''Pilot'' was launched in 1813. She
transported
''Transported'' is an Australian convict melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln. It is considered a lost film.
Plot
In England, Jessie Grey is about to marry Leonard Lincoln but the evil Harold Hawk tries to force her to marry him and she w ...
convict
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in 1817. She disappeared in 1820.
Career
''Pilot'' first appeared in ''
Lloyd's Register
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'' in 1813 with Hall, master.
[''Lloyd's List'' (1813), Supple. Seq.№79.]
/ref> The 1815 volume shows her master changing to Grice, her owner to Simes, and her trade to Cowes—Batavia.[''Lloyd's Register'' (1815), Seq.№319.]
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On 9 March 1817 Captain William Pexton 1817 sailed from Cork for Port Jackson
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, and arrived there on 29 July 1817. She had embarked 119 male convicts, but only disembarked 117, though none of whom died en route. Presumably two may have been landed before she departed England.
''Pilot''s surgeon-superintendent was Charles Queade. He had drawn up and issued to Captain Pexton and the commander of the guard a detailed set of instructions concerning the care and security of the convicts. When ''Pilot'' arrived at Port Jackson he passed a copy of these to Governor Lachlan Macquarie. By the mid-1820s the government itself developed and disseminated detailed regulations
After she delivered her convicts, ''Pilot'' sailed on 7 September for Hobart,Batavia
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The ''Register of Shipping'' for 1819 showed ''Pilot'' with S. Owens, master, Somes, owner, and trade London—Ceylon.
Fate
On 28 May 1820 ''Pilot'', Owen, master, sailed from Bengal for London. She was not heard of again.['']Lloyd's List
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№5550.
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