Caduceus (ship)

The ship Caduceus off Hong Kong

Caduceus was a convict ship that transported a single convict from Bombay, India to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1858. It arrived in Fremantle on 5 February 1858. The convict, Patrick Devlin, was a 31-year-old soldier who had been convicted of a breach of articles of war by court-martial in Hyderabad State in December 1855, and sentenced to 14 years' transportation. In addition to Devlin, there were three other passengers on board.

See also

• List of convict ship voyages to Western Australia
• Convict era of Western Australia

References

• "Western Australian Convicts - Caducius [sic] 1858". Retrieved 17 February 2006.