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} |} The ''Perseus'' was a sailing ship built in 1799 at Stockton-on-Tees, England. Her first trade was as a London-based transport, with T. Ellerby as master.〔''Lloyd's Register'' (1800).〕 Her next trade was London-Jamaica, under John Dick, master. During 1801, her trade became London-Botany Bay.〔''Lloyd's Register'' (1801).〕 Under the command of John Davison, she sailed from Spithead, England on 12 February 1802, in company with ''Coromandel''. She reached Rio de Janeiro on 9 April, and the Cape on 25 May.〔(National Archives: Perseus - accessed 30 July 2015 )〕 At the Cape Davison purchased a number of head of cattle.〔Potter (1896), p.839.〕 She arrived at Port Jackson on 14 August 1802. ''Perseus'' transported 113 male convicts, one of whom died on the voyage. The cattle too survived the voyage and Governor Philip Gidley King purchased them for the Government at £35 per head.〔 ''Perseus'' left Port Jackson on 7 October bound for China. ''Perseus'' brought with her goods loaded in London for sale at Canton.〔Tuck (2004), p.390.〕 ''Perseus'' returned to Britain on 9 August 1803. In 1804 she was converted to an armed escort ship and transport.〔 On 10 September the "Perseus armed defense ship" sailed for Shields.〔''Naval Chronicle'' (1804), Vol. 12, p.327.〕 ==Citations and references== ;Citations ;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 *Potter, C. ed. (1896) ''Historical Records of New South Wales: Hunter and King. 1800, 1801, 1802''. *Tuck, Patrick J. N. (2004) ''Britain and the China Trade 1635-1842''. (Taylor & Francis). ISBN 978-0415190008 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「Perseus (1799 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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