| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Katherine Stewart Forbes |
| Owner | A. Chapman & Co.[1] |
| Builder | William & Henry Pitcher, Northfleet[1] |
| Launched | 5 November 1818[1] |
| Fate | Last listed 1860 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Cargo-passenger |
| Tons burthen | 457, or 45724⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 117 ft 3 in (35.7 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft 5 in (9.0 m) |
| Draught | not recorded |
| Sail plan | Ship rig, later a barque |
Katherine Stewart Forbes was a full-rigged ship built by William & Henry Pitcher at Northfleet dockyard in Kent, England in 1818.[2] She was classified as "A1", a first class vessel made from first quality materials.[3] The ship was launched for A. Chapman and Company and named by Katherine Stewart, the daughter of Charles Forbes MP in 1818, on 31 October or 5 November.[1][4] She was re-rigged as a barque about 1836.[5]
She initially sailed between Britain and India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She next transported convicts to Australia in 1830 and 1832.[6] She also carried early settlers to South Australia in 1837,[7] and New Zealand in 1841 and 1851, and mapped part of the coast of Borneo.
She made several trips from England to Australia and between Australian settlements. She also was variously employed in the seagoing transport trade.[8]
- ^ a b c d e Hackman (2001), p. 289.
- ^ Register of Shipping for the Year 1819 - Supplement "K". London: Society for the Registry of Shipping (Lloyd's Register). 1819. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Register of Shipping for the Year 1819 - Key. London: Society for the Registry of Shipping (Lloyd's Register). 1819. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "East India House". Bombay Gazette. Vol. 30, no. 1511. 19 May 1819. p. 2. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1836. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ State Library of Queensland Convict Records. "Katherine Stewart Forbes Voyages to Australia". Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ State Records of South Australia. "Pioneers and Settlers Bound for South Australia; Katherine Steward Forbes 1837". Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ State Library of South Australia. "Katherine Steward Forbes". Retrieved 20 August 2013.