Fanny (1829 ship)

History
Name:	Fanny
Builder:	Calcutta
Launched:	1829
General characteristics
Type:	Barque
Tons burthen:	275 ton (bm)
Propulsion:	Sail

Fanny was a 275-ton merchant ship built at Calcutta, British India in 1829. She made one voyage transporting convicts from England to Australia.

Career

Under the command of Henry Sherwood and surgeons Francis Logan and William Marshall, she departed The Downs on 29 July 1832, with 106 female convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 2 February 1833. There were eight convict deaths en route.

References

• Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9