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Transportation
Samuel Webb was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 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 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 426 |
| 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
Correction to entry for Hulk Record. The date of his trial was 18 Feb 1830.
Tried at the Old Bailey, 18 Feb 1830 667. SAMUEL WEBB was indicted for stealing, on the 23rd of October , 1 brooch, value 3d., the goods of Charles Webb, the elder : and 1 brooch, value 18d., the goods of Charles Webb, the younger . ANN WEBB. I am the wife of Charles Webb, and mother of the prisoner. About the end of October we missed two brooches from a cash-box - one was his father's, and one was his brother Charles'; these are them. WILLIAM BEZANT. I am a pawnbroker in the Borough, I have one brooch, pawned on the 23rd of October, (I do not know by whom) in the name of John Bourne, for Hannah Bourne. LAWRENCE NOTLEY . I have a brooch pawned by a female. ELIZABETH BOOTH. I lodged at the prosecutors'. Samuel Webb gave me the duplicates of these things; I have not got them in my possession; I gave them up to his mother - I do not know what he gave me them for, except to take care of. CHARLES WEBB. I own one of these brooches; I know it to be mine - I did not give it to my brother, or order him to pledge it. ELIZABETH WEBB. I received the duplicates from Elizabeth Booth; she said at first that she had sold them for half a crown. JOHN BEZANT . I am a pawnbroker. I gave this duplicate to the prisoner. LAWRENCE NOTLEY. I am a pawnbroker; this other duplicate is mine. GUILTY . Aged 17. - Transported for Seven Years. Hulk Records, HO-9-9_4 page 44/54. Portsmouth, York Hulk Received from Newgate, 8 March, 1830. Saml. Webb, age 17, Stg a brooch, Tried Newgate, 14 Jan 1830, 7 years, To NSW 25 June 1830.