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Transportation
Thomas Collins 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
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 429 (217) |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 27 May 1830. 1080. JAMES TAYLOR & THOMAS COLLINS were indicted for stealing, on the 15th of May , 1 hat, value 1l. , the goods of Edward Jones . EDWARD JONES. I was in the Start coffee-house, Bow-street, Covent-garden , on the 15th of May - I went there at five o'clock in the morning, and fell asleep; I had been up all night seeing a friend off - I was awoke by two Police-officers, and had lost my hat; I had put it on the table in the coffee-house. SAMUEL FOOT . I went into the coffee-house to get some coffee; I saw the witness there, asleep on some chairs and a new hat on a table before him - I was in another box; I heard some persons come into the room, and say,"There is no one here;" I looked up, and saw the two prisoners, and three other young men - they walked forward; Taylor gave a signal, as if for them to be quiet -Collins went and took the prosecutor's hat, and put it on his own head; I followed, and chased them up and down several places, till I saw two Police-men, who took them; Collins had the hat on his head - we then went and awoke the prosecutor. Collins. He swears he never lost sight of me, and there was a crape round the hat when it was taken - it is impossible I could have taken it off. Witness. I saw him in Phoenix-court with the hat in his hand. WILLIAM POTTER . I took Collins with this hat on his head - here is a mark where the crape has been; here is the old hat - when I took him to the station-house he said a man gave it him in the coffee-room, and after that he said he had bought it for 3s. in the Start coffee-house. Collin's Defence. I bought it for 3s. and my old silk hat, but it was not that old hat. COLLINS - GUILTY . Aged 20. Transported for Seven Years . TAYLOR - NOT GUILTY . Hulk Records, HO-9-9_4 page 48/54. Portsmouth, York Hulk Received from Newgate, 14 June, 1830. Thos Collins, age 20, Stg a Hat, Tried Newgate, 27 May 1830, 7 years, To NSW 25 June 1830.