
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.
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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
| Convict | Conviction | Transportation |
|---|---|---|
1807 | Derby (Borough of Derby) Quarter Sessions Theft - larceny | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1793 | Gloucester (City) Assizes Stealing money | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
Derby Assizes Not Recorded | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land | |
1786 | Leicester (Borough) Quarter Sessions Stealing clothes | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1804 | Lancaster Assizes Uttering/passing forged notes | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1805 - 1886 | Middlesex Gaol Delivery Theft - grand larceny | 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 | |
Surrey Assizes Not Recorded | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land | |
Sadberge Durham Assizes and Gaol Delivery Not Recorded | 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 |
1805 - 1863 Stratton | Hertford Assizes Not Recorded | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1807 - 1889 | York (Leeds Borough) Quarter Sessions Burglary (house breaking) | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1808 - 1831 | Hertford Assizes Highway robbery | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1805 - 1842 | Lancaster (Liverpool Borough) Quarter Sessions Theft - larceny | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1811 - 1827 | Northumberland (Town of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) Assizes Not Recorded | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1785 | Gloucester Assizes Highway robbery | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1803 - 1853 | Warwick Assizes Not Recorded | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
York (Leeds Borough) Quarter Sessions Not Recorded | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land | |
1802 Smith (Alias) | Leicester Assizes Not Recorded | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1798 - 1882 Wagstaffe | Warwick (City of Coventry) Assizes Theft - larceny | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1791 - 1827 | Aberdeen Court of Justiciary Uttering/passing forged notes | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1804 - 1870 | Gloucester Assizes Burglary (house breaking) | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
Gloucester Assizes Not Recorded | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land | |
1783 | Hertford Assizes Handling/receiving stolen goods | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1806 | Lancaster Quarter Sessions Larceny from a person (including picking pockets) | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
1805 - 1855 | Hertford Assizes Burglary (house breaking) | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
York (North Riding) Quarter Sessions Not Recorded | 16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827 Van Diemen's Land |
Other Voyages
| Voyage | Passengers | Average Sentence | Life Sentences |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() 28/8/1830 - 18/12/1830AndromedaNew South Wales | 71 | 42 Years | 27 |
![]() 13/11/1832 - 11/3/1833AndromedaNew South Wales | 188 | 53 Years | 92 |
![]() 30/11/1833 - 17/9/1834AndromedaNew South Wales | 176 | 10 Years | 6 |