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Britannia was launched in 1774 at Bombay. She was the focus of a protest against the Tea Act in Charleston, South Carolina in 1774. In 1796 she transported convicts ...
Britannia (1774 ship), a 500-ton merchantman built in 1774 that made five voyages for the British East India Company, on one of which she transported convicts to Australia in a voyage noted for the death toll due to the captain's brutality. She then became a whaler in the South Seas Fishery. Britannia (1787 ship) was
Britannia (1774 ship) P. Peggy Stewart (ship) This page was last edited on 7 September 2023, at 13:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The ship’s wheel was taken from King Edward VII’s racing yacht, also named Britannia, according to Boat International, and the 126-meter ship could reach speeds of 22.75 knots, or a seagoing ...
Britannia: 14 February 1814 Bengal First convict voyage to NSW Britannia (1783 whaler) 14 October 1791 Portsmouth First convict voyage to NSW. Part of Third Fleet Britannia: 18 July 1798 Portsmouth Second convict voyage to NSW Britannia (1774 ship) 27 May 1797 Cork First convict voyage to NSW Brothers: 7 May 1824 Downs First convict voyage to ...
Britannia was built in France in 1774. The British captured her in 1781 and she began sailing under the name Sally, first as a transport and then as a West Indiaman. Liverpool merchants purchased her and she became Britannia in 1787. She then sailed to the Baltic and Russia. She was wrecked in 1793.
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The ship was home to a lot of history. Long before it became a floating museum, the Britannia had an eye for history. The gold and white binnacle housed on the ship's veranda deck was originally ...