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Phoebe Parkin was transported on the Sir Robert Seppings, departing 17th Mar 1852 and arriving 7th Aug 1852 with 222 passengers.
628 ton ship built in 1844 at Mawlamyine, formerly Moulmein, Burma in 1844 and traded between India and London. Named after Sir Robert Seppings, a naval architect (1767-1840), who was Surveyor of the Navy from 1813 to 1835. On this voyage the Master was Richard S Stuart and the Mate was Thomas J Clark. The Surgeon was Lennox T Cunningham. For further information, see Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Robert_Seppings_(ship).
Sir Robert Seppings (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 370 |
| 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
Phoebe Parkin was sick on the voyage to Tasmania. The surgeon recorded: "Folios 21-23: Phoebe Parkin, aged 29, Convict; disease or hurt, dyspepsia. Put on sick list, 3 May 1852, at sea. Discharged, 8 July 1852, to the Colonial Hospital. A 'poor woman of a broken down constitution - temperament leuco - phlegmatic and of a ordinary stature', she complained of a dull pain in the right hypochondriac region with a sense of fullness and pain in the epigastrium. She also suffered suppression of urine on 9 June and had not passed any for two days and on 14 June a severe cough and expectoration." Source: The National Archives (UK), ADM 101/68/4 - Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Sir Robert Seppings , for 16 March to 16 July 1852 by Dr L T Cunningham,Surgeon. Single, Age 32, Cook/Laundress, native place: Barnstaple. Married Martin Delaney 16/8/1853 ToL: 1/8/54 ToL revoked: 6/4/1858 ToL restored: 22/6/1858 Source: CON 41/1/34 Image 155