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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Dring was transported on the Recovery, departing 27th May 1837 and arriving 8th Oct 1837 with 280 passengers.
Built 1799 Batavia, 493 tons. 1823 voyage. Also arrived the same morning, (i.e. Thursday last) from Ireland, having sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 5th April, the ship Recovery, Captain Fotherley, with 180 male convicts, in tolerable health : no deaths on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cunningham, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 1st, or Royals, commanded by Captain Gill, who is accompanied by his Lady. Three free passengers come out by this conveyance, at the expence of the Crown. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 7 Aug 1823. 1835 voyage. Surgeon's general remarks. On 5th October 1835, the Guard embarked at Deptford, consisting of 1 staff, 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 26 rank and file of the 28th Regiment, accompanied by 8 women and 4 children. On the 19th at Spithead we received on board 160 male convicts from the Leviathan and 120 from the York Hulk and in the 30th got under weigh, previous to which, the convicts were discharged to the hulks in consequence of their being a great nuisance on board. Source:The medical and surgical journal of HM convict ship Recovery for 5 October 1835 to 16 March 1836 by Alexander Neill, during which time the said ship was employed in passage to Sydney New South Wales
Recovery (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 41 (22) Libraries Tasmania's Online collection CON31-1-11 Image 63. CON18-1-22 Image 91 POL220/1/1 p641 |
| 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
Place of origin: Warboys, Huntingdonshire No; 1251. Aged; 30 years old 1837 - 9 March 1837. Offence; Stealing in a dwelling house. £5 1845 - 21 October 1845. Ticket of Leave 1849 - 9 January 1849. Conditional Pardon approved 1852 - 3 April 1852. Departed for Melbourne in the Sea Witch as a steerage passenger. Status: Conditional Pardon and returned 11 July 1852 from Port Phillip in the Sword Fish 1854 - 15 March 1854. Departed for Melbourne in the Clarence as a steerage passenger. Status: Conditional Pardon