Between 1835 and 1910
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Port of New Plymouth
| Ship | Port Dep | Sailed | Port Arr | Arrived | Days | Captain | Notes | Passenger Lists | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slains Castle | Plymouth | 24/10/1844 | New Plymouth | . | W Dawson | Arr. Early 1845 via Nelson and Wellington | |||
| Mary Ann | Gravesend | 31/05/1858 | New Plymouth | . | Wm Ashby | Go to URL | |||
| William Bryan | Plymouth | 19/11/1840 | New Plymouth | 30/03/1841 | . | Alexander McLean | First vessel to arrive. Carried 148 families. | Go to URL | Another List |
| Amelia Thompson | Plymouth | 25/03/1841 | New Plymouth | 3/09/1841 | . | William Dawson | Second vessel to arrive. 187 Devonshire passengers. | Go to URL | See also |
| Regina | Plymouth | 25/03/1841 | New Plymouth | 3/10/1841 | . | N Browse | Third vessel to arrive. Wrecked here. | ||
| Oriental | London | 22/06/1841 | New Plymouth | 7/11/1841 | . | William Wilson | Fourth vessel to arrive via Wellington. Carried 191 passengers. | Go to URL | |
| Timandra | Plymouth | 2/11/1841 | New Plymouth | 23/02/1842 | 113 | James Skinner | Fifth vessel to arrive. Carried 212 passengers. | Go to URL | Another List |
| Blenheim | Plymouth | 2/07/1842 | New Plymouth | 20/11/1842 | . | John Grey | Sixth vessel to arrive. Came via Wellington with 159 passengers. | Go to URL | |
| Essex | Plymouth | 3/09/1842 | New Plymouth | 20/01/1843 | 141 | Oakley | Brought out 116 passengers. | Go to URL | Another List |
| Thomas Sparks | Gravesend | 27/11/1842 | New Plymouth | 29/05/1843 | . | Robert G Sharp | via Wellington and Nelson. | Go to URL | |
| Raymond | . | New Plymouth | 29/08/1843 | . | . | . | |||
| William Stoveld | London | New Plymouth | 26/10/1843 | . | Davidson | via Nelson | |||
| Himalaya | London | 7/09/1843 | New Plymouth | 23/12/1843 | . | Creagh | Barque | ||
| Theresa | Gravesend | 20/11/1843 | New Plymouth | 19/03/1844 | 111 | Thomas Bacon | . | Go to URL | |
| Bella Marina | Gravesend | 26/01/1844 | New Plymouth | 27/05/1844 | . | T Ashbridge | Via Plymouth, where it departed on 5/2/1844 and then via Hobart with 42 passengers | Go to URL | |
| Ralph Bernal | Plymouth | 2/01/1846 | New Plymouth | 15/10/1846 | . | Maclaren | via Nelson, Wellington and Auckland | ||
| Elora | London | New Plymouth | 30/01/1847 | . | Turnbull | . | |||
| Louisa Campbell | London | 4/12/1846 | New Plymouth | 26/04/1847 | . | William Darby | via Auckland. Wrecked on sandbank near Farewell Spit on way to Nelson. | ||
| Catherine Johnson | . | New Plymouth | 31/08/1847 | . | . | . | |||
| Bernicia | London | New Plymouth | 20/10/1847 | . | Arnold | . | |||
| Blundell | London | 4/05/1848 | New Plymouth | 22/11/1847 | . | C Renaut | via Port Chalmers, Wellington and Nelson | ||
| Bernicia | Gravesend | 8/07/1848 | New Plymouth | 2/11/1848 | . | Arnold | Proceeded to Nelson | ||
| Star of China | London | New Plymouth | 23/11/1848 | . | . | . | |||
| Cornwall | Gravesend | 20/04/1849 | New Plymouth | 18/08/1849 | . | Wm B Dawson | Proceeded to Nelson | ||
| Kelso | London | 2/07/1849 | New Plymouth | 20/10/1849 | 108 | John Innes | proceeded to Nelson | Go to URL | |
| Berkshire | London | 4/10/1849 | New Plymouth | 8/01/1850 | . | Whyte | Carried onto Nelson and then Dunedin | Go to URL | |
| Pekin | London | 6/08/1849 | New Plymouth | 4/02/1850 | . | G Whitby | via Port Chalmers, Wellington and Nelson | ||
