Henry (1819 ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Henry
Builder	George Taylor, Quebec[1]
Launched	1 July 1819[2]
Fate	Wrecked in the Torres Strait in 1825
General characteristics
Tons burthen	285,[3] or 38076⁄94,[2] or 385,[1] or 386[4] (bm)
Length	107 ft (33 m)[1]
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)[1]
Propulsion	Sail

Henry was a sailing ship built in 1819 at Quebec, Canada. She initially sailed between London and Quebec, but then she made two voyages transporting convicts from England to Australia. She was wrecked in the Torres Strait in 1825.

Henry was re-registered in London on 2 June 1820.^[5]

She entered Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1820 with J. Turner, master, Osborne, owner, and trade London–Quebec.^[3] She was re-registered at London on 2 June 1820.^[6]

Under the command of Thomas Thatcher and surgeon Thomas Davies, she left London, England on 10 June 1823, arrived at Sydney on 26 August.^[7] She had embarked 160 male convicts; no convicts died on the voyage.^[8] Henry sailed from Port Jackson on 27 September, bound for Batavia.^[9]

Henry left London, England under the command of James Ferrier and surgeon William Carlyle on 12 October 1824, arrived at Hobart Town on 9 February 1825.^[4] She had embarked 79 female convicts and passengers and landed 77 convicts at Hobart.^[10] No convicts died on the voyage.^[11] She left Hobart Town on 20 February, with 2 female convicts and passengers, arriving at Sydney on 27 February.^[12][13] She left Port Jackson 27 March 1825 with cargo and passengers for Batavia and Singapore, in company with Asia.^[14]

While on the voyage to Batavia, Henry was wrecked in the Torres Strait on 15 April with no loss of life. As she was proceeding in company with Asia via the Outer Route to Torres Strait, Henry struck Portlock Reef (10°07′01″S 142°21′32″E / 10.117°S 142.359°E / -10.117; 142.359) on the northern tip of the Great Barrier reef and was wrecked. Asia rescued all aboard Henry and eventually sailed on to Calcutta.^[14]

• Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7. OCLC 51316017.
• Marcil, Eileen Reed (1995). The Charley-Man: a history of wooden shipbuilding at Quebec 1763-1893. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry. ISBN 1-55082-093-1.
• Nicholson, Ian Hawkins (1996). Via Torres Strait: a maritime history of the Torres Strait Route and the ship's post office at Booby Island. Yaroomba, Qld.: Ian Nicholson [on behalf of the Roebuck Society].