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Albeura was a convict ship

Convict ship

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that transported

Penal transportation

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eleven convicts from Calcutta

Kolkata

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, India

India

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to Fremantle

Fremantle, Western Australia

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, Western Australia

Western Australia

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in 1858. It arrived in Fremantle on 28 October 1858. The eleven convicts were all soldiers and sailors who have been convicted by court-martial

Court-martial

A court-martial is a military court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the armed forces subject to military law, and, if the defendant is found guilty, to decide upon punishment.Most militaries maintain a court-martial system to try cases in which a breach of...

in India

India

, and sentenced to transportation. There were no other passengers on board.

List of convicts on the Albeura

Name	Date of birth	Trial place	Trial date	Crime	Sentence
William Barr	1818	Tonghoo	1856	Insubordination	14 years
Edward Connor	1826	Rangoon Yangon Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...	1857	Desertion	14 years
Joseph Deffin	1830	Secunderabad Secunderabad Secunderabad popularly known as the twin city of Hyderabad is located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh north of Hyderabad. Named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, Secunderabad was founded in 1806 AD as a British cantonment...	1856	Striking a superior officer	Life
James Furlong	1826	Thayat	1856	Breach of articles of war	14 years
Thomas Harrison	1827	Rangoon	1857	Desertion	14 years
William Howard	1824	Kamptin	1854	Theft and desertion	14 years
Thomas Mahoney	1825	Umballah Ambