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Joseph Hughes was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 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 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 424 |
| 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 Records, HO-9-9_4 page 47/54. Portsmouth, York Hulk Received from Hereford, 21 May 1830. Josh. Hughes, age 20, House brkg, Tried Hereford, 25 March 1830, Life, To NSW 25 June 1830.
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. Hereford— Joseph Hughes was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Pitt, and stealing therefrom 100 sovereigns, two guineas, and half guinea— … Hereford Journal, 7 April 1830. ----------------------------------------------------- On Thursday and Friday last the following convicts, against whom sentence of death was recorded at our last Assizes and commuted to transportation for life, were removed from our county gaol to their destination at Chatham:—William Cooke; Joseph Hughes; Thomas Jones; John Morgan; Wm. Price; Miles Pearce ; William Preece; John Roberts alias Fletcher; William Thomas; Daniel Webb; and Thomas Evans, sentenced to 14 years at the Assizes, and John Lloyd, to 7 years transportation at the last October Sessions Hereford Journal, 26 May 1830.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 for Joseph Hughes Bound Indentures 1830-1832 From Herefordshire could not read or write single protestant. Guilty of housebreaking. 5' 5 1/2" ruddy and much pock pitted light brown hair and grey eyes. Assigned to John Warner Lake Macquarie. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for Joseph Hughes 18/1/1834 Transported for life for bushranging 22/1/1834 Transported to Norfolk Island for life from the Maitland Bench. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 Died 13/5/1834 at Norfolk Island