Recovery (1799 ship)

For the ship that was wrecked near Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia in 1816, see Recovery (ship).
History
Name: Recovery
Builder: Batavia
Launched: 1799
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 493 ton (bm)
Propulsion: Sail

The Recovery was a 493-ton merchant ship built at Batavia in 1799. She made two voyages transporting convicts from England to Australia and one voyage from Ireland to Australia. She made two voyages for the British East India Company.

Career

On her first convict voyage, under the command of William Fotherly and surgeon Peter Cunningham, she departed Woolwich on the 31 July 1819, with 188 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on the 18 December 1819. There were no convict deaths en route. The second convict voyage, under the command of William Fotherly and surgeon Peter Cunningham, she departed Cork, Ireland on 5 April 1823 with 180 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 30 July 1823 and had no convict deaths en route.

On her third convict voyage, under the command of Thomas Johnson and surgeon Alexander Neill, she departed London on the 30 October 1835, with 280 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on the 25 February 1836. There were no convict deaths en route.

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