Scarborough

media type="custom" key="19493920"By annalise media type="custom" key="19616318" BY Annalise Annalise Information: The ship the Scarborough sailed in both the first and the second fleets. The Scarbrough is a giant convict ship that weighed 802 tons and had 208 male convicts and 0 female convicts on board. The ship the Scarborough was a convict ship the Master(captain) was John hunter and arrived in Botany bay in January 26 of 1788 and the deaths that happened during the voyage was 13.

media type="custom" key="19616394" The Scarborough was one of six convict transport ships in the first fleet. The First Fleet carried the convicts and soldiers to Australia to start a penal colony. The ships left England in May 1787 and arrived in Australia in January 1788. This was the start of Europen settlement of Australia. The Scarborough was a ship of 430 tons under the command of John Marshall. She was 111 ft (34 m) long and 30 ft (9 m) wide. The prison deck was very small and cramped. The height of the space was only 53 in (135 cm.home] The ship had a contract with the British Government to carry convicts. The owners were paid at a rate of 10 shillings per ton per month. They had to agree to keep the prisoners secure and in safe custody. After transporting the convicts to New South Wales, the Scarborough was under contract to work for the East India Company. Scarborough left Australia 5 May 1788, and with the Lady Penrhyn, sailed to China. On 17 May 1788 she landed at Lord Howe Island for birds and vegetables, and got back to England on 15 June 1789. by Monique

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 * ship || type || arrived at BotanyBay || duration || female convicts || deaths || who was on the ship || male convicts ||  ||   ||
 * Scarbrough || convict || 1788 (Australia day) || 9 mounths || 0 || 13 || convicts || 208 ||  ||   ||

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