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Convict Ship Minerva 1800
Embarked: 165 men; 26 women Voyage: Deaths Surgeon's Journal: yes Previous vessel: Hillsborough arrived 26 July 1799 Next vessel: Next vessel: Friendship arrived 16 February 1800 Captain Joseph Salkeld. Surgeon John Washington Price
The
Minerva
departed Cork in convoy on
24 August 1799.
The wife of Captain Hugh Reed of the
Friendship accompanied her husband on the voyage
to New South Wales. She kept a journal of the voyage:
24th August.
The signal for sailing was made from his Majesty's ship Dryad,
and repeated by the Revolutionaire frigate, who was to convoy
us; and the ship Minerva, Captain Salkeld, who also had
prisoners on board for New South Wales. We left Cork harbour
with a large fleet who were bound to America and the West
Indies. On the third day after leaving Ireland, the different
convoys separated.
The Minerva and Friendship kept company
until 14th September.....
The commodore made the signal that he
would part company that evening, but would lie to until four
o'clock for our letters; in consequence of which all were busy
preparing to write to their friends. Sent the letters on board (the Minerva) and parted
with them. We kept company with the Minerva until next
day, when as she sailed much faster than the Friendship,
and Captain Salkeld thought it eligible to make the best of
his way and left us to pursue the voyage alone.
The
One hundred and sixty-five male convicts and 26 female convicts
arrived on the Minerva.
Three prisoners
died on the passage out.
The Military
Guard comprised a detachment of the 102nd regiment commanded
by Lieutenant William Cox who had particular charge of the
political prisoners. Lieutenant Cox was accompanied by his
wife and four sons. Other soldiers of the 102nd who arrived on
the Minerva can be found
here.
Stores included
25 pipes spirits, 6 tons sugar, 20 cases glass, 4 casks ironware, 5 casks
molasses, 60 pieces Irish linen, 4 boxes coffee, 150 bales Rio tobacco,
2 trunks shoes, 20 casks provisions, 15 furkins butter, 1
box hair powder, 4 pipes port wine.
The Minerva departed Port Jackson bound for Bengal in April 1800.
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Notes and Links:
1). *Andrew Byrne died in
April 1863 and was buried in the old Devonshire cemetery. His epitaph read:
"He was a native of the County of Wicklow, Ireland, and arrived in this
colony as a patriot of his country in the year 1800.
2). James Bull arrived as a free passenger on the Minerva. (CSI)
3).
Find out more about rebel Thomas Brady
who arrived on the Minerva in 1800
4).
William Maum
5). Edward McRedmond.....George
Rudé in Protest and Punishment: The Story of the Social and
Political Protesters Transported to Australia traced the
life of Edward Mc Redmond -
from being an illiterate
labourer in King's county who came to Australia at the age of
32, had by middle age become a wealthy landowner and highly
respected citizen of Sydney. He started as a small dealer in
the city around 1803 and in 1809 acquired a wine and spirit
licence as well as a grant of 135 acres of land. In 1815 in
partnership with Patrick Cullen, he leased the profitable
tolls between Sydney and Parramatta. A year later, he became
one of the original shareholders of the Bank of New South
Wales. He extended his holdings in land and when he died in
1840 he left his widow and children farms at Bathurst,
Bingham, Annandale and on the Hawkesbury River as well as
houses at Windsor and Liverpool and three at Sydney.
6).
Hunter Valley convicts / passengers arriving on the Minerva in 1800
7). Convict
Ships to New South Wales in 1800 -
Minerva,
Friendship,
Speedy and
Royal
Admiral.
9). Hunter Valley convicts
arriving on the Minerva: 10).
Colonial
Events 1800
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