Nile - 1801 Duke of Portland - 1807 Speke - 1808

Jane Williams was born in 1776. She had been tried in Gloucester on 12 January 1801.

Nile - ship - 322 ton - built 1799

96 female convicts - 0 deaths

The Nile sailed from Spithead on 26 June 1801

Sailed via Rio de Janeiro

Arrived at Port Jackson on 14 December 1801

Trip took 176 days

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Richard Holland was born in England on 8 May 1783. According to the crime registers on the 24 May 1806 Richard had stolen a parcel out of a cart. He was tried at the Old Bailey on 2 July 1806 and was sentenced to seven years transportation.

Duke of Portland - ship - 523 ton - built 1790

189 male convicts - 0 deaths

Arrived at Port Jackson on 27 July 1807

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Susannah Alderson (in some records Hannah) was tried at York (East Riding) on the 7th April 1807 for perjury and received a sentence of seven years transportation. Susannah was born in Yorkshire in 1788 - her place of origin was recorded as Gilmanby NR during the trail hearing.

Speke - ship - 473 ton - built 1790

99 female convicts - 1 death

The Speke sailed from Falmouth on 8 May 1808

Sailed via Rio de Janeiro and Cape of Good Hope

Arrived at Port Jackson on 16 November 1808

Trip took 182 days

• Bateson, Charles: The convict ships 1797-1868. Sydney, Library of Australian history, 2004 (originally published 1950)