Camden was a merchant ship built upon the River Thames in 1799 as a West Indiaman.

On her first convict voyage, under the command of William Fulcher and surgeon David Boyter, she departed London on 28 March 1831 and arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, on 25 July.

[5] On her second convict voyage, under the command of George Clayton and surgeon Joseph Steret, she departed Sheerness on 22 September 1832 and arrived in Sydney on 18 February 1833.

[6] Lloyd's Register for 1836 showed Camden's master as Ryan, and her trade as London—Sydney.

[2] Captain Valentine Ryan sailed from the Downs on 22 February 1836 and arrived at Sydney on 2 June.