Lalla Rookh was a clipper/brig variously recorded as 184 tons and 147 tons, built in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1848. She was described as one of the "new Aberdeen clippers". She took settlers to the colony of Natal (now part of South Africa) in 65 days, the fastest passage thus far achieved. She was used for trading among the Australian colonies, including several journeys between Port Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle, New South Wales. She left Deal, Kent under Captain Henderson for Port Natal on 24 February 1849.