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Patrick Delany 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
New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, New South Wales. Convicts embarked - 1787 Noted against name; DIED; 23 June 1787
Patrick DELANY He was tried at York, Yorkshire on 8 March 1783 for assault and highway robbery with a value of 147 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 25 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as soldier. He died in 1787. 26 March 1784 - Sent to the Thames hulk Patrick was ordered to the 'Mercury' transport for America. After the convicts took over the ship he was one of the escapees captured as he struggled to reach shore. 24 May 1784 - Exeter: Sent to the 'Dunkirk' hulk and on 11 March 1787 embarked on the 'Friendship'