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Transport vessels of the 1820 Settlers

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In 1820 the British Government sponsored the emigration of some 4000 settlers from England to South Africa. In addition to the sponsored immigrants, some private parties also sailed to South Africa in 1820.

Vessel Burthen (bm) Master Passengers
Abeona (1811 ship) 324 or 331 James Pritchard 166
Albury (1804 ship) 338 to 342 Cunningham 166
Amphitrite[1] 274 Martin (or Davidson) 60
Aurora (1808 ship) 468 or 471 Thomas Pearson 344
Belle Alliance (1817 ship)[2] 637 Rolfe (or Roulff) 307
Brilliant (1814 ship) 330 or 332 William Bothwell 144
Cambrian Brownrigg
Canada (1811 ship) 268 or 281 Amm (or Annan) 35
Chapman (1777 ship) 542 to 558 John Milbank 271
Dowson 370 Jameson 21
Duke of Marlborough[3] 356 Jeffrey (or Jeffries) 40
East Indian (1819 ship) 390 Hogg 220
Fanny[4] 232 W.Sadler 112
Garland[5] 181 Brown 59
John[6] 418 Pearson 252
Kennersley Castle (1811 ship) 371 or 400 Pinckney 202
Mary Ann Sophia[7] 296 Hayward 14
Medusa (1813 ship)[8] 217 Hutchinson
Nautilus[9] 401 W.Walton 202
Northampton (1801 ship) 523 to 573 Charlton 257
Ocean (1808 ship) 435 to 439 Davs 206
Salisbury (1818 ship) 117 to 120 James King 20
Sir George Osborne 312 to 316 Taplin (or Toplin) 111
Skelton (1818 ship) 260 Dixon
Stentor (1814 ship) 382 Harris 194
Waterloo (1815 Sunderland ship) 215 Lion (or Lyon) 61
HMS Weymouth 826 Turner 478
Zoroaster (1818 ship) 460 Thompson 142

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References

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  • Campbell, Colin Turing (1897) British South Africa; a history of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, from its conquest 1795 to the settlement of Albany by the British emigration of 1819-- ; with notices of some of the British settlers of 1820. (John Haddon & Co.).