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Runnymede Voyage 11th Jun 1856 - 7th Sep 1856

Runnymede

  • Set sail

  • In transit

    88 days

  • Western Australia

Runnymede

The original 'Runnymede' was built in London 1825, 389 tons. Sailing of this ship to Australia with convict transportees, including boy convicts 1839/1840 to Van Diemen's Land. (It appears this ship made other sailings to Australia, as a barque with immigrant passengers.) This Runnymede was wrecked near the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal in 1844. n.b. There is another 'Runnymede' ship. Built in Sunderland in 1854, the 720 ton ship Runnymede II - embarked 248 male convicts at Plymouth on 15 June 1856, landing all in Western Australia on 7 September, after a passage of 84 days - the sailing also had soldier families for settlement there. A 284 ton barque Runneymede of Hobart was wrecked at Frenchman's Bay, on 24 December 1878.

247 Convicts Onboard

ConvictConvictionTransportation
Essex, Chelmsford Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Scotland, Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Middlesex, Clerkenwell Adjourned General Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Central Criminal Court
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Wiltshire, New Sarum Assizes
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Middlesex, Clerkenwell Adjourned Sessions
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Lincolnshire, Lincoln Assizes
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
1831
Stafford Assizes
Manslaughter/culpable homicide
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Scotland, Aberdeen Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Central Criminal Court
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Central Criminal Court
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Lancashire, Liverpool Assizes
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Lancashire, Salford Adjourned General Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Hertfordshire, Hertford Adjourned General Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Lancashire, Liverpool Assizes
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
1835 - 1889
Somerset, Wells General Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Lancashire, Liverpool Assizes
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Stafford Adjourned General Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Somerville, John (Alias)
Central Criminal Court
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
1831 - 1873
Yorkshire, Bradford Adjourned General Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Worcester Assizes
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Scotland, Aberdeen Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
1828 - 1901
Lancashire, Liverpool Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Chester Assizes
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne Assizes
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Norfolk, Swaffham Adjourned General Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
1836 - 1880
Bowyer
Yorkshire, York Assizes
Manslaughter/culpable homicide
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
1840 - 1916
Lincolnshire, Lincoln Assizes
Bestiality
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Chester Assizes
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia
Lancashire, Liverpool Assizes
Not Recorded
11/6/1856 - 7/9/1856
Western Australia

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VoyagePassengersAverage SentenceLife Sentences
Runnymede
201
11 Years
6