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Alexander Affleck was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 431 (218) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
UNION HALL. Yesterday, a young man, named Affleck, better known by the name of Alick Drummond, was charged with having attempted to cut a trunk from behind & cabriolet, on Monday night last. Mr. Smith, the contractor for conveying convicts to different places, stated that, on Monday night, as he was driving along Blackfriar’s-road, he felt something tugging at the back part of the chaise ;he pulled up, and saw a man in the act of cutting away a trunk. The robber immediately made off, but on passing a lamp-post, the light was reflected upon him so strongly that the prosecutor was enabled now to identify him. Mr. Smith had a gun with him, but in consequence of it being behind a gentleman who was with him in the gig, he could not get it up, otherwise he should have fired at the prisoner when he ran off. Information having been given at the watch-house, Berwick the constable, apprehended him on Tuesday night, whilst drinking in the Bricklayer’s Arms. The prisoner, in his defence, said that the prosecutor was mistaken ; that he was accidentally passing by at the time, but was quite ignorant of the circumstance. In consequence of some of the officers having ascertained that the prisoner is the person who some little time ago took a box containing some valuable property out of an errand-cart, near the Elephant and Castle, he was remanded until Saturday, in order that the parties robbed might have time to appear against him. Public Ledger, 7 Jan 1830. Leviathan Hulk Records. HO-9-8_6 page 10/54. Received from Horsemonger Lane, 11 Feb 1830. Alexr. Affleck, age 22, Felony, Tried 12 Jan 1830, St Marys, Newington, 7 years, To NSW 26 June 1830, R. Admiral.