" Lady Penrhyn "

Date Arrived : 26. January . 1788

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The Lady Penrhyn was a First Fleet transport ship of 338 tons, built on the River Thames in 1786. Her master, William Cropton Sever, was part-owner. John Turnpenny Altree was surgeon to the convicts, and Arthur Bowes Smyth was surgeon to the ship. She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, carrying 101 female convicts, and arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia, on 26 January 1788. She had been chartered by the British East India Company, and left Port Jackson on 5 May 1788 to sail to China for a cargo of tea. She arrived back in England in mid August 1789.

The Lady Penrhyn was part-owned by London alderman and sea-biscuit manufacturer William Curtis.^[1]

Curtis was a London Lord Mayor of the 1790s, who sent a regular tea ship to China. Curtis was affectionally known as 'Billy Biscuit' because of his family links to sea biscuit manufacture. Curtis' speech about reading, 'riting and 'rithmatic', belied his literacy level which didn't have a lot to do with his success in life.

 

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Ships Crew , Officials

• Captain

• SEVER William Cropton   Master

• Lieutenants

• Quarter Master .

• CRUDIS William   Quartermaster

• DOWNEY Joseph  Quartermaster

• Surgeon

• ALTREE John Turnpenny Assistant Surgeon SMYTH Arthur Bowes  Assistant Surgeon

• Midshipmen

• Mates ANSTIS {ANTIS] Nicholas  Chief Mate , BALL  Third Mate HOLMES RobertFourth mate ENKINSON Thomas William  Third mate Died before the Fleet sailed . SQUIRES  Second mate

• Gunners

• Boatswain

• GUNTHORPE William  Boatswain,

• Cook

• SISSON

• Ship's boy  

• DAWSON Richard  Ship's boy

• DUNCAN David  Ship's boy

• Seaman

• BENTLEY Joshua  Seaman

• CLAY Charles Seaman ,  CLEMENTS John Seaman, DEASE Edward  Seaman, CURTIS William  Seaman

• FISHER John  Seaman,  FIXTON Lady Penrhyn Seaman , FLOAN Richard  Seaman,  ,

• HENDERSON William  Seaman,  HILL Henry Seaman Deserted at Rio

• MORAN William  Seaman 

• SCRIVEN Phillip  Seaman, SODWICK William  Seaman

• THEAKSTON Joseph  Seaman,  TWISS William  Seaman

•  SHAW Thomas  Seaman

• YOUNG William  Steward

•  Officials

•  SMITH James n Settler The only free passenger, first migrant

• WATTS John  Naval Lieutenant Passenger en route to China

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