Katherine Stewart Forbes
A barque built at Northfleet docks in Kent in 1818 to 'second description first class' for the Chapman company. She weighed 457 ton. She was also variously recorded as a ship and a barque.
Dimensions length - 117' 3"She made four visits to Adelaide, but only two were from England. It seems she stayed in Australian waters for a few years and was variously employed in the sea-going transport trade.
Gravesend to Adelaide - 1837
She sailed from Gravesend on 27 July 1837 and arrived at Holdfast Bay on 17 October 1837 under the command of Captain A. Fell. On this trip she brought 222 passengers with her. [List]
London to Adelaide - 1839
She sailed from London on 10 September 1838 and arrived in Port Adelaide on 21 March 1839 bringing 83 passengers.[List]
Other visits
In February 1832 she sailed from Woolwich bound for Van Diemans Land (arriving on 16 July) carrying 222 male convicts under the command of Captain James Berry. An ill fated voyage to begin with as cholera broke out aboard her on the day she sailed from Woolwich, so she anchored in Plymouth Sound but was ordered to put to sea again after receiving medical supplies and the services of an assistant surgeon from the Royal Navy. She returned to the Thames Estuary and was laid up in Stangate Creek until almost the end of March before being allowed to resume her voyage. Of the 222 convicts aboard, 30 men developed cholera and 13 died before she finally set sail for the new land.
17 June 1839 from Launceston bringing sheep
6 October 1839 from Hobart Town bringing timber
Bailey, George
Barclay, JJ
Chance, William
Cornish, Mrs W (nee Rush)
Croucher, John
Day, Mrs Samuel (nee Spencer)
Douglas, Mrs H
Duncan, Handasyde
Easther, W
Figg, Harry
Garlick, Moses Bedle and family
Hillier, John F
Hillman, Elizabeth Jane
Hillman, James
Hillman, Jane
Hillman, Johanna (nee Palmer)
Hillman, John
Hillman, John
Hillman, Leonard
Hillman, Richard Thomas
Jones, Thomas
Mitchell, Mr & Mrs WH, 3 daughters, 5 sons
Rainsford, Joseph
Rush, Benjamin
Scown, ----
Sparshott, Mr & Mrs F
Standley, ----
Stevens, Hester Ann
Stevens, John
Thompson, George Robert
Thompson, GR
Weaver, Mr & Mrs Alfred
Wright, AB
Wright, William
Young, George
Bennett, ----
Cooper Miss SA
Cooper Mr & Mrs Charles
Cottrell, ----
Duncan, Dr and Mrs
Ferguson, ----
Freeman, ----
Horrock, Eustace
Horrock, J
Hussey, ----
Mincham, Mr & Mrs William
Stead, John
Watson, H
Watson, T
Watson, W
Watson, William
Webb, Mrs Charles