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John Beveridge was transported on the Claudine, departing 20th May 1821 and arriving 15th Dec 1821 with 160 passengers.
The 'Claudine' was an East Indiaman built in Calcutta in 1811 from teak wood with a tonnage of 452 tons. In 1820 she ran from London to Hobart Town, Sydney, Batavia and back to England. After leaving Sydney on 10 May 1820 under the command of John Welsh, she discovered the Claudine Reef in the Coral Sea, before making her way past Murray Island in Torres Strait on her way to Batavia. The Claudine made two voyages to Australia as a convict transport. Departing Woolwich 24 August 1821 mastered by John Crabtree with Henry Ryan as ship's surgeon. She arrived in Port Dalrymple, van Diemen's Land after a passage of 113 days via Teneriffe, on 15 December, landing 40 convicts. She then sailed on to Hobart Town and landed the remaining 119 male convicts, one prisoner having died en route . On 24 August 1829 the Claudine departed London, arriving in Sydney on 6 December 1829 after a voyage of 104 days; her Master was William Heathorne, the surgeon William H Trotman. On this voyage she sailed with 180 prisoners and their guard; two prisoners died en route. she then sailed on to Madras on 30 December. The Claudine returned to merchant service and on Monday 21-22 November 1840 under the command of captain Brewer was deliberately beached with another East Indiaman 'Westminster' during a storm off the Kent coast near Margate. This stranding was the subject of a famous engraving by William Henry Bartlett and a pencil and chalk sketch by J.M.W. Turner. The 'Westminster' successfully unloaded 6000 chests of tea into two steamers which delivered it to the East India Docks and was refloated on 7 December. 'Claudine' which was beached onshore unloaded into 200 carts the following day 23rd November and was then refloated on a spring tide after 7 December. Both ships having been dismasted in the storm, were repaired and put back into the trade. The Claudine appears to have been sent to the wreckers in 1849.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 90 |
| 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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PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF The Government Brig Cyprus, By Convicts, on their way to the Penal Settlement of Macquarie Harbour. We last week mentioned that the Cyprus was on her passage to the Penal Settlement of Macquarie Harbour, conveying 31 prisoners under sentence of transportation to that place ; and having on board a large supply of provisions for the Settlement ; and that the prisoners had mutinied and taken possession of the vessel , and carried her out to sea. … … The following is a list of the prisoners, who captured the Cyprus:— Michael Herring, Robert McGuire, William Templeman, Matthew Pennell, William Watts, James Davis, Samuel Thacker, John Beveridge, Alexander Stevenson, Leslie Ferguson, John Lynch, James Jones, William Swallow (commonly called Walker), Charles Towers, James Cham, Thomas Bryant, John Denner, William Brown. (Colonial Times 4 Sep 1829, p. 3.)
Re-transported per 'Argyle 1831' National Records of Scotland: 1821: Precognition against Andrew Wilson, John Beveridge, Thomas Fleming for the crime of housebreaking and theft. Andrew Wilson, alias Henry Wilson, silk weaver, Address: Edinburgh and Dunfermline John Beveridge, slater, Address: Dunfermline, Fife Thomas Fleming, alias Hamilton; Robertson, rope maker, Address: Edinburgh John Beveridge was 25 years old on arrival. He was 5' 7 1/2" tall, pockpitted, dark brown hair, dark grey eyes. Married - wife and 2 children at his native place. 1827: had TOL 26/3/1829: Colonial Conviction, Hobart Town - Charged with stealing 20 lbs. of lead - sentenced to 7 years transportation to Macquarie Harbour. 1830 Muster: Absconded 1829 27/8/1831: Absconding in the Brig Cyprus - The Cyprus was on it's way to Macquarie Harbour on the 6/8/1829 with 33 convicts, 12 soldiers some wives and children and the crew. The convicts took over the boat, marooned the other passengers along with 15 of the trusty convicts and made their way to China and then on to England. They were arrested as the ship docked. Beveridge was re-transported aboard the Argyle in 1831 with a life sentence. 31/10/1836: CP 30/1/1882: John Beveridge died in Launceston under the name of Anderson, aged 88 - the cause of death was senility.
on hulk Justitia (formerly Dutch ship Zeeland)at Woolwich, transferred to Claudine & transported to van Diemen's Land.