Episode 1387
Prince of Wales (1786 ship)
Fri, 2021-Feb-19 01:07 UTC
Length - 1:53
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The random article for Friday, 19 February 2021 is Prince of Wales (1786 ship).
Prince of Wales was a transport ship in the First Fleet, assigned to transport convicts for the European colonisation of Australia. Accounts differ regarding her origins; she may have been built and launched in 1779 at Sidmouth, or in 1786 on the River Thames. Her First Fleet voyage commenced in 1787, with 47 female convicts aboard, and she arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788. On a difficult return voyage in 1788–1789 she became separated from her convoy and was found drifting helplessly off Rio de Janeiro with her crew incapacitated by scurvy.
After Prince of Wales' return to Britain her owners deployed her as a whaler in the South Seas fisheries. She was later used as a privateer under a letter of marque, before performing a voyage as a slave ship. After a period under French control, she returned to Britain and was used to carry trade goods between London, the West Indies and the Mediterranean. The last records of her existence date to 1810; her fate thereafter is unknown.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:07 UTC on Friday, 19 February 2021.
For the full current version of the article, see Prince of Wales (1786 ship) on Wikipedia.
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