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The '''Lady Penrhyn''' was a [[First Fleet]] transport ship of 338 tons, built on the [[River Thames]] in [[1786]]. Her [[master Mariner|master]], [[William Cropton Sever]], was part-owner. [[John Turnpenny Altree]] was surgeon to the [[convict]]s, and [[Arthur Bowes Smyth]] was surgeon to the ship. She left [[Portsmouth]] on [[13 May]] [[1787]], carrying 101 female convicts, and arrived at [[Port Jackson]], [[Sydeney, Australia]], on [[26 January]] [[1788]]. She had been chartered by the [[East India Company]], and left Port Jackson on [[5 May]] [[1788]] to sail to [[China]] for a cargo of [[tea]]. She arrived back in [[England]] in mid [[August 1789]]. |
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Revision as of 10:36, 6 June 2005
The Lady Penrhyn was a First Fleet transport ship of 338 tons, built on the River Thames in 1786. Her master, William Cropton Sever, was part-owner. John Turnpenny Altree was surgeon to the convicts, and Arthur Bowes Smyth was surgeon to the ship. She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, carrying 101 female convicts, and arrived at Port Jackson, Sydeney, Australia, on 26 January 1788. She had been chartered by the East India Company, and left Port Jackson on 5 May 1788 to sail to China for a cargo of tea. She arrived back in England in mid August 1789.
Further reading
- Gillen, Mollie, The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet, Sydney, Library of Australian History, 1989.
- Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974.
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