The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Convict Ship

Sea Terms

A ship which carries convicts to their destination.

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2026 Editor's Note: The convict ship carried some 162,000 people to Australia before transportation ended in 1868 — within living memory of this entry. One survivor, the Success, toured as a floating exhibit into the 1940s. See convict ship. (Ed: BR 2026-06-06)

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