Florentia (1821 ship)

Florentia was a 453-ton merchant ship built at Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1821. She made one voyage transporting convicts from England to Australia and one voyage from Ireland to Australia. She made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC).

Florentia, Captn Wimble. Passing through Telleberry Roads, off the coast of Malabar 1st February 1st 1825
History
Name:	Florentia
Builder:	Newcastle upon Tyne
Launched:	1821
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	453 ton (bm)
Propulsion:	Sail

Career

On her first convict voyage, under the command of Horatio Billett and surgeon James Dickson, she departed England on 15 September 1827, with 165 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 3 January 1828. There was one convict death en route. The second convict voyage, under the command of Jeffery Drake and surgeon Andrew Henderson, she departed Ireland on 16 August 1830 with 200 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 15 December 1830 and had four convict deaths en route.

References

• Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9