The fourth Fleet is an unofficial term for the flow of convict ships from England to Australia in 1792.[1] The term was coined by C.J. Smee, a historian, who has catalogued the genealogies of the First, Second and Third Fleet convicts and who used the term to group those ships that followed in the months immediately after the Third Fleet.[2]
The ships connected to the "fleet" are:
Gallery
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HMS Pitt -
Merchantman of similar age to Kitty; Table Mountain is in the background -
An EastIndiaman similar to Royal Admiral
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References
edit- ^ C.J. Smee, Fourth fleet families of Australia containing genealogical details of two hundred & five fourth fleeters, their children & grandchildren, (Artarmon, N.S.W., 1992)
- ^ "Convict Ships to Australia". Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ Pitt (Ship) at Settler: Convict or Free?.
- ^ Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787-1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9.
- ^ Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787-1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9
- ^ One could argue that Royal Admiral is in fact the last ship of the Third Fleet as it left only a month after the ships of that fleet.
External links
edit- Convict Transportation Registers Database (Online) University of Queensland. Accessed 9 February 2015.
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