Hi Kerry The definitive book on Convict ships is Bateson's, "The Convict Ships". If your local library does not have it, they should be able to get in on interlibrary loan for you. I think it is out of print. It will answer all your questions. Annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerri Ferguson" <kerriferguson@dodo.com.au> To: "AUS-CONVICTS" <AUS-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 6:33 AM Subject: [AUS-CON] The Convict ships > > Does anyone know much about the convict ships themselves? Were any of > them > owned by the Royal Navy or were they all privately owned by Shipping > Companies? I have yet to find a reference to a Shipping company in > researching the few ships I am interested in - wouldn't it have been noted > on the arrival musters as a matter of course? > > > > And on from there - were the ships Master's Royal Nay men or private > individuals? If there was a mix of Navy and Private ships does anyone > know > what the breakdown was? > > > > Kerri > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message