1832 storage hulk 1832
Mermaid Cutter 1817 1824 Sold in 1824
Norfolk Sloop 1798 1800 beached by convicts
Norfolk Brig 1801 1802 wrecked in 1802
Prince Leopold Brig 1818 1831 Wrecked at Port Sorell, Tasmania in 1835
Princess Charlotte Brig 1819 lost in 1820
Queen Charlotte Brig
Resource
Rose Hill Packet Packet 1789
Snapper Cutter 1821 1823 Sold in 1823
Spitfire Gunboat 1855 1859 sunk in 1899
Supply 1800 1806 broken up 1806
William Cossar Schooner wrecked in 1825[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p57