Most
of the ships on these pagestransported
felons who would later be assigned or settle in the Hunter River
region. There are approximately 450 convict ships listed,
however it is not a complete list of all convict ships. Use t
he
ship
links below to find information
about each voyage.
The Contribution of Convicts to Naval dockyards and Ordnance
Sites. - Ann Coates
(The above mentioned Duncan Campbell died in March 1803 at
Wilmington Kent and his deputy Mr. Stewart Erskine succeeded him to the
position of governor and overseer on the hulks. Stewart Erskine was described
as a gentleman of great humanity, and of the strictest honour and integrity.
He had been employed since the first establishment of the Hulks in 1776.)(1)
UK Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1857 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Admiralty
and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical
Department of the Navy and predecessors: Medical Journals (ADM 101,
804 bundles and volumes). Records of Medical and Prisoner of War
Departments. Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines,
Coastguard, and related bodies. The National Archives. Kew, Richmond,
Surrey.
Bound For Botany Bay:
Narrative of a voyage in 1798 Aboard the Death Ship Hillsborough -
Frank Clune
A Narrative of a Voyage to New South Wales, in the year 1816, in the
ship Mariner, describing the Nature of the Accommodations, Stores,
Diet &c., together with an account of the Medical Treatment &c." by
John Haslam in John Croaker: convict Embezzler: John Booker and
Russell Craig.
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia,
Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825
[database on-line].
Musters and other papers relating to convict
ships. Series CGS 1155, Reels 2417-2428. State
Records Authority of New South Wales.
Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia
