Fairlie (1810 ship)

[7] EIC voyage #1 (1810): Captain William Parker D'Esterre sailed from Saugor on 19 July 1810, bound for England.

[3] On 21 April, Fairlie grounded on a coral shoal at 3°27′S 107°1′E / 3.450°S 107.017°E / -3.450; 107.017, which is about 100 miles north of Jakarta and the channel to the west of Bangka Island.

Between 1 and 3 October Fairlie sailed for two days through extensive pumice rafts about 3,600 km (2,237 mi) west of Tambora.

[3] Homeward bound, Fairlie was at Batavia on 20 April, reached St Helena on 21 August, and arrived at Blackwall on 8 November.

[3] EIC voyage #4 (1818–1819): Captain Ward sailed from The Downs on 1 April 1818, bound for Bengal and Bombay.

[2] Fairlie continue to trade between Britain and India, and later South America, but also began transporting convicts and carrying migrants.

First convict voyage (1833–1834): Captain Henry Ager sailed from England on 27 October 1833 and arrived at Sydney on 15 February 1834.

[11] Immigrants to New South Wales (1838): Fairlie, again commanded by Captain Henry Ager sailed from Plymouth on 31 July, continued on from the Cape of Good Hope on 21 October, and arrived at Port Jackson on 6 December 1838.

Aboard were nearly 20 cabin-class passengers, amongst whom was Major-General Sir Maurice O'Connell, the former Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, coming to take up his command of the colony's military forces.

[12][13] Immigrants to South Australia (1840): Captain Edward Garrett sailed Fairlie from London on 3 April 1840 with cargo and 266 passengers.

[1] Second convict voyage (1852): Captain Edward Pavey sailed from Plymouth on 11 March 1852 and arrived at Hobart on 3 July.

Apparently Fairlie had encountered a heavy cyclone on 23 November 1865 that dismasted her and her crew abandoned her on the 27th at 10°N 83°E / 10°N 83°E / 10; 83, either very leaky or having foundered.

William Fairlie (1754 – 1825) East India Company Merchant, Financier and Ship Owner, by Sir Henry Raeburn [ 6 ]