George III

Ship Details

Rig

Fully Rigged Ship/Convict Transport

Built

1810

Tonnage

394

Demise

wrecked in D'Entrecasteaux Channel on 12 March 1835

Description

George III was a British penal transportation convict ship that was shipwrecked with heavy loss of life during its last voyage when she was transporting convicts from England to the Australian Colonies. She was a full rigged ship of 394 tons on measurements of 114 feet length, 28 feet 3 inches beam, built at Deptford in 1810. The ship was acquired by J. Heathorn and J. Poore in the mid-1830s. She was registered at the Port of London.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_(ship) (accessed on 12/1/2018)

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