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Transportation
Nicholas Viles was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 30th May 1792 and arriving 7th Oct 1792 with 349 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 187 (94) |
| 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
James Cutler, Nicholas Viles and his wife, Ann, were transported for receiving 5 coats, 56 waistcoats, and a great quantity of other wearing apparel, knowing it to be stolen. No ship found for James Cutler. Nicholas was sentenced to transportation for life but was repreived to 14 years, the same as Ann. Nicholas and Ann and their 2 daughters, Ann Vales died 1792, and Sarah Vales died 1793 were all on board the 'Royal Admiral'. After Nicholas died in 1792, Ann married John Tucker (Active 1791) in 1794. They had 2 children, John jnr. born in 1795 and Charlotte in 1797.
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette Somerset, England 25 Aug 1791 BRIDGEWATER ASSIZES, At the assizes for Somerset, which ended on Friday last, two prisoners received sentence of death, Nicholas Viles, for re ceiving several articles of wearing apparel from Mr. Smith, in Hocse-street, knowing the same to stolen; I do not yet have access to the full report but clearly the sentences were commuted to transportation for life
Nicholas Viles died in December 1792. He was interred in the Old Sydney Burial Grounds.