Career Kitty (1787 ship)
1 career
1.1 slave voyage
1.2 convict voyage
1.3 merchantman
career
slave voyage
in 1790 kitty under command of captain james glynn. under command gathered slaves on gold coast , carried them jamaica.
convict voyage
lloyd s register 1792 shows ownership of kitty changing christopher & co., , master glynn g. ramsey.
under command of george ramsay sailed england, on 31 march 1791, 10 male , 30 female convicts , cargo of stores. kitty sprung leak shortly after departure , returned spithead repairs. there 8 male convicts escaped. left portsmouth on 6 april 1792. further repairs undertaken @ rio de janeiro , cape town before arrived @ port jackson, new south wales, on 18 november 1792. 3 female convicts died during voyage. daniel woodriff naval agent voyage. kitty brought out 282,567 lbs. of flour, 165,360 lbs. of pork, , 126,000 lbs. of beef colony.
kitty, pitt, , royal admiral, 3 convict transports arrived in australia in 1792, referred fourth fleet.
woodriff reported homeward-bound, kitty left port jackson on 4 june 1793, having taken cargo norfolk island in interim. sailed via cape horn, st catherine s, , rio de janeiro, before arriving @ cove of cork on 5 february 1794.
merchantman
on return port jackson, kitty became merchantman. in 1795 ramsey still master, , listed being @ cork.
in 1800 kitty s trade london transport, , master a. sterling. entry continues 1805, last listing her. last listing kitty in register of shipping in 1800 , concurs listing in lloyd s register.
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