Thanks Listers. Yes, I did see a copy of that book years ago but I wasn't interested in the ships themselves at the time. You have jogged my memory and I am on the way back to the Library! Cheers,Kerri -----Original Message----- From: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jan Daly Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2008 7:24 AM To: aus-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] The Convict ships Kerri Try to get hold of a copy of the book by Charles Bateson titled "The Convict Ships 1787-1868." There may be a copy in your local library. Apart from a comprehensive list of the ships, masters, number of convicts etc there is a great deal of information on the ownership of various ships and the difficulties of "outsourcing" (to use a modern term) particularly in the Second Fleet. A lot of the ships were privately owned and contracted to take the convicts to Sydney and other ports. Regards Jan Daly Descendant of eight convicts. -----Original Message----- From: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kerri Ferguson Sent: 01 October 2008 06:34 To: AUS-CONVICTS 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 ------------------------------- 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