This 757 ton barque was built at Sunderland in 1845. It was employed as a convict transport for Western Australia and left London, England on May 20, 1854 bound for the Swan River Colony, stopping at Plymouth and Gibraltar on the way. She carried the thirteenth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 79 days and the Ramillies arrived in Fremantle on August 7, 1854 with 94 passengers and 277 convicts [Erickson]. Charles Hodder and Daniel Ritchie were the captain and surgeon respectively.

There was one death recorded on the convict shipping and description lists for Samuel Frost (3167) and other sources indicate he died on the voyage out. There were 277 convict numbers assigned for the voyage ranging from (2932 to 3208) and considering the death at sea the total disagrees with [Erickson] and [Bateson] who said 280 convicts embarked and 277 arrived.

[Bateson] also said 160 convicts were landed in Gibraltar and only 157 left Gibraltar. The ship's surgeon reported one death on the voyage, but not between Gibraltar and Australia.

Of the 94 passengers mentioned above, all 94 were pensioner guards and their families, the number being made up of 30 pensioner guards, 22 wives, 17 sons and 25 daughters.

Daniel Ritchie's surgeon's journal for the voyage is preserved in the Public Record Office (PRO) in London. Researchers can view a copy on the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) microfilm reel 711 which is held in most major libraries and archives offices throughout Australia.