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 We are presently missing the measurement details of 9 of the 58 ships. Of the remaining 49, the average length was a little more than 118 feet. Leaving out the big ships (there were nine, since we are lacking the details of one), the average length was 110’4”.
 Decks and Masts: The Botany Bayman was typically of two decks and three masts.
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 The average tonnage was 441 tons. However, this included a small number of very large ships. Excluding the 10 largest ships, the average was 375 tons.
 The ten largest ships (taking each voyage as a separate ship) were – ''Royal Admiral'' 923 (2) and 914 (2); ''Neptune'', 799; ''Barwell'', 796; Earl ''Cornwallis'', 784; ''Hillsborough'', 781; ''Pitt'', 775; ''Marquis Cornwallis'' (1) & (2), 654; ''Ganges'' (600).
 The five smallest were: ''Friendship'' (1), 278; ''Prince of Wales'' (2), 279; ''Britannia'' (2), 296; ''Mary Ann'', 298; Britannia (1), 301.
 Four (7%) ships were less than 300 tons; 28 (47%) were 301-400 tons; 14 (24%) were 401-500 tons; 4 (7%) were 501-600 tons and 9 (16%) were 601 tons or more. Three ships of more than 600 tons were employed in 1790-1792, at the time that the Navy Board were attempting to use East Indiamen. With this exception, the use of larger ships (600+ tons) does not emerge until the end of our period – 1795.
 The average tonnage of the convict ships was 481 tons. That of the storeships was 364 tons. The ships taken up by the East India Company was 493 tons, and the whalers was 366 tons.
 Two of the three very large ships used in the early period – the ''Neptune'' and the ''Pitt'' – resulted in some of the worst outcomes.
 The average of the convict transports on the First Fleet was 355 tons, on the Second Fleet, 543 tons (although heavily skewed by the Neptune) and the Third Fleet, 396 tons.
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 Of the 59 ships in the sample, 20 (33%) were less than five years old, 13 (22%) were 6-10 years, 12 (20%) were 11-15, 8 (14%) were 16-20 and 6 (10%) were 21 years or more. They had an average age of 10.8 years. Seven of the First Fleet ships were less than 5 years old, while the other two were 6 years old.
 There does not appear to have been any discrimination on the basis of age in selecting convict transports and storeships. Indeed, the average age of the transports was somewhat greater (12.1 for transports, 7.9 for storeships). On the other hand, ships taken up by the East India Company were slightly younger than average (10.0), while the whalers were significantly older (14.9).
 The average age of the convict transports on the First Fleet was 1.8 years, while the Second Fleet was 12.7 and the Third Fleet, 16 years.

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 These numbers are not sufficiently accurate to be able to rely on them with any confidence, however, it is worth looking at some broad patterns:
 The average for the convict transports was 8.0 men per ton. For storeships – 7.5. For East India ships – 8.6. For whalers – 7.2.

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 The average age of the convict transports on the First Fleet was 1.8 years, while the Second Fleet was 12.7 and the Third Fleet, 16 years.
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