sentences:  Loss of life due to accident or natural disaster was also rare, although there were four serious shipwrecks concerning convict ships to Australia - on the coast of France, on the south-east coast of Tasmania, off King Island in Bass Strait and in Table Bay, South Africa.Many vessels, both government and privately owned, moved convicts around the Australian coastline, but these are not normally referred to as convict ships.Where moving convicts and/or troops was the main reason for an individual voyage the term convict transport or just transport was used.