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Transportation
William Mcnamara was transported on the Friendship, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 21st Jan 1788 with 107 passengers.
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long was one of the light weight ships in the fllet and was skippered by Master Francis Walton. Built in Scarborough in 1784, she carried 76 male and 21 female convicts. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.
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Convict Notes
William Mc Namara was tried at Old Bailey, London on 10 September 1783 for stealing stone knee buckles with a value of 20 shillings. http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17830910-46-defend580&div=t17830910-46#highlight He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years having been originally sentenced to death, and left England on the Friendship aged about 24 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as seaman. Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “a dangerous Fellow, low in cunning”.Described as “a Catholic”.