Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Robert Urch was transported on the George The Third, departing 12th Dec 1834 and arriving 12th Mar 1835 with 220 passengers.
Built at Deptford, England in 1810. 394 tons, 114 feet length, 28 feet 3 inches beam. Registered at the Port of London. George III, was wrecked on reefs at the south-eastern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on 12 March 1835 near the end of a voyage from Woolwich to Hobart Town. 133 of 220 male convicts on board lost their lives, 81 survived, one being a 10yr old boy. Only five of the 88 crew, guards and their families were drowned. Firearms had been discharged to keep the convicts below decks while the latter were being evacuated.
George The Third (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 489 (246) |
| 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
Trial of Prisoners. —James Riley, James Bently, and Robert Urch, picking pockets, trans. 14 years— North Devon Journal, 10 July 1834. And Wednesday, ...James Riley, James Bently, 16 Robert Urch, 17, and ... each for 14 years, ... were removed from the Devon Goal, in order to being placed on board the hulk at Woolwich. . North Devon Journal, 24 July 1834. National Archives. Hulk Records, Woolwich. Justitia? HO-9-4_6 page 12/46. Received from Exeter, 17 July 1834. Robert Urch, age 17, Stg from the Person, Tried 1 July 1834, Exeter, 14 years, To VDL 8 Dec 1834.
1834 - Convicted Date 1 Jul 1834 England & Wales, Criminal Registers, Name Robert Urch Age 17. Born abt 1817 Date of Trial Midsummer 1834 - Devon, England Sentence Transportation Offence; Larceny from the person 12 July 1834 - Removed to the Justitia Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Noted against name; Drowned