Antelope Hulk, Bermuda
Antelope Hulk, Bermuda
NAME AGE CONVICTED SENTENCE ABLE John 19 Norwich 8 April 1823 7 years ADAMS George 18 Nottingham 17 March 1823 7 years ADAMS Henry 34 Winchester 8 July 1823 7 years ADAMS Thomas 22 Newgate 25 June 1823 7 years AITKIN Alexander 37 Perth 8 September 1823 14 years AKESTER Joseph 22 Bedford 9 April 1823 7 years ALEXANDER Robert 18 Glasgow 2 may 1825? 14 years ANDERSON John 22 Bristol 11 April 1823 14 years ANDREWS Job 31 Dorchester 16 July 1823 7 years ANT Jeremiah 21 Doncaster 23 January 1822 7 years APPLEBY John 22 Bristol 11 April 1823 7 years ATKINSON Thomas 24 Old Bailey 4 December 1822 7 years ATTWOOD Jeremiah 35 Abingdon 7 July 1823 7 years BAKER Robert 20 Bristol 13 January 1823 7 years BALL Henry 17 Gloucester 15 July 1823 7 years BALL William 25 Newgate 14 May 1823 Life BARKER John 26 Kirkdale 28 April 1823 7 years BARNES Robert 23 Newington 14 April 1823 7 years BARTON Charles 21 Lewes 23 December 1822 7 years BATES William 19 Northampton 7 July 1823 7 years BECK Timothy 26 Aylesbury 27 February 1823 7 years BEEDHAM Samuel 22 Kingston on Hull 10 April 1823 7 years BELL Isaiah 26 Preston 8 April 1823 7 years BELLAMY William 21 Warwick 5 April 1823 7 years BENNETT Benjamin 19 Derby 22 March 1823 7 years BENNISTON Hugh 18 Stirling 15 September 1821 7 years BIRD George 25 Warwick 5 April 1823 7 years BIRD Thomas (2d) 26 Bury St Edmunds 21 January 1823 7 years BIRMINGHAM Philip 19 Salford 14 April 1823 7 years BLACKBURN Charles 21 Lincoln 8 April 1823 7 years BLACKMAN Richard 25 Winchester 3 March 1823 7 years BLADEN James 42 Maidstone 23 March 1818 14 years BOOTH Henry 24 Spilsby 26 July 1822 7 years BOWYER Ralph 27 Chester 14 Jan 1823 7 years BRADLEY John 19 London 10 September 1823 7 years BREWER Thomas 18 Exeter 18 March 1822 7 years BRIERLEY Joseph 21 Salford 21 July 1823 7 years BROADHURST Thomas 33 Kirton 15 April 1823 7 years BROWN David 30 Perth 7 April 1823 7 years BROWN William alias Bob Harvy 18 Newington 3 March 1823 7 years BUNNEY John 23 Stafford 16 July 1823 7 years BURKE James 32 Liverpool 21 January 1823 7 years BURKE Michael 23 Halifax August 1825 Life BURNHAM James 19 Middlesex 17 April 1822 7 years BURRIS Thomas 22 Newington 26 May 1823 7 years
The Antelope, a deactivated frigate, was acquired by the Home Office from the Royal Navy, and after repairs and modification she was provisioned for a voyage to Bermuda. Under the command of Lieutenant Henry Hire, R.N., she sailed from Spithead on 5th January 1824, and arrived in Bermuda on 8th February, with a cargo of 300 convicts. Also on board were 200 Royal Marines, they were to perform the duty of Dockyard Guards. On 25th February 1824, the Antelope, lying off the Dockyard at Ireland Island, was paid off and handed over to Commissioner Briggs, who now held legal authority over the convicts in Bermuda.
Below you will find the names of the men (surnames beginning with A & B only at the moment, other still to be added) who arrived in Bermuda on board the Antelope.
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