Wooden ship Hibernia, master Brend, 456 tons, built John Cambridge and sons, Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island 1828, delivered at Bristol on 29 Jan 1829. Registered Bristol, owned John Cambridge, voyages from Liverpool advertised: to Sierra Leone, Sept 1829. Then for sale 1832, and owned Walkinshaw, Liverpool. Voyage from Liverpool on 6 Dec 1832 to Tasmania with 232 crew and passengers, caught fire on 5 February 1833, 78 saved in ship's boats, 154 lost.

Possible sale of Hibernia [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 16 August 1832]:
On Thursdav next, the 23 inst, at one o'clock, (if not previously disposed of by private contract) at Robert Watkins & Co.'s office. No. 4, Rumford-street, The fine Ship HIBERNIA, Of Bristol; 456 tons register, coppered and copper fastened; laying in the Queen's Dock, for further particulars to ROBERT WATKINS and Co.

[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 24 September 1832]:
First Vessel For VAN DIEMAN's LAND & NEW SOUTH WALES, The Ship HIBERNIA, (of Liverpool,) 456 tons register, burthen 800 tons, Wm. Brend, Commander; This superb vessel (the largest in the trade from this port,) has a spacious poop, with large well-aired sleeping cabins, and having been specially engaged for the conveyance of families of distinction, will be found in point of accommodation and equipment, superior to any vessel in the Australian Trade; she carries a Surgeon. The between deck is 7 feet high, and extending about 103 feet in length, affords a scope and comfort which few vessels (if any) possess. From the number of passengers being limited, and nearly all engaged, no berth will be reserved until half of the passage money has been deposited. Apply personally, Or by letter, (post paid) to EDWARD WALKINSHAW, Australian Office, Liverpool

[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Thursday 02 May 1833]:
LOSS OF THE SHIP HIBERNIA. Rio de Janiero, Feb 16. The ship Hibernia, Brend, master, from Liverpool to New South Wales, caught at fire sea on the 5th Feb., in lat 4.40, south; long., 20.25. west, with 232 souls on board - of these were 80 males, 80 females, and 50 children, passengers. The fire, which originated in the spirit room, spread so fast that only a very small quantity of provisions could be saved in the boats, into which about 80 people had crowded. After enduring great privations, they were picked up by the transport Lotus and brig Isabella, which arrived here on the 21st inst.
List of Passengers and Seamen saved from the wreck of the British ship Hibernia [alt spellings from Liverpool Albion - Monday 06 May 1833]: Wm. Brend, commander; James Geddes, second mate; Wm. Grace, attorney: John Teville[Jeville], M.D.; Peter Sinclair, Esq.; Richard Murray, Esq.; Mrs. Ridley, widow; Mrs. Watson; John Toole, wife, and children; John Byrne; George Meayan[Meazan]; Cosmo Webster; Patrick Donnelly; Thomas Heran[Horam]; George Nashton [Bashton or Boughton] and two children; Patrick Conolly and wife; James Taylor; Henry Palmer; George Howard; Thomas Elison[Elliot]; James Ebes; Nathaniel Hartley; Wm. Hartley; Wm. Bromley; Mrs. Thomas Moulter[Moulton], widow; Mrs. Edward Matthews[Matthew], ditto; John James, seaman; James M'Quade, ditto; Samuel Bean, ditto; Henry Lloyd, ditto; Henry Geeten[Gelton], ditto; Henry Duggan, ditto; John Mahony, ditto; Charles Leighton, ditto; James Davis, ditto; Isabella Smith; Emily Smith; Elizabeth Bunker; Elizabeth Ging [Elring]; Anne Colbert; Elizabeth Woods; Mrs. Thompson; Mrs. Logan, lost two children; Thomas Graham; James Easby; Thomas Griffin; John Murphy; Peter Dee; Jamas Sly and wife; James Bryson; Timothy Moriarty [Moorarty]; Henry Gillis; Henry Richardson ; Vincent Broomhall and William Broomhall, orphans, their parents lost in the wreck; Henry Tayler, first mate; Charles Atkinson, Esq.; James Campbell, wife, and four children; James Ferry[Perry]; Robert Hulmes[Holmes]; Wm. Ray; John Williamson; Robert Cheap [Cheaf]; Wm. Meage; James Tennant; George Richardson; Edwin Graham.

[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 06 May 1833]:
Rio Janeiro, 25th Feb., 1833. On the 20th instant arrived, the convict ship Lotus, bound from Portsmouth to New South Wales. She put in here in consequence of having fell in, at sea, with two boats full of passengers, belonging to a ship called the Hibernia, which sailed from Liverpool on the 6th December, bound to Van Diemen's Land, with 199 passengers, who were going out as settlers or colonists. On the 5th instant, when about 1000 miles from the Brazil coast, the ship was accidentally set on fire by carelessness in drawing rum from a cask, when it was found impossible to extinguish the fire; the boats were immediately filled with 79 men, women, and children, all of whom arrived safe here, except one man, who died in the boat from fatigue and want of proper nourishment. Out of 232 souls who were on board the Hibernia, 153 perished in the flames or were drowned; the remaining 79 were six days and six nights in open boats.