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Summary

Born
Jan 1743
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Apr 1792
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Personal Information

Name: Richard Carter
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1743
Death: 12th Apr 1792
Age at death: 49
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: Richard Cartwright

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Salop Assizes at Shrewsbury
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 13th May 1787
Ship: Friendship
Arrival: 21st Jan 1788
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Richard Carter was transported on the Friendship, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 21st Jan 1788 with 107 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.

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Convict Notes

Eric Harry Daly avatar
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on 12th January 2013

Richard Carter was tried at Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 13 March 1784 for stealing sacks of malt with a value of 112 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 44 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as labourer or farmer. He died in 1792. Report from Dunkirk hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”.