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Transportation
Joseph Dale was transported on the Ocean, departing 31st Jul 1817 and arriving 1st Jan 1818 with 181 passengers.
The 'Ocean' was an English merchant ship and whaler built in 1794 at South Shields, England. In 1803 she accompanied the ship 'Calcutta' to Australia, acting as a transport supply ship. When the settlers abondoned Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria the ship transferred convicts, settlers and marines to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). In 1815, 1817 & 1823 the 'Ocean' transported convicts to New South Wales.
Ocean (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 381 (192) |
| 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
Hulk Record HO-9-7_1 page 28. Sheerness Hulk. Retribution, and Bellerophon. Received from York 12 May 1817. William Dale, age 21, Capitally respited, Tried York 8 March 1817, Life, Transported 28 July 1817.
Assize Intelligence. YORK. The following are the prisoners who have been capitally convicted, and who have received sentence of death :— Joseph Dale, … for burglary, … The two first in this sad enumeration were executed on Monday the 17th inst.— ... the rest are reprieved. Manchester Mercury, 1 April 1817. The following male convicts left the Castle, on Monday morning, to be delivered on board the Retribution Hulk at Sheerness, up the river Medway, viz.— Joseph Dale, … to be severally transported for life. York Herald, 17 May 1817.