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John Jubb was transported on the Claudine, departing 20th May 1821 and arriving 15th Dec 1821 with 160 passengers.
The 'Claudine' was an East Indiaman built in Calcutta in 1811 from teak wood with a tonnage of 452 tons. In 1820 she ran from London to Hobart Town, Sydney, Batavia and back to England. After leaving Sydney on 10 May 1820 under the command of John Welsh, she discovered the Claudine Reef in the Coral Sea, before making her way past Murray Island in Torres Strait on her way to Batavia. The Claudine made two voyages to Australia as a convict transport. Departing Woolwich 24 August 1821 mastered by John Crabtree with Henry Ryan as ship's surgeon. She arrived in Port Dalrymple, van Diemen's Land after a passage of 113 days via Teneriffe, on 15 December, landing 40 convicts. She then sailed on to Hobart Town and landed the remaining 119 male convicts, one prisoner having died en route . On 24 August 1829 the Claudine departed London, arriving in Sydney on 6 December 1829 after a voyage of 104 days; her Master was William Heathorne, the surgeon William H Trotman. On this voyage she sailed with 180 prisoners and their guard; two prisoners died en route. she then sailed on to Madras on 30 December. The Claudine returned to merchant service and on Monday 21-22 November 1840 under the command of captain Brewer was deliberately beached with another East Indiaman 'Westminster' during a storm off the Kent coast near Margate. This stranding was the subject of a famous engraving by William Henry Bartlett and a pencil and chalk sketch by J.M.W. Turner. The 'Westminster' successfully unloaded 6000 chests of tea into two steamers which delivered it to the East India Docks and was refloated on 7 December. 'Claudine' which was beached onshore unloaded into 200 carts the following day 23rd November and was then refloated on a spring tide after 7 December. Both ships having been dismasted in the storm, were repaired and put back into the trade. The Claudine appears to have been sent to the wreckers in 1849.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 84 |
| 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
RUNAWAY NOTICES THE undermentioned Convicts having absconded from the Prisoners' Barracks, Hobart Town, and here being every reason to believe that they have piratically carried off the sloop Ellen belonging to Harris Walker, Esq of Pittwater, all Constables and others, are hereby required to use their utmost exertions to apprehend and lodge them, in, safe Custody, and the usual Reward will be paid for their apprehension. A. W. H. HUMPHREY, Police Magistrate 693. John Watson, 5 ft 6 1/2 in height, brown hair, brown eves, age 24; carder, tried at York, March 19 1825, life, Medway 2nd, native place, Manchester. 728; Alexander Stirling, 5 ft. 5 3/4 in height, brown hair, grey eyes,' age 24; mariner, tried at Aberdeen, April 28, 1825, life. Medway, (2) native place, Old Der, W.B. back of right arm. 218 Henry Alderson, 5ft. 2 ½ in height, dark brown hair, dark grey eyes, age 18, cooper; tried at Northumberland, March 8, 1823, 7 years, Medway, (2) native place, Newcastle, scar centre of forehead, dimple on chin. 28 William Ironmonger, 5 ft 9 in height, dark brown hair, light grey eyes, age 26, carpenter ; tried at Warwick, July 26,1823, life, Chapman, (I) native place Barton, Staffordshire, small scar back left wrist joint, mole 3 inches above. 330 James Thompson,5ft 3 ½ in height, brown hair, blue eyes, age 22, flax-dresser, rope maker, tried at Aberdeen, April 28, 1825, life Medway, (2) native place Kennemuir, two moles right side lower jaw, scar point of chin, scar on knuckle fore finger left hand, two brown moles back of right arm. 695. John Clarke, 5 ft. 2 ¾ in height, dark brown hair, grey eyes, 34, engraver, mariner, groom and footman, tried at London, Jan 13, 1825, life, Medina, native place, London. 294. Thomas Curphey, 5 ft. 9 ½ in height, brown hair, grey eyes, age 44, labourer, tried at the Isle of Man; April 22, 1819, life, Guilford, native place, Isle of Man. 128. James Nelson, 5 ft. 5 in height, brown hair, blue eyes, age 36 seaman; tried at Middlesex, Feb. 17 1825, 7 years, Median, native place, London. 570. John Murray, 5 ft. 5 in height, light brown hair, dark grey eyes, age 20, bricklayer; tried at York, Oct. 17, 1825, 7 years, Chapmam (2) native place, Leeds, slightly pockpitted, large pock mark front of nose. 429. Charles Carman 5 ft 4 ½ in height, brown hair, dark grey eyes, age 22, bombazine weaver, tried at Norfolk, May 16, 1821, 7 years, Lord Hungerford, native place, London. 157. John Jubb, 5 ft. 7 in height flaxen hair, grey eyes, age 24, farmer's labourer, tried at Cumberland, Aug. 12, 1820, 7 years, Claudine, native place, Martin, Lincolnshire, Britannia, crucifix, 1 H on left arm, two figures on right arm. 662. Charles Holt, 5 ft. 6 ½ in height, dark brown hair, dark blue eyes, age 22, weaver, tried at York, March 19, 1825, life, Medway (2), native place Manchester, hair low down on forehead, small mole left side of neck, scar outside left arm, just above wrist joint. Principal Superintendent of Convicts Office, January,22, 1827. (Hobart Town Gazette 10 Feb 1827, p. 4.) [The band of 12 convicts escaped from the Hobart prisoner barracks, stole a boat and set off down the Derwent. Near the mouth of the river, they seized the cutter Ellen. The crew had taken to their boat, abandoning the cutter when they saw the armed convicts approaching. Neither the Ellen nor any of the convicts were seen or heard of again. – Chris Ison.]
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Tasmania Year; 1835 No; 157 Name; John Jubb - Absconded Ship; Claudine Remarks; DIED; 10 March 1840
1827 Saturday 27th January, Runaway Notice entry Hobart Town Gazette: 157. John Jubb, 5 ft 7 in height, flaxen hair, grey eyes, age 24, farmer's labourer. Tried at Cumberland Aug 12th 1820. Native place Martin, Lincolnshire, Britannia crucifix I H on left arm, two figures on right arm.