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Margaret Drury was transported on the Neva, departing 8th Jan 1835 and arriving 13th May 1835 with 7 passengers.
The Neva was a Three-Masted Barque built at Hull in 1813, Lloyd's register 1814. Traded between England & Jamaica then refitted in 1830's to carry convicts. Tons burthen: 327 bm (builders old measurement) Length: 104 ft 4 in (31.80 m) Beam: 27 ft 1 in (8.26 m) Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Armament: 4 × 9-pounder guns Second voyage transporting convicts to Australia ended in a disaster, being shipwrecked near King Island, Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) in 1835. It is recorded that only 15 survived, 6 being Irish female convict women and several crew including Capt. Peck. They were transported to Launceston. On board were also several free passengers and children. A total of 224 lives lost and one of the worst ship wrecks in history.
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she was my second great Mother
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tried at Cavan Spring Assizes, Ireland 1833. Transported to VDL on ill fated second voyage of the Neva, for stealing, £ 10/17s/6p from my aunt Eliza Lloyd also a silver watch value £11, property of Thomas Lloyd uncle-in-law. marriage permission approved to Peter Robinson 2nd Dec 1835. married to Peter Robertson (Robinson?) in 1836, Launceston free certificate #204 1840 newspapers reported the number embarked as 150 female prisoners, 9 free women and 55 children. The Neva departed Cork on 8th January 1835. Three people died in the earlier part of the voyage and one child was born. Following hard on the disaster of the Convict Ship George III which was wrecked on 12th April 1835, the Neva was wrecked north of King Island on 13th May 1835. All perished except six of the women: Ellen Galvin, Mary Slattery, Ann Cullen, Rose Ann Hyland, Rose Dunn and Margaret Drury. Nine of the Ship's Crew Survived: Captain Benjamin Peck, First Officer Joseph Bennett, Thomas Sharp, John Wilson, Edward Calthorpe, Thomas Hines, Robert Ballard, John Robinson and William Kidney.