PITT
 
 
Sailed              :  17 Jul 1791
Arrived             :  14 Feb 1792
Departed            :   7 Apr 1792
Route               :  Yarmouth - St Jago - Rio de Janeiro - The Cape - Sydney Cove (212 days)
 
Built               :  1780 Thames
Size                :  775 tons 
 
Master              :  Edward Manning
Surgeon             :  - Jameson
Seamen              :  John Ely - deserted at The Cape
                       Henry Ford
                       Edward Heiley - deserted Rio de Janeiro
 
Naval Agent         :  Lieutenant Richard Nairne RN
 
New South Wales Corps
Major               :  Francis Grose
Captain             :  Joseph Foveaux
Lieutenant          :  Thomas Rowley
Ensigns             :  Neil McKellar
                       John Piper
Adjutant            :   
Surgeons Mate       :  Edward Laing
                       
Sergeants (3)       :  Richard Hudson
                       Richard Tuckwell  
Corporals (3)       :  William Sherwin
Privates (54)       :  Michael Brennan
                       Samuel Carter
                       John Cox
                       William Day
                       Fane Strange Edge
                       William Faithfull 
                       William Giles
                       John Lee 
                       Archibald Morrison
                       Richard Podmore
                       Richard (Robert) Trottman
                       Benjamin Urch  
Drummers (2)        :
 
Officers Families   :  Mrs - Grose ux Francis
                           Francis Gross - 3 years                           
 
Soldiers Wives (11) :  Mrs Mary Cox ux John
                       Mrs Sarah Edge ux Fane
                       Mrs Mary Giles ux William
                       Mrs Elizabeth Howard ux J
                       Mrs Mary Hudson ux Richard
                       Mrs Christiana Morrison ux Archibald
                       Mrs Ann Sherwin ux William nee Bennett
                       Mrs Elizabeth Urch ux Benjamin
 
Soldiers Children(6):  Sarah Edge - 4 years
                       Benjamen Urch - 1 year
 
Free Persons        :  Richard Atkins - judge advocate 
                       Mrs Elizabeth Atkins ux Richard
                       Andrew Field
                       Thomas Oldesby
 
Convicts Wives (7)  :  Mrs Hannah Singleton ux William nee Parkinson
 
Convict Children(5) :  Elizabeth Buckner - 17 years
                       Mary Dowling - 4 years
                       Sarah Ann Singleton - 6 years
                       Benjamin Singleton - 4 years
                       Joseph Singleton - 2 years
 
Convicts            :  410 (352 male)(58 female)
(Military Deaths    :  13 privates + 5 wives + 5 child)
(Seaman Deaths      :  7)
(Convict Deaths     :  20 males + 9 females) 
(Convict Child Death:  2)
(Convict Escapes    :  5 males escaped)


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