Joseph Somes

501 convicts (0.3% of all records) · transported 1846–1847

Joseph Somes

Built 1845 at London. Wood ship of 780 Tons. The owner was Thomas Colyer of Kent, the son-in-law of Joseph Somes. Two voyages with transport convicts to Australia: 1845/1846: 1847: 248 male people (known as "exiles" landed at Point Henry, Geelong, Victoria and 1 went on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Queen Victoria had decreed that all of these men (many of them youths from Parkhurst, Isle of Wight) should be treated as "free" upon arrival (significant backlash to transported criminals at this time).

Voyages

Joseph Somes
Joseph SomesArrived 1846 · 18/12/1845 → 19/5/1846Van Diemen's Land250 convicts
Joseph Somes
Joseph SomesArrived 1847 · 2/6/1847 → 24/9/1847Van Diemen's Land or Port Phillip251 convicts

Convicts