Ships of the Earl Grey Scheme

Sydney

Passengers to Sydney: 2340 

Departed  
Plymouth

25 Dec 1847
30 Apr 1848
3 Jun 1848
4 Nov 1848
16 Dec 1848
14 Mar 1849
25 Jul 1849
22 Aug 1849
6 Oct 1849
28 Oct 1849 
6 Dec 1849
7 Mar 1850
8 Apr 1850 
Arrived  
Sydney

12 Apr 1848
8 Aug 1848
6 Oct 1848
13 Feb 1849
4 Apr 1849 
3 Jul 1849 
21 Nov 1849 
29 Nov 1849 
12 Jan 1850 
3 Feb 1850 
29 Apr 1850 
29 Jun 1850 
30 Jul 1850
Ship’s Name


Subraon
Fairlie
Earl Grey
Inchinnan
Digby
Lady Peel
William & Mary
Lismoyne
Panama
Thomas Arbuthnot
John Knox
Maria
Tippoo Saib
Passengers per 
Earl Grey Scheme 

 531
 442
 1833
 164
 229
 166
 162
 167
 157
 195
 280
 243
 297

Adelaide

Passengers to Adelaide: 649

Departed  
Plymouth

27 Jul 1848
15 Feb 1849
31 May 1849
Arrived  
Adelaide

23 Oct 1848
7 Jun 1849
10 Sep 1849
Ship’s Name


Roman Emperor
Inconstant
Elgin
Passengers per 
Earl Grey Scheme 
2194
2095
2216

Melbourne

Passengers to Melbourne: 1280

Departed  
Plymouth

11 Sep 1848
29 Jan 1849
25 Apr 1849
13 Oct 1849
9 Nov 1849
31 Dec 1849

Arrived  
Melbourne

6 Dec 1848
14 May 1849 
9 Aug 1849
10 Jan 1850 
25 Feb 1850 
31 Mar 1850 

Ship’s Name


Lady Kennaway
Pemberton
New Liverpool
Diadem
Derwent
Eliza Caroline

Passengers per 
Earl Grey Scheme 

1917
305
203
205
136
240

Total Passengers: 4269

The sources vary as to the exact number of migrants on each ship. 
The number of passengers in this table follows Irish Famine Memorial’s database (see irishfaminememorial.org) except:

1: SRNSW NRS 5316/4_4786/Subraon_12 Apr 1848/
2: SRNSW NRS 5316/4_4786/Fairlie_7 Aug 1848/
3: SRNSW NRS 5316/4-4786/Earl Grey_6 Oct 1848/
4: The South Australian Register 28 Oct 1848 p4 at trove.nla.gov.au
5: The South Australian Register 9 Jun 1849 p2 at trove.nla.gov.au
6: The South Australian Register 12 Sep 1849 p2 at trove.nla.gov.au
7: Certificate of Final Departure at archives.sa.gov.au/passenger-lists-view