| Poictiers | London | 24/02/1850 | New Plymouth | 30/06/1850 | 115 | Thomas Beale | . | Go to URL | |
| Mariner | Gravesend | 7/04/1850 | New Plymouth | 11/10/1850 | . | Robert Harland | via Port Chalmers and Wellington | ||
| Eden | London | 3/06/1850 | New Plymouth | 29/10/1850 | . | Mark Kebbell | Proceeded to Nelson | Go to URL | |
| Phoebe Dunbar | London | 10/07/1850 | New Plymouth | 15/12/1850 | . | Forbes Michie | via Port Chalmers, Wellington and Nelson | Go to URL | |
| Victory? | London | 4/10/1850 | New Plymouth | 1/05/1851 | . | William Lennox Mullens | Barque of 579 tons. | Go to URL | Another list |
| Simlah | Gravesend | 23/04/1851 | New Plymouth | 11/10/1851 | . | Charles Robertson | via Auckland - 26 passengers landed | Diary of Voyage | |
| Lord William Bentinck | London | 11/08/1851 | New Plymouth | 6/01/1852 | . | Edward Canney | via Plymouth & Auckland | Go to URL | |
| William Hyde | Gravesend | 19/10/1851 | New Plymouth | 5/03/1852 | . | Applewaite | via Lyttelton and Wellington | Go to URL | |
| Catherine Stewart Forbes | Gravesend | 19/10/1851 | New Plymouth | 20/04/1852 | . | W Wright | via Auckland | Go to URL | |
| Gwalior | Gravesend | 10/12/1851 | New Plymouth | 18/08/1852 | . | J Davidson | via Auckland | ||
| Cresswell | Gravesend | 3/03/1852 | New Plymouth | 25/08/1852 | . | John Williams | via Auckland | ||
| Joseph Fletcher | London | 24/05/1852 | New Plymouth | 8/10/1852 | . | John Foster | via Auckland | Go to URL | |
| St. Michael | London | 14/07/1852 | New Plymouth | 2/12/1852 | . | W Prince | . | Go to URL | |
| True Briton | London | 8/08/1852 | New Plymouth | 18/01/1853 | . | H William Norris | via Wellington | Go to URL | |
| Tasmania | London | 4/11/1852 | New Plymouth | 19/04/1853 | . | MacMillan | via Plymouth, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and Wellington | Go to URL | |
| Cashmere | Gravesend | 24/10/1852 | New Plymouth | 30/05/1853 | . | George Pearson | via Auckland | Go to URL | |
| Simlah | London | 19/02/1853 | New Plymouth | 6/08/1853 | . | Turnbull | via Auckland | ||
| Sir Edward Paget | London | New Plymouth | 16/08/1853 | . | Chapman | via Auckland | |||
| Cresswell | London | 1/05/1853 | New Plymouth | 25/08/1853 | . | William C Barnett | . | Go to URL | |
| Joseph Fletcher | London | 20/06/1853 | New Plymouth | 17/09/1853 | . | John Foster | . | Go to URL | |
| John Taylor | London | 10/07/1853 | New Plymouth | 28/11/1853 | . | J M Cawkitt | via Melbourne, Lyttelton & Wellington | Go to URL | |
| Hamilla Mitchell | London | New Plymouth | 3/02/1854 | . | Henry Arthur Bradley | . | |||
| Lady Clarke | London | 17/10/1853 | New Plymouth | 25/04/1854 | . | John Tovar | via Auckland | Go to URL | |
| Eclipse | London | New Plymouth | 17/06/1854 | . | Laing | . | |||
| Cashmere | Gravesend | 20/04/1854 | New Plymouth | 6/08/1854 | 108 | George Pearson | Brought out 98 passengers. Proceeded to Auckland | Go to URL | |
| Joseph Fletcher | London | 20/06/1854 | New Plymouth | 4/10/1854 | . | John Foster | . | Go to URL | |
| Monarch | London | New Plymouth | 29/10/1854 | . | Duff | via Auckland | |||
| Josephine Willis | Plymouth | 23/10/1854 | New Plymouth | 26/01/1855 | . | Canny | . | Go to URL | |
| Cresswell | London | 1/02/1855 | New Plymouth | 3/06/1855 | 144 | William C Barnett | . | Go to URL | |
| Rock City | Gravesend | 6/03/1855 | New Plymouth | 23/07/1855 | . | T Cubbins | via Auckland | ||
