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Fanny (1829 ship)

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Name
  
Fanny

Type
  
Barque

Propulsion
  
Sail

Builder
  
Calcutta

Tons burthen
  
275 ton (bm)

Launched
  
1829

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 29 July 1832, with 106 female convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 2 February 1833. There were eight convict deaths en route.

References

Fanny (1829 ship) Wikipedia