Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Sarah Blower was transported on the Friendship, departing 31st May 1817 and arriving 14th Jan 1818 with 102 passengers.
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long was one of the light weight ships in the fllet and was skippered by Master Francis Walton. Built in Scarborough in 1784, she carried 76 male and 21 female convicts. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.
FriendshipReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 354 |
| 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
Colonial Secretary Index. BLOWER, Sarah 1818 Jan 14 Died during voyage to Colony on "Friendship" (Reel 6047; 4/1740 p.64) There is no Surgeon's Journal for the Friendship, so I do not know the date of her death. Random date entered above.
Transportation. ... Sarah Blower, for stealing, at Atherstone;..for seven years. Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 14 April 1817.
1817 - Convicted Date; 1 Apr 1817 1818 - 14 Jan. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers Sarah Blower. Quiet. Dead.
Died during voyage.