Ship Details
Rig
Ship/convict transport
Built
1786
Built In
Tonnage
322
Demise
Captured by French in 1811 and scuttled
Description
Lady Penrhyn was built on the River Thames in 1786 as a slave ship. For her first voyage she transported convicts to New South Wales as part of the First Fleet. On her voyage back to Britain she was the first European vessel to pass by the Kermadec Islands, and the Penrhyn Atoll in the Cook Islands. She also carried a cargo for the British East India Company. The French captured her in the West Indies in 1811 and scuttled her.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Penrhyn_(1786_ship) (accessed on 16/3/2018)
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