Runnymede (1854 ship)

[2] Convict voyage (1856): Runnymede, William Burrows, master, sailed from Plymouth on 15 June 1856 and arrived at Fremantle, Swan River Colony, on 7 September.

[4] She carried 248 male convicts, 30 guards with their 19 wives, 18 sons and 22 daughters.

[4] In 1866, Runnymede was carrying wool and copper ore between Wallaroo, South Australia and Tasmania to Swansea, Wales.

She sprang a leak off Cape Leeuwin, continued on towards Mauritius, and eventually sank near Klippen Point off Eastern Cape, South Africa.

The entry for her in LR for 1865 carries the annotation "Wrecked".