The pack-jammed convict ships which once plied between Britain’s jails and the prison pens of Botany Bay had nothing on the destroyer Yoizuki. She was a hell-ship to match the worst of them.

A little later, the British ship 'Gannet' sailing in Crete ... They were sent with other convicts to Australia and they arrived in Sydney on 27 August 1829. The Greek sailors who were illiterate ...

Carnival Cruise Line has added two more ships to its fleet in Australia with the addition of P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Adventure and Pacific Encounter ships, which have been rebranded as ...

It was viewed as a suitable alternative to hanging. From 1787 onwards, convicts were sent to Australia, where they faced many years of hard labour. America had become independent from Britain in ...