Logbook of the Sir William Bensley, commanded by Richard Bastard, on a voyage from Deptford to Sydney and the return voyage to Calcutta and England, 12 August 1816-16 June 1818

Component identifier:: File 1
Content Summary:: The logbook contains daily entries recording the embarkation of convicts at Deptford, the departure from Deptford (12 Sept. 1816) and Portsmouth, weather, misdemeanours and conflict among the convicts, inspections of convicts' possessions, offences by crew members, encounters with other ships, arrival at the Cape of Good Hope (24 Dec. 1816), exercise of convicts, arrival at Sydney (11 March 1817), the disembarkation of the convicts, the departure from Sydney (18 May 1817), passengers including Judge Jeffery Bent and the family of Ellis Bent, the voyage to India via New Britain, New Guinea and Timor, arrival at Calcutta (17 Aug. 1817), a survey and refitting of the ship, the departure from Calcutta (12 Jan. 1818) and the voyage to England via the Cape of Good Hope. (140pp)
Processing information:: M591

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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia