BRITANNIA
 
 
Sailed              :  10 Dec 1776
Arrived             :  27 May 1797
Departed            :   2 Dec 1797
Route               :  Cork - Rio de Janeiro - Sydney Cove(168 days)
 
Built               :  1774 East India
Size                :  500 tons 
 
Master              :  Thomas Dennott
Surgeon             :  Augustus Jacob Beyer
First Mate          :  John Thomas Ricketts
Third Mate          :  Isaac Frome     
Carpenter           :  Thomas Moore
Seamen              :
 
Named Military      :  Lieutenant William Burn
 
                       Private Lawrence Lewis
                       Private Henry J Purcell
                       Private Thomas Sharland
                       Private James Strachan
 
Officers Wives      :  Mrs - Birch ux John
                       
Soldiers Wives      :  Mrs Lucy Sharland ux Thomas nee Lane
                           Mary Lane Sharland - born at sea
 
Free Persons        :  James King
                       John Minton  
 
                       Mary Bryan ux B Egan
                       Mrs Mary Eady
                       Catherine Franklin
                       Elizabeth Geary
                       Margaret Smith ?
 
Convicts Families   :  Mrs Hannah Fox ux Patrick
                       Mrs Margaret Silk ux William nee Keefe
                           Thomas Silk  - 7 years
                           Patrick Silk  - 4 years
 
Convicts            :  188 (144 male)(44 female)
(Convict Deaths     :   10 males + 1 female)


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