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Rose Ann Hyland 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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Indent: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON16-1-1/CON16-1-1P16 and https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON16-1-1/CON16-1-1P17 No 248. Ann Rose Hyland, age 23, house servant, Tried Antrim, June Sessions 1834, 7 years. Native place, near Castle Wellan, Co. Down. Single, Catholic. Can read a little. This offence, Stealing from the person, £10 12s 0d, & a gold watch. Per Ship Neva, 12 May 1835. Relations: F & M dead, 6 uncles & 2 aunts, named Fagan, being brothers and sisters of my Mother. I lived with Mr O’Neil, Innkeeper, Castle Wellan for 2 ½ years, I was living with John O’Brien Innkeeper, High St, Belfast when tried.
An earlier Court appearance: County of Antrim Assizes Henry Kilpatrick and Rose Hyland, for having in their possession a one pound note, of the Bank of Ireland, knowing it to be forged, at Belfast, on 21 Feb. last. Kilpatrick, Guilty; to transported for years. Rose Hyland, not Guilty. Newry Examiner, 22 March 1834. (and Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 19 March 1834) Belfast Quarter Sessions. Rose Hyland and Bridget Kelly, for stealing money from Thos. Flack, at Belfast, on 27th June; Rose Hyland guilty, Kelly not guilty; to be transported. for seven years. Belfast News-Letter, 4 July 1834.
Convict Indent states DOB as 1812 (aged 23 at the time of conviction), from near Castle Wellan, County Down, Ireland.
Marriage permission to Thomas Dorkins (Free)27th Aug 1836.
Transported to VDL on ill fated second voyage of the Neva, for theft of £ 10 and a gold watch. free certificate #410 1841 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.
Tried Antrim, June 1834