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Little note about Gideon being Third Fleet...

I assume the writers wanted to make it like he was second rate, like the First Fleet is the most famous, right? Aussies learn about that one at school but usually less about the other fleets. But the writers couldn't put Gideon in charge of the Second Fleet because that fleet was so fucking horrific in their treatment of the convicts that of the 1038 convicts, more than a quarter of them died during the trip, 486 were sick when they landed, and 125 of those sick died after landing. In comparison, the First Fleet had about the same numbers of convicts but only 24 people died and less than 30 arrived sick.

The British government had contracted 3 ships from a company whose previous experience had been shipping slaves to America. They also paid the company a flat fee per convict regardless of whether they got the convict there alive or dead, so they withheld rations, even stole clothes and the few possessions the convicts had, and left them chained in the hold the whole voyage. when news got back to England there was an enquiry, but the only legal action taken was against the Master of the Neptune (who'd been described as a demented sadist) and his Chief Mate for murder of 3 people, the trial lasted 3 hours and both were acquitted for no apparent reason.

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Naval fleet reactivated to confront Russia now operational as North Atlantic rivalry heats up

Naval fleet reactivated to confront Russia now operational as North Atlantic rivalry heats up

(Great Power War) As a “cost-cutting measure” during the Obama administration, the U.S. Navy decommissioned the Second Fleet, merging its activities and personnel into the new Fleet and Joint Operations organization of Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces.

Seven years later, during the Trump administration, the U.S. Navy reactivated the Second Fleet.

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U.S. Navy declares new fleet created to confront, contain Russia now fully operational

U.S. Navy declares new fleet created to confront, contain Russia now fully operational

By Jonathan Davis

As a “cost-cutting measure” during the Obama administration, the U.S. Navy decommissioned the Second Fleet, merging its activities and personnel into the new Fleet and Joint Operations organization of Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces.

Seven years later, during the Trump administration, the U.S. Navy reactivated the Second Fleet.

Naval Today reported:

As informed,…

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U.S. Navy's Second Fleet to meet increased Russian presence in the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic

U.S. Navy’s Second Fleet to meet increased Russian presence in the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic

Late last month the U.S. Navy formally reconstituted the Cold War-era Second Fleet to counter an increased Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, and this week commanders from the Second and Sixth Fleets met to discuss strategy moving forward.

The threat: Russian vessels, while nowhere near as numerous as during the Cold War, are nevertheless more…

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US Navy resurrects Second Fleet in Atlantic to counter Russia

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The Lady Juliana was the first ship of the Second Fleet to arrive in Sydney Cove,  on this day, 3rd June 1790. The First Fleet of convicts, which established the colony of New South Wales, had arrived in Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. The Second Fleet left England with a cargo of 1026 convicts, bound for New South Wales, on 19 January 1790. The Second Fleet comprised six ships: Justinian, Lady Juliana, Surprize, Neptune, Scarborough and Guardian, although the Guardian, laden with urgent supplies for the colony, struck an iceberg and did not complete the voyage. The Lady Juliana was commissioned to transport only female convicts, about 226 women of child-bearing age from the prisons of England, were consigned to New South Wales.  During the voyage there was much licentious behaviour, at ports of call, seamen from other ships were freely entertained and the Lady Juliana gained a reputation as the “floating brothel”  Many of these strong, spirited women turned their misfortune into advantage and made successful lives in the new colony, and became the founding mothers of modern Australia.

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On this day, 3rd June 1790, The Lady Juliana is the first ship of the Second Fleet to arrive in Sydney Cove. 

The Second Fleet consisted of six ships - four transport ships and two storeships arrived in Sydney Cove in 1790. Three of the transport ships carried mostly male convicts and the other transport ship, The Lady Juliana, only carried women. The Lady Juliana was the first all-female transport ship and the female population of Sydney more than doubled when it arrived.

The convicts on all the ships were mistreated, rations were poor and sickness rife. Of the approximate 1250 male convicts, over 25% died en route to NSW (in comparison to just 2.8% of those on the First Fleet) and many more died within a year of reaching Sydney (Flynn 2001). Almost half of the convicts who arrived in Sydney required immediate hospitalisation and about 80 died within three weeks of arrival.

We have a list of resources for Second Fleet convicts on our Research Guide: Convicts Bound for Australia

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