Third Fleet
The Third Fleet ( German Third Fleet ) was a fleet of eleven ships that transported 2000 convicts, supplies and passengers from Great Britain to the Australian penal colony in Sydney from June to October 1791 .
Convict death rate
There are different statements about the death rate. A 1791 newspaper reports that 194 male and four female convicts died during the trip. Although the number of deceased convicts was very high, it was fewer on this transport than on the Second Fleet . However, 600 of the newly arrived convicts had to receive medical attention and were unable to work. Of them, a total of 436 died by 1792.
Third Fleet ships
| ship | captain | Departure England | Arrival in Sydney | Travel time | male convicts: arrived [died] (on board) |
female convicts: arrived [died] (on board) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann | Mark Munro | Feb 16, 1791 | July 9, 1791 | 143 days | 141 [9] (150) | |
| HMS Gorgon | Commandant John Parker | March 15, 1791 | September 21, 1791 | 190 days | 30 [1] (31) | |
| Matilda | Matthew Weatherhead | March 27, 1791 | August 1, 1791 | 127 days | 225 [25] (250) | |
| Atlantic | Archibald Armstrong | March 27, 1791 | August 20, 1791 | 147 days | 202 [18] (220) | |
| HMS Salamander | John Nichol | March 27, 1791 | August 21, 1791 | 148 days | 155 [5] (160) | |
| William and Ann | Boar bunker | March 27, 1791 | August 28, 1791 | 154 days | 181 [7] (188) | |
| HMS Active (frigate 5th class) | John Mitchinson | March 27, 1791 | September 26, 1791 | 183 days | 154 [21] (175) | |
| HMS Queen (cast off in Cork , Ireland ) | Richard Owen | April 19, 1791 | September 26, 1791 | 160 days | 126 [7] (133) | 22 [-] (22) |
| Albemarle | George Bowen | March 27, 1791 | October 13, 1791 | 200 days | 250 [32] (282) | 6 [-] (6) |
| Britannia | Thomas Melvill | March 27, 1791 | October 14, 1791 | 201 days | 129 [21] (150) | |
| Admiral Barrington | Robert Abbon Marsh | March 27, 1791 | October 16, 1791 | 203 days | 264 [36] (300) | |
| total | 1716 [173] (1889) | 169 [9] (178) |
See also
Web links
- List of Convicts in the 3rd Fleet The list was compiled in London, so these people need not actually have arrived in Sydney.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rex Rienits: White, John (1756-1832) , on adb.anu.edu.au. Retrieved June 17, 2016