Register of Convicts on Convict Ships, 1851-1853

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The register lists the full name of each convict, when and where they were convicted, and the length of the sentence of transportation. Blackfriar: sailed from Kingstown for Van Diemen's Land, 23 June 1851. Bride: sailed from Kingstown for Bermuda, 17 May 1851. Blenheim: sailed from Queenstown for Van Diemen's Land, 29 July 1851. Rodney: sailed from Queenstown for Gibraltar, 30 September 1851. John William Dare: sailed Kingstown for Van Diemen's Land, 28 December 1851. Lord Dalhousie: sailed from Queenstown for Van Diemen's Land, 30 April 1852. Martin Luther: sailed from Kingstown for Van Diemen's Land, 6 June 1852. Lord Auckland: sailed from Queenstown for Van Diemen's Land, 29 September 1852. Rodney: sailed from Queenstown for Van Diemen's Land, 24 November 1852. Robert Small: sailed from Queenstown for Western Australia, 1 May 1853. Phoebe Dunbar: sailed from Kingstown for Western Australia, 2 June 1853.

In this period Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) was the principal port of Dublin. Queenstown (Cobh) in Cork Harbour was a major transatlantic port, as well as a port of embarkation for convicts.

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