Andromeda Voyage 16th Oct 1826 - 23rd Feb 1827

Andromeda
  • Set sail

  • In transit

    130 days
  • Van Diemen's Land

Andromeda

Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.

147 Convicts Onboard

ConvictConvictionTransportation
Leicester (Borough) Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1801
Gloucester Quarter Sessions
Stealing fowls (chickens/ducks)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1800
Warwick Assizes
Theft - larceny
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1809
Surrey Assizes
Theft - larceny
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1807
Salop Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
York (Kingston upon Hull) Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Lancaster Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
York (West Riding) Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Warwick (City of Coventry) Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
York (West Riding) Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1790 - 1832
York (City) Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1804
Salop Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1803
Leicester (Borough) Quarter Sessions
Cow stealing
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1803
Lancaster Quarter Sessions
Stealing clothes
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1799
Norfolk (Town and Borough of Great Yarmouth) Session of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery
Stealing clothes
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1807 - 1872
Gloucester Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Derby Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1803
Berks Assizes
Horse theft
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1804
Gloucester Assizes
Larceny in a Dwelling House
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1791 - 1843
Warwick Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1804
Gloucester Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Woolwich Barracks Court Martial
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1797
Gloucester Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1816
London Gaol Delivery
Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1806
Somerset Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1804
Lancaster Quarter Sessions
Stealing money
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1799
Gloucester Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Surrey Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1807
Surrey Assizes
Theft - larceny
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1803
Jones, William Deleraine Scott, Scott Jones
Warwick Quarter Sessions
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land

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