Dysentery was the most common disease on the First Fleet, caused by the unsanitary conditions. Fevers were common. Cholera and typhoid were also diseases experienced by many, and there was also some venereal disease, as the soldiers quite happily took the women convicts for their own use whenever they wanted.
They Suffered From Scurvy, Which Is A Disease Which Results In The Deficiency Of Vitamin C
Whilst scurvy was a minor problem on the First Fleet, it did not afflict the sailors and convicts as much as diseases such as dysentery did.
Common illnesses among the convicts of the First Fleet included dysentery, typhoid and cholera. This was due to the unsanitary, crowded conditions below decks. Few people among the crew or officers contracted any diseases.
The sailors of the first Fleet did not have any specific disease. Typhoid, cholera and dysentery were prevalent among the convicts, but generally the crew managed to avoid these problems.
Common illnesses included dysentery, typhoid and cholera.
Sources vary, but there were approximately 191 soldiers, known as marines, despatched to guard the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia.
There were 180 female convicts on the First Fleet.
A convict could have married a sailor on the First Fleet, but she would still have had to serve her time in New South Wales. A convict wife could not have stayed with her husband, and almost all of the sailors returned to England with the ships.
The First Fleet carried convicts and their military guards, the first free settlers came later and were not convicts
The sailors in the First Fleet drank a very inferior type of rum which was purchased for them.
Sailors, marine guards, convicts.
There is no record of the people aboard the First Fleet engaging in dancing, although perhaps the sailors did typical sailors' hornpipes for entertainment. The convicts did no dancing whatsoever.
Sources vary, but there were approximately 191 soldiers, known as marines, despatched to guard the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia.
The First Fleet was made up primarily of convicts. There were many sailors, marines and officers as well, and a large number of stock animals.
The First Fleet sailors were treated well enough, as it was upon them that the marines and officers relied to safely reach New South Wales with the cargo of convicts. However, Captain Arthur Phillip tended to be a little more lenient with the convicts than the sailors, knowing that the convicts would be the ones who would literally build the new colony. Sailors were subject to harsher punishments than the convicts, and their food rations were very similar, except that the sailors had access to cheap rum.
There were 180 female convicts on the First Fleet.
Yes. There were 192 female convicts on the First Fleet.
The officers, marines and sailors on the First Fleet were permitted to get off the boats at the various stops along the way, but convicts were never permitted off the boats.
A convict could have married a sailor on the First Fleet, but she would still have had to serve her time in New South Wales. A convict wife could not have stayed with her husband, and almost all of the sailors returned to England with the ships.
The convicts on the First Fleet were only given water to drink.
They walked on
The prisoners on the First Fleet were known as convicts.