jueves, 13 de noviembre de 2014

Atlantic (1783)

Atlantic was launched in 1783. She made one voyage from England to Australia in 1791 carrying convicts. Later, she made one voyage for the East India Company (EIC). Subsequently she sailed to Smyrna, Surinam, and Gibraltar, before she disappears from records in 1810.
Career
In 1783 she was under the command of Captain Edward Redman. Under his command, she traded between London and Jamaica.
In 1789 Atlantic was under the command of Captain Muirhead. She was trading between London and Archangel.

Convict transport

Under the command of Master Archibald Armstrong, Atlantic departed Portsmouth on 27 March 1791, with 220 male convicts as part of the third fleet and arrived on 20 August 1791 in Port Jackson, New South Wales. Eighteen convicts died during the voyage. She left Port Jackson on 26 October 1791, bound for Bengal.

East India Company

In 1795 Thomas Probeart was Atlantic '​s captain...

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