George The Third Voyage 12th Dec 1834 - 12th Mar 1835

George The Third
  • Set sail

  • In transit

    90 days
  • Van Diemen's Land

George The Third

Built at Deptford, England in 1810. 394 tons, 114 feet length, 28 feet 3 inches beam. Registered at the Port of London. George III, was wrecked on reefs at the south-eastern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on 12 March 1835 near the end of a voyage from Woolwich to Hobart Town. 133 of 220 male convicts on board lost their lives, 81 survived, one being a 10yr old boy. Only five of the 88 crew, guards and their families were drowned. Firearms had been discharged to keep the convicts below decks while the latter were being evacuated.

220 Convicts Onboard

ConvictConvictionTransportation
1810 - 1835
Lincoln. Holland Quarter Session
Not Recorded
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1817 - 1835
Aberdeen Court of Justiciary
Theft - larceny
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1783 - 1835
Lincoln Assizes
Sheep-stealing
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1809
York. West Riding Quarter Session
Stealing a watch
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1806 - 1835
Lancaster. Liverpool Quarter Session
Shopbreaking and theft
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1816 - 1835
Durham Assizes
Horse theft
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1791 - 1835
Somerset Assizes
Not Recorded
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1816 - 1883
Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Not Recorded
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1805
Devon. Exeter Gaol Delivery and Quarter Session
Theft - larceny
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1820 - 1835
Thornton
York. Leeds Quarter Session
Not Recorded
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1810 - 1835
Bucks. Assizes
Not Recorded
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1822 - 1835
Perth Court of Justiciary
Theft - larceny
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1815
London Gaol Delivery
Theft - larceny
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1814 - 1835
Lancaster Session Peace
Stealing money
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1805
Salford Barracks, Manchester Court Martial
Desertion
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1811 - 1835
Salop Quarter Sessions
Theft - larceny
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1804 - 1835
Berks. Assizes
Sacrilege
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1812 - 1835
Worcester Quarter Session
Stealing money
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1810 - 1835
Stafford Quarter Session
Stealing fowls (chickens/ducks)
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1821 - 1835
Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1806
Braythe
Devon Assizes
Manslaughter/culpable homicide
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1818 - 1835
Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Theft - larceny
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1806 - 1895
Salford Barracks, Manchester Court Martial
Desertion
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1800
Notts.Quarter Session
Stealing a gun
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1820 - 1835
Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Not Recorded
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1815
Gloucester Assizes
Theft - larceny
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1819
Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1804
Somerset Assizes
Theft of meat
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1815 - 1835
Perth Court of Justiciary
Robbery
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land
1809 - 1835
Lancaster Session Peace
Cow stealing
12/12/1834 - 12/3/1835
Van Diemen's Land