| Duke of Portland | London | 29/03/1855 | New Plymouth | 19/08/1855 | . | George F Seymour | via Auckland | ||
| Egmont | London | 3/06/1855 | New Plymouth | 6/11/1855 | . | Samuel C Gibson | via Auckland | ||
| Cashmere | Gravesend | 10/07/1855 | New Plymouth | 22/11/1855 | . | George Pearson | via Lyttelton | Go to URL | |
| Ashmore | Gravesend | 26/10/1855 | New Plymouth | 27/03/1856 | . | Thomas Ginder | via Auckland | Go to URL | |
| Euphemus | . | New Plymouth | 27/03/1856 | . | Harwood | . | |||
| Chatham | Gravesend | 29/01/1856 | New Plymouth | 19/05/1856 | 127 | Cole | Proceeded to Auckland | ||
| Gypsy | London | 21/06/1856 | New Plymouth | 11/10/1856 | . | Allan Bolton | . | Go to URL | |
| Inchinnan | London | 4/07/1856 | New Plymouth | 11/10/1856 | . | T Ennes | via Nelson | ||
| Gipsy (Gipsey) | London | 21/06/1856 | New Plymouth | 11/10/1856 | . | Allan Bolton | Proceeded to Auckland | Go to URL | |
| Cashmere | London | 19/12/1856 | New Plymouth | 5/04/1857 | . | George Pearson | Landed 25 passengers. Proceeded to Auckland | ||
| Kenilworth | Gravesend | 12/01/1857 | New Plymouth | 8/07/1857 | . | James Thorn | via Auckland | Go to URL | |
| Dinapore | London | 17/04/1857 | New Plymouth | 10/10/1857 | . | James Loutit | via Auckland | ||
| William Watson | London | 24/08/1857 | New Plymouth | 30/12/1857 | . | William Brown | . | ||
| William Watson | London | 18/10/1858 | New Plymouth | 18/02/1859 | . | C MacFarlane | . | ||
| Eclipse | London | 8/11/1858 | New Plymouth | 4/03/1859 | . | Elliot | . | ||
| Cresswell | Gravesend | 27/05/1859 | New Plymouth | 1/11/1859 | . | William C Barnett | via Lyttelton and Nelson | ||
| Golconda | . | 2/09/1859 | New Plymouth | 8/02/1860 | . | Montgomery | via Nelson | ||
| Anne Longton | London | 5/03/1860 | New Plymouth | 27/08/1860 | . | Mundle | via Nelson | Go to URL | |
| Bard of Avon | London | 25/04/1863 | New Plymouth | 12/10/1863 | . | Penny | via Nelson | ||
| Magna Bona | London | New Plymouth | 16/01/1864 | . | . | via Nelson | |||
| Shelburne | London | 30/11/1865 | New Plymouth | 11/04/1866 | 130 | Lowe | . | ||
| Lord Clyde | London | 26/05/1866 | New Plymouth | 20/10/1866 | . | Murphy | via Nelson | ||
| Avalanche | Gravesend | 22/10/1874 | New Plymouth | 22/01/1875 | 91 | W Bishop | 199 passengers. Proceeded to Wellington. | Go to URL | |
| Collingwood | London | 13/04/1875 | New Plymouth | 10/07/1875 | . | Black | Put into Wellington on this date because of an outbreak of scarlet fever. Those for New Plymouth were taken there by steamer "Taupo". | Go to URL | |
| Halcione | Gravesend | 25/05/1875 | New Plymouth | 4/09/1875 | 99 | J E Croker | . | Go to URL | Another List |
| Chile | Gravesend | 11/06/1875 | New Plymouth | 26/09/1875 | 101 | Alex. Smith | . | Go to URL | |
| Hurunui | London | 24/11/1875 | New Plymouth | 23/02/1876 | . | Boyd | . | Go to URL | |
| Hurunui | . | New Plymouth | 2/12/1877 | . | McKelvie | Put into Wellington on the above date because of a severe gale. Passengers for New Plymouth were sent on by steamer. | |||
| Hermione | London | 30/08/1878 | New Plymouth | 17/12/1878 | 108 | D T Roberts | Arrived via Wellington. | Go to URL | |
| Adamant | London | 19/11/1880 | New Plymouth | 7/04/1881 | 126 | Thomas Bowling | . | ||
| Pareora | London | 19/08/1885 | New Plymouth | 9/12/1885 | 112 | Bonguard | . |
Updated:- 21 November 2008
Copyright Gavin W Petrie 2008