Asia V Voyages to Australia
Built in Calcutta in 1814, 523 tons
Rig Type: S
The Asia transported prisoners from counties throughout Ireland including Wexford, Cork, Clare, Athlone, Mayo, Limerick, Carrick. Galway, Roscommon, Tipperary, Kerry, Waterford, Belfast and Monaghan. Their crimes included varous forms of stealing and robbery, assault, vagrancy, highway robbery, house robbery, receiving, assault, manslaughter and whiteboy crimes.
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Arrived 12th January, 1830 at New South Wales
Average sentence: 6 Years | Life
sentences: 5 | Passengers: 68
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Arrived 2nd December, 1831 at New South Wales
Average sentence: 7 Years | Life
sentences: 27 | Passengers: 71
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Arrived 2nd December, 1837 at New South Wales
Average sentence: 9 Years | Life
sentences: 0 | Passengers: 3
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Arrived 21st July, 1847 at Van Diemen's Land
Average sentence: 7 Years | Life
sentences: 0 | Passengers: 2