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Transportation
Bartholomew West 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 181 (91) |
| 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
Old Bailey: BARTHOLOMEW WEST, Theft > grand larceny, 7th December 1791. Reference Number: t17911207-11 Offence: Theft > grand larceny Verdict: Guilty Punishment: Transportation BARTHOLOMEW WEST was indicted for stealing two ingots of brass, value 10 s. the property of George Penton the elder and George Penton the younger. WILLIAM FARRELL sworn. I am a brass-founder; I work with Mr. George Penton and Mr. George Penton , in New-street square, Shoe-lane ; they are brass-founders : on Thursday the 27th of October I had occasion to go to the privy, between five and six in the evening, and I saw an ingot of brass tucked into a hole under the stairs that lead up into another shop; the necessary is under the stairs, and under the stairs also is that hole where I saw the ingot; I informed John Walton , and shewed it my master; Walton marked the brass in my presence, and I put the brass there again, and said nothing; we watched on Thursday night, Walton and Mr. Penton, and me; nothing happened then; we watched again on Friday night; and between eight and nine in the evening I watched him; I was going on the passage, and met my master; and the prisoner was then in the vault, as my master told me; my master stood one side the street, and I went the other and stood, and I saw my master have hold of the prisoner, with the ingot of brass; my master called, I have got him, I have got him! The prisoner was secured, and I saw the constable take the ingot of brass from the waistband of his breeches and the flap of his apron; I observed the mark on it then, which was put on by Walton the day before; I am positive that was the same mark; the prisoner had worked for my master about two months. JOHN WALTON sworn. Deposed to the same effect. GEORGE PENTON sworn. I am a brass-founder, in New-street square; my partner's name is George Penton . (Deposed to the same effect.) I have the punch that marked it; it was marked with our mark; this is new brass; the constable has had it ever since. SAMUEL SIMPSON sworn. I am a constable; I have had the brass ever since in my possession; it is in the same state in which I received it. Prosecutor. There were neither promises nor threats used to induce him to confess. GUILTY . Transported for seven years. No further records found of Bartholomew, he was also not on the list of convicts that died on board.