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| + | Ships were one of the very few objects to retain the gendered pronoun in the English language - until very recently, a ship was referred to as 'she'. The qualities of these vessels – the ''Sirius'' with her ‘broad Buttocks’, the ''Admiral Barrington'', ‘a very old ship and infamously found’, the ''Sugar Cane'', ‘a remarkable fast sailer’ – made a significant difference to the outcome of the voyage. | ||
| + | This section is concerned with the ships which carried convicts and stores to New South Wales in the years 1787 to 1800. Where reliable information is available, it provides a chronology of each ship from its construction until the end of its life, with a particular focus on its use in the Botany Bay trade. | ||
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| + | But it also documents how these ships were managed - navigation and sailing, insurance and wages, crew mortality, crew wills, privateering and armaments, war and weather. | ||
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| + | - Gary L. Sturgess, 21 February 2016 | ||
Revision as of 06:14, 21 February 2016
Ships were one of the very few objects to retain the gendered pronoun in the English language - until very recently, a ship was referred to as 'she'. The qualities of these vessels – the Sirius with her ‘broad Buttocks’, the Admiral Barrington, ‘a very old ship and infamously found’, the Sugar Cane, ‘a remarkable fast sailer’ – made a significant difference to the outcome of the voyage.
This section is concerned with the ships which carried convicts and stores to New South Wales in the years 1787 to 1800. Where reliable information is available, it provides a chronology of each ship from its construction until the end of its life, with a particular focus on its use in the Botany Bay trade.
But it also documents how these ships were managed - navigation and sailing, insurance and wages, crew mortality, crew wills, privateering and armaments, war and weather.
- Gary L. Sturgess, 21 February 2016
Subcategories
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
