MINERVA
 
 
Sailed : 6 Aug 1799
Arrived : 11 Jan 1800
Departed : Apr 1800
Route : Cork - Madeira - St Jago - Rio de Janeiro - Sydney Cove (140 days)
 
Built : 1773 Bombay
Size : 558 tons 
 
Master : Joseph Salkeld
First Mate : Henry Harrison
Second Mate : William Howe
Third Mate : William Huggett
Surgeon : John Washington Price
Boatswain  : Joseph Compton
Carpenter : William Bolton
Gunner : William Winters
Cook : Thomas Harris
Steward : Isaac Anstey
Cooper : Timothy Gurnel
Sailmaker : John Guy Johnson
Boatswains Mate : James Ward
Carpenters Mate : George Feversham
Quartermasters : James Nixon
 : Robert Douglas
 : John Thompson
 : Richard Marsden
Cabin Servant : William Cato
Cabin Servant : Joseph Hunter
Seamen : John Baker
 Joseph Berry
 John Burr
 Peter Downey
 Benjamin Ellis
 Charles Ferris
  David Fleming
 James Hart
 George Heath
 John Howe
 John Jack
 Jacob Nuteson
 William Robinson
  William Taylor
 Richard Thomson
 Henry Thorpe
 John Walter
 Robert Warren
 George Watt
Ships Boy : Daniel Kelly
 
Seamans Wives : Mrs Margaret Bolton ux William
 
New South Wales Corps
Lieutenant : William Cox
Sergeants : Nathaniel Cotton
 Henry Levingston
Corporals : John Hobbs
 Thomas Prentice
Privates : James Bull
 William Coleman
 Thomas Edwards
 Richard Fry
 Edward Gouldsborough
 John Gray
  William Hyndes
 John Kingston
 John Lawler
 Thomas Lynch
 Phillip McEntire
 Terence McMahon
 John Murray
  James Ravenar 
 William Taylor 
Drummer : Evan Davis
 
Officers Families : Mrs Rebecca Cox ux Lt.William nee Upjohn
 Charles Cox - 7 years
 George Cox - 5 years
 Henry Cox - 4 years
 Frederick Cox - 3 years
 Francis Edward Cox - 9 months
 William Cox - born at sea
 
Soldiers Families : Mrs Ann Bull ux James
 Jane Bull - 1 year
 Mrs Mary Coleman ux William
 Ann Coleman - 5 months
 Mrs Catherine Davis ux Evan
 Mary Ann Davis - 8 months
 Mrs Eleanor Hobbs ux John
 John Hobbs - 5 years - died at sea
 Mrs Mary Hyndes ux William
  Margaret Hyndes 
 Mrs Ann Prentice ux Thomas
 William Prentice - 1 month
 
Free Persons : Henry Aylmer - passenger to Bengal
 Dennis Connelly
 Francis Dairs 
 James King - servant to Lt.Cox
 John William Lewin - artist
 
Exiles : Captain William Henry Alcock - British Army Officer
 Reverend Henry Fulton - Episcopalian Minister
 Father James Harold - Catholic Minister 
 General Joseph Holt - Irish rebel leader
 Captain John St Leger - British Army Officer
 
Exiles Families : Mrs Ann Fulton ux Rev.Henry nee Walker
 James Walker Fulton - 4 years
 Jane Fulton - 2 years
 Thomas William Fulton - born at sea
 Mrs Esther Holt ux Joseph nee Long
  John Holt - 13 years
 Joshua Holt - 12 years
 Marianne Holt - 
 Joseph Harrison Holt - 5 months
 
Convicts Families : Mrs Catherine McMahon ux Francis nee Mooney
  Francis McMahon -
 Mary Elizabeth McMahon - 9 months
 
Convict Children : Mary Donoghue - aet 4 months - born at sea
 Mary Hutchinson - 6 months 
  - Kitt 
 Ann Smith - 5 months 
 
Convicts : 205 (179 male)(26 female)
(Convict Deaths : 9)
(Convicts Relanded : 8)

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