Rockingham (ship)

The name "Rockingham" has been used for several ships, most notably:

• Rockingham (1798): A merchant ship built in India in 1798, she traded extensively between India and England. She was notably captured by a French privateer in 1804 but quickly retaken by HMS Blenheim. Her later voyages are less well-documented.

• Rockingham (1847): A barque that transported convicts to Western Australia. She made two voyages transporting convicts, arriving in 1847 and 1851. The town of Rockingham, Western Australia, is named after this ship. The shipwreck of an early vessel named Rockingham near the modern-day Rockingham, WA is a persistent local myth, but it is likely the town was instead named in reference to the arrival of the later convict transport ship.