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} |} ''Minorca'' was merchant ship launched in 1799 at Newcastle upon Tyne, England. She made one voyage in 1801 transporting convicts to New South Wales. For her return voyage to Britain she was under contract to the British East India Company. Under the command of John Leith, she sailed from Spithead, England on 21 June 1801 in convoy with ''Canada'' and ''Nile'', and reached Rio de Janeiro on 29 August. All three vessels arrived at Port Jackson on 14 December 1801. The next day ''Minorca'' was at Sydney Cove. ''Minorca'' had left with 104 male convicts, of whom five male convicts during the voyage. ''Minorca'' left Port Jackson on 6 February 1802 bound for China. By 28 April 1802 ''Minorca'' was at Whampoa. For her homeward voyage she reached Macao on 26 May, Amboina on 5 August, the Cape on 2 November, and St Helena on 2 November. She arrived at the Downs on 10 February 1803.〔(National Archives: ''Minorca'' - accessed 29 November 2014. )〕 The Napoleonic Wars broke out in March and Leith received a letter of marque on 22 April 1803, i.e.,dated after he had left Britain.〔(Letter of Marque, 1793-1815; p.78 )〕 In 1803 her owners sold ''Minorca'' to Reeve & Co. for service as a West Indiaman.〔 ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1804 gives reports that ''Minorca''s master was J. Sunter, her owner Reeve & Co., and her trade Plymouth to Cork. That entry continued unchanged through 1810. ==Citations and references== ;References ;References *Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9 *Hackman, Rowan (2001) ''Ships of the East India Company''. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minorca (1799 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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