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Benjamin Skinner was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | England & Wales Criminal Registers HO27/45, page 354. UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/7. Ancestry.com Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 125 (64) |
| 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
ADM 101/44/21833 Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Lord Lyndoch from 15 May to 11 November 1833 by David Watson, surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed conveying male convicts to New South Wales. Folio 9-10: Benjamin Skinner, aged 44, convict, case number 26; disease or hurt, pain in lower part of back, with sense of weight at the bottom of belly, much debilitated with a look of great anxiety. Put on sick list, 1 October 1833 at sea. Died 17 October 1833.
Prison Hulk ship Retribution moored at Woolwich, Received 25 March 1833 Convicted: 11 March 1833 Offence: Receiving stolen goods Transferred 23 May 1833 for NSW
Died on voyage 17th October 1833. Information from a record on Ancestry.
UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Name; Benjamin Skinner Age; 44 Disease; No details Date; 1 Oct 1833. Discharged; DIED; 17 Oct 1833 ---------------------
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Indent No; 76 DIED; at Sea