Aeolus (ship)

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Several ships have been named Aeolus for one or another of the mythical figures named Aeolus.

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Æolus, also spelt Aeolus, was a snow sailing ship built in 1783 at Åbenrå in Denmark as a West Indiaman. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1807. Buckle & Co. purchased her as a prize. In 1808-9 she transported convicts to Port Jackson, New South Wales. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1816.

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