Lorna, I am sure that East Indiaman simply means a ship plying its trade to the East Indies - almost certainly owned by or on charter to the East India Company. Do you GOOGLE? If not then I suggest you try it. What a great search engine. Go to www.google.com . If you search "Minerva East Indiaman" you will find lots of facts and details. Try this one for starters: http://whatson.northnet.net.au/users/blackheath/thebc41.htm Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorna Prendergast" <lprendergast@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 4:39 PM Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Minerva Transport (East Indiaman) > Please does anyone know what is meant by "East Indiaman"....as in Minerva > Transport (East Indiaman).....and does anyone know where I'll find an > illustration of same?.....this Minerva was 558 tons and built in Bombay > c1796......brought Irish convicts to Australia in 1800....Thanks ...Lorna > ---------- > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >