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Fanny (1829 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
NameFanny
BuilderCalcutta
Launched1829
General characteristics
TypeBarque
Tons burthen275 ton (bm)
PropulsionSail

The Fanny was a 275-ton merchant ship built at Calcutta, British India in 1829. She made one voyage transporting convicts from England to Australia.

Career

Under the command of Henry Sherwood and surgeons Francis Logan and William Marshall, she departed The Downs on the 29 July 1832, with 106 female convicts. She arrived in Sydney on the 2 February 1833. There were eight convict deaths en route.

References

  • Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9