Numa was launched at Sunderland in 1811. She made one voyage as a whaler and one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales. She spent the last part of her career trading between Sunderland and Quebec, and was last listed in 1854.
Career Numa first appears (somewhat illegibly) in Lloyd's Register in 1811.Lloyd's Register (1811), Supple. Seq. №N25. She first appears in the Register of Shipping in 1812 with Hawkins, master, Goodson, owner, and trade London—Greenland.Register of Shipping (1812), Seq. №N554. The London—Greenland trade suggests that she was a whaler.
In 1919, under the command of Captain House, Numa sailed on 22 October for the South Seas Fishery. She returned on 11 May 1821 with 600 casks of whale oil, and fins (baleen). British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: Numa.
Numa, Captain Wade, arrived at Sydney on 5 July 1828. She had sailed from London on 8 January and the Cape of Good Hope on 11 May. She brought general merchandise and passengers. She also brought 18 sheep and two blood horses."Shipping News", The Australian (Sydney), 9 July 1828, p.3
In 1829 Numa was still under Captain James Wade's command.Register of shipping (1830), Seq.№N464. She was on her way from Java to England when in October she stopped at Simon's Town. There customs officers seized her "on the plea of having five slaves on board".Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, (1830), Vol. 1, p.85.
On 29 January 1834, Captain John Barker sailed from Portsmouth for Sydney. Numa arrived on 13 June, having sailed via Saint Helena and the Cape of Good Hope.Bateson (1959), pp.302-303. She had embarked 140 female convicts, two of whom died en route.Bateson (1959), p.334.
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