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Dennis Ryan was transported on the Tellicherry, departing 31st Aug 1805 and arriving 15th Feb 1806 with 161 passengers.
The 'Tellicherry' - built in 1796 at Thames, England for the East India Company. 467 tons. One sailing to Australia - Ireland to New South Wales in 1805, arriving 1806. 125 (or 130) male and 35 female prisoners, 2 children - 6 deaths. Many on the men on board were political prisoners. Departed from Cork, Ireland. (The register of these persons is NOT yet complete on this website - a work in progress.) In 1807 the Tellicherry was shipwrecked off the coast of the Philippines. The men were rescued and made their way to Manilla.
Tellicherry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Finns Leinster Journal Sat 3 Sept to Wed 7 Sept 1803 page 2 and 10 Sept 1803 page 2. NSW SR, Convict Indents - Tellicherry |
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Convict Notes
August 1806 NSW Muster - Dennis Ryan, Prisoner, Servant to Andrew Thompson.
Dennis Ryan was transported for life on "Tellicherry" to NSW. He had been tried at Kilkenny County Court on 1 September 1803 for burglary and robbery, however it was two years before he departed on "Tellicherry" on 25 August 1805 wne he was recoded on the indents as aged 25 years. He arrived in NSW on 15 February 1806. Finns Leinster Journal Sat 3 Sept to Wed 7 Sept 1803 page 2: "KILKENNY On Wednesday evening [i.e 31 August] the Rt Hon Lord Avonmire and the Hon Baron Smith, Judges of Assize for the Leinster Circuit, arrived in this city from Clonmel escorted by a detachment of the 17th dragoons. Next morning [i.e. 1 Sept] their Lordships opened their respective commissions, and immediately proceeded to business, the forearm in the County, and the latter in the City Court, Yesterday in the County Court, two men were capitally convicted of burglary and robbery. Finns Leinster Journal 10 Sept 1803 page 2 " In the County Court, Pat hales and Dennis Ryan, who were found guilty of burglary and robbery, as mentioned in our last, were left for execution, but the day was not mentioned." His co-accused Hawes did not arrive in NSW.