Now it is my opinion that these Sloops would average about 60' x 24' and the Schooners about 65' x 16' and each would be capable of transporting from 40 to 60 persons and the voyage from Halifax to Lunenburg took approximately 12 hours (with a fair wind).  It is also my opinion that these ships were mostly from the Eastern Seaboard and principally Massachusetts and Virginia.

First voyage June 7th, 1753 (14 vessels) and second voyage June 15, 1753 (11 vessels).

First voyage - A total of 642 settlers of which 289 were able to bear arms. They embarked on May 28th but didn't left Halifax Harbour at 8 p.m. Thursday June 7th and the ships arrived at Merligash (Lunenburg) between 7 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. on Friday June 8th....

Second voyage - A total of 811 settlers embarked on June 15th but didn't arrive in Lunenburg until June 17th.....and the lots were numbered on June 18th....

ARMED VESSELS
[1] ALBANY - His Majesty's Sloop (14 guns) -  John Rous [took lamp oil]
[1] RAINBOW - Sloop - Montgomery [took Regiments]
[1] ULYSSES - Sloop - Jeremiah Rogers [took Rangers & lime]
[1] WARREN * - Schooner 70 tons - Abraham Adams
                            (from Minas Bay, N.S.) [took 13 bushels of potatoes]
[1+2] YORK * - Provincial Sloop - Silvanus Cobb (from Annapolis, N.S.)

SLOOPS - UNARMED
[2] BIDDEFORD - Sloop 95 tons - Benjamin Donnel (from Biddeford)
[2] DOLPHIN * - Sloop 90 tons - Samuel Hodgkins (from Falmouth)
                    [took 12 bars of iron]
[1] ENDEAVOUR  - Sloop - Capt. Trivitt [took bricks & provisions]
[2] INDUSTRY * - Sloop 90 tons - George Goodwin (from Boston)
[2] MARY * - Sloop 90 tons - Andrew Denning (from Boston)
[2] MEDFORD - Sloop 80 tons - William Nichols (from Boston)
[2] SPEEDWELL - Sloop 90 tons - John Horner [took dry stores]
[1] SWAN  - Sloop 90 tons - John Waite
[2] VICTORY - Sloop 90 tons - John Roddick [took lumber]

SCHOONERS
[1]BULKELEY - Schooner (probably named after Cornwallis's aid -
                            Richard Bulkeley)
[1] CHEBUCTO - Schooner [28 casks of provisions]
[1] ENDEAVOUR  - Schooner 93 tons - Joseph Stover (from Boston)
[1] INDUSTRY - Schooner 88 tons - John Bristoll  (Samuel Massey ?)
                             (from Maryland)
[2] MERMAID - Schooner - Richard Clark
[1] SALLY - Schooner 60 tons - Daniel Stickney
[1] SPEEDWELL - Schooner 64 tons - Isaac Martin
[1] THREE FRIENDS  - Schooner 75 tons - John Simpson

OTHERS (not confirmed ?)
PILOT SHIP ? - Capt. Sutherland -
CHAPMAN - Barkantine - John Colshare (from London)
EAGLE  - Sloop - Samuel Trap (from New London)
GANDULAS -
LUCY - Sloop -
POLLY - Schooner - John Ricket (from New London)
SEAFLOWER * - Sloop 81 tons - Samuel Harris (from Boston)
SURPRIZE - Schooner - Elisha Cobb (from Virginia)
TORRINGTON - (40 guns) - Capt. Hutchinson (from London)

Notes submitted by Jean Tavanaee from Col. Lawrence book "Founding of Lunenburg" - 225th Anniversary Edition - 1972. in red type.

Now it also seems that some of these vessels and captains were also involved in the
New England Vessels in the Expedition Against Louisbourg, in 1745
and the Expulsion of the Acadians (*)  in 1755.....
 
 

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