suffered three deaths en route. Convict voyage #2 (1819): Minerva sailed from Cork on 26 August 1819 and arrived at Port Jackson on 17 December. She had embarked 172 male convicts from Cork to Sydney and suffered one death en route. Convict voyage #3 (1821): Minerva sailed from Sheerness on 1 August 1821 and arrived at Port Jackson on 16 December. She had embarked 172 male convicts and suffered three deaths en route. In May 1821 she arrived back at the Downs. In January 1822 Lloyd's List reported that on 14 December Minerva, Bell, master, had been driven out of Aberdeen Bay and had taken refuge at Long Hope, where she found 15 vessels detained by contrary winds. In 1822 Minerva sailed from Leith to Australia again. On 1 July 1823 Lloyd's List reported that Minerva, Bell, master, had been taking in a cargo at Bengal on 14 February for her homeward journey. She had undergone repairs there, having lost her false keel and sustained other damage when she hit a sunken rock off "the Nicobar". Then on 11 November Lloyd's List passed on a report that Minerva, Bell, master, on her way from New South Wales, had put into Valparaiso in distress and had been condemned there. This was most likely , of 258 tons (bm), launched at Aberdeen; alternatively, the report was in error, or Minerva underwent repairs. Convict voyage #4 (1824): Minerva sailed from London on 14 July 1824 and arrived at Port Jackson on 19 November 1824. She had embarked 172 male convicts and suffered two deaths en route. Fate On 2 December 1826 her owners cancelled Minervas registration as her demolition had been completed. Citations and references Citations References 1805 ships Age of Sail merchant ships of England Ships of the British East India Company Convict ships to Tasmania Convict ships to New South Wales