My very first post here and I think I'm stretching the dates a little. But just wondering if anyone here would have any notion what a 50 tonne brig purpose built, apparently, for the transportation of emigrants to New England from Ireland in 1636 would look like. When I look up brig on the net they seem to be mostly 18th C.
It's my understanding that most ships were built with cargo in mind and so would not have been the most salubrious of transport vessels.
And apparently 50 tonnes is small...
Passenger complement was 140 and they brought a lot of equipment for starting fisheries.
I'd be most interested in any speculation regarding accomodations aboard ship.
Aoife
