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James Edwards was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 28th Feb 1800 and arriving 20th Nov 1800 with 305 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 269 (134) |
| 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
NEWCASTLE. Escape of Six Prisoners from Newcastle, and Capture of the Cutter Brothers. On Monday morning before break-of-day, six prisoners belonging to the gang at Nobby's Island, escaped from the General Hospital and seized the cutter Brothers, the property of Mr. Smith, from the Ballast Wharf, and escaped to sea, taking the crew with them. The wind blowing fresh from the N.W. enabled them to make considerably to the Eastward by daylight, at which time the vessel was so far off as to be scarcely visible. TUESDAY MORNING No tidings have as yet been heard of the men who escaped yesterday morning. (The Australian 24 Apr 1844 p. 3.) The undermentioned prisoners have absconded from the Convict Newcastle, in irons, seized the Cutter “Brothers,” lying in the Harbour at Newcastle on the 21st April, 1844. Edward [Edwards] James, Royal Admiral (2), 43, Worcester, brass founder … Elgar Henry, Waterloo (3), 31, Kent, seaman and farm labourer, … Hughes Henry, Exmouth, 27, London, errand boy, … Ringwood Samuel, Henry Porcher to V. D Land, and Moffatt to Sydney, 24, Norwich, groom … Wilson Buchanan, Marquis Huntley (3). 32, Glasgow, weaver and farm boy … Whitehead Robert, Lord Lynedoch (3), 27, Bath, plasterer and slater … (NSW Government Gazette 26 Apr 1844, (No. 40), p. 623) [They were tracked down and recaptured about two weeks later after they had raided Bundobah cattle station near Carrington. All six were sentenced to life at Norfolk Island. – Chris Ison]