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Transportation
Owen Lyons was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Collins, David (1756-1810). An account of the English colony in New South Wales [Volume 1]; p. 172 |
| 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
Owen Lyons at the Old Bailey was tried for house breaking on 28 Oct 1789, and was acquitted. Two months later, on 9 Dec 1879, he was tried at the Old Bailey again, for breaking into the house of Constantin Egan, the same prosecutor, and this time, he was found guilty of Theft and sentenced to death. On 8 Dec 1790, (in the supplementary material of the Old Bailey) Owen Lyons was one of several prisoners, whose Death sentences were commuted, conditional to Transportation for Life.
** Trial Date; 8 Dec 1790 **
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Name; Owen Lyons Ship; Albermarle - 1791 Date of Conviction; Justice Hall. Old Bailey. Middlesex. 8 Dec 1890 - Life Noted against name; EXECUTED; 9 April Lat. 44. 44 Long. 15.44 [On voyage]
Owen Lyons, in company with convict William Syney, conspired to take control of the ship, Albermarle, on 9 April 1791. The Albermarle, under the captaincy of George Bowen, had departed Portsmouth on 27 March 1791 with 282 male and 6 female convicts on board, bound for NSW. On 9 April 1791, the mutiny attempt on the ship was foiled by the captain and the ship's naval agent Lieutenant Robert Parry Young. A decision was made to execute Lyons and Syney at sea to make an example of them for the other convicts. It was later learned that some of the seamen aboard the ship had assisted the would-be mutineers by releasing them from their shackles. The seamen were identified and dropped at Madeira to be returned to England for punishment. The Albermarle arrived in Sydney Cove on 13 October 1791. 32 male convicts had died on the voyage - including Lyons and Syney.