1833 ‘Roslin (Roslyn) Castle’ James Slattery.
- (* son of Timothy Slattery, brother of Bridget Slattery).
- Ship 450 t. Built Bristol 1819. Master Wm Richards, Surgeon George Imlay.
- Cork 8.10.1832 – Sydney 5.2.1833 120 days. 195 male prisoners. 1 died. 194 landed in Sydney, with detachment of 21 Regiment.
- [NOTE: Despite reference only to prisoners, the ship carried a number of children of convicts, incl No. 5 James Slattery Age 20 Co. Limerick, on “free passage to that Colony” – Dublin Castle corresp Reel 2427 p. 77 – 85 (2) NSW Archives.]
- Report of a Barque arrival at Port Jackson on 5 February, 1833:
| Name | Roslin Castle |
| Master | Richards |
| From | Dublin Sailed 8.10.1832 |
| 194 Male prisoners | |
| Cabin passengers | Lt and Mrs Boyle, child (F under 12), Royal Scotch Fusiliers; Lt Campbell, 21, Royal Scotch Fusiliers; Dr Imley RN, Surgeon. |
| Steerage passengers | 30 rank and file of the 21 Regiment and four children. |
| Free settlers | Patrick Whalan, 18, Kings Co.,
James Magrogan, 17, Antrim, Patrick Neal, 19, Kilkenny, Terence Neal, 21, Kilkenny, James Slattery, 20, Limerick All five described as “Has conducted himself well”. |
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1833 ‘Surrey (Surry)’ Slattery Family*.
- (* Catherine Slattery + 4 incl Bridget)
- Bark. 363 t. Built Quebec 1825. Captain Veale. Master Surgeon Ed. F. Bromley.
- Cork 5.11.1832 – Sydney 9.3.1833 .124 days. 139 female prisoners. Nil died. 139 landed Sydney. Plus 19 free women and 40 children.
- Surgeon’s journal AJCP Reel 3211 has no medical cases including the Slatterys. His list of passengers included 19 Free Women, 39 free children, incl Kate Slattery, and children Mary 21, Catherine 18, Bridget 13, and Timothy 8.
- Reel 2428: Letter to His Excellency The Governor of New South Wales, headed “Dublin Castle 7 November 1832. Sir, I am commanded by the Lord Lieutenant to send you the enclosed list of the wives and children of convicts in new South wales who have been embarked aboard the ship ‘Surrey’ – who have been recommended for a free passage to that Colony. I have the honour, etc E G Stanley ?.
- Reel 2428: List of Free Settlers embarked on board the ‘Surrey’, Convict Ship…..: Kate Slattery, Mary 21, Catherine18, Bridget 13, Timothy 8. On the ship, they were given clothing. Bridget was issued with 1 petticoat, 2 prs of stockings, 1 cloak, 1 handkerchief, 1 pr of shoes. She came on board with 1 gown, 1 petticoat, 2 shifts and 1 cap.
- Surry* (often, incl above, referred to as the Surrey)
Transport: 443 tons. Square rigged ship with an overall length of 117 ft. 6 ins., a breadth above the gunwales of 29 ft. 6 ins, and a draught, when loaded, of 18ft. The vessel was copper-sheathed, and had quarter galleries, with a Minerva bust for a figurehead. She carried a crew of thirty and was armed with fourteen cannons. When the Surry was originally built at Harwich in 1811 she had two decks with a height between decks of 5ft. 8 ins. However, about 1818, she must have received a major refit – the Shipping Registers after 1819 record the vessel as having three decks.
- The Surry had one of the longest careers as a convict transport and she was the only transport to make 11 passages to Australia. She completed her last voyage on reaching Hobart on 11 August 1842. The Surrey landed 2,177 male and female convicts in Australia and lost 51 men and one woman during her passages, 36 of the men dying during her first, and most notorious voyage, was in 1814 under the command of James Patterson. Thomas Raine commanded her for the next three voyages (1816, 1819, 1823); he was succeeded by Charles Kemp for four voyages (1829, 1831, 1833, 1834); he was succeeded by George Sinclair as her Master on the ninth and tenth voyages (1836, 1840) and on the last voyage (1842) she was commanded by Henry Innott.
Additional notes on the Surry (Surrey).
Surry* (later referred to as the Surrey)
Transport: 443 tons. Square rigged ship with an overall length of 117 ft. 6 ins., a breadth above the gunwales of 29 ft. 6 ins, and a draught, when loaded, of 18ft. The vessel was copper-sheathed, and had quarter galleries, with a Minerva bust for a figurehead. She carried a crew of thirty and was armed with fourteen cannons.
When the Surry was originally built at Harwich in 1811 she had two decks with a height between decks of 5ft. 8 ins. However, about 1818, she must have received a major refit – the Shipping Registers after 1819 record the vessel as having three decks.
The Surry had one of the longest careers as a convict transport and she was the only transport to make 11 passages to Australia. She completed her last voyage on reaching Hobart on 11 August 1842.
The Surrey landed 2,177 male and female convicts in Australia and lost 51 men and one woman during her passages, 36 of the men dying during her first, and most notorious voyage, was in 1814 under the command of James Patterson.
Thomas Raine commanded her for the next three voyages (1816, 1819, 1823); he was succeeded by Charles Kemp for four voyages (1829, 1831, 1833, 1834); he was succeeded by George Sinclair as her Master on the ninth and tenth voyages (1836, 1840) and on the last voyage (1842) she was commanded by Henry Innott.