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Voyage
Transportation
Sarah Ann Cox 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 349 (176) |
| 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
Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Sarah Ann Cox Age 20 1820 - Port Dalrymple Population Muster, 1820 1821 - Port Dalrymple Population Muster, 1821. On stores 1821 - Gov't Factory
Colonial Secretary Index. COX, Sarah Ann. Per "Friendship", 1818 1818 Jan 14 On list of persons on board "Friendship" (Reel 6047; 4/1740 p.63) 1818 Jan 30 On list of prisoners embarked on "Duke of Wellington" for the Derwent (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.36)
Sarah Ann Cox, for stealing a gold watch; ... to be transported for 7 years. Bristol Mirror, 18 Jan 1817.
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 An a list of 53 female convicts, from the ship 'Friendship', embarked on board the ship duke of Wellington, for the Derwent in Van Diemen's Land, with their times, places of trial and sentences extracted from indents - 30/1/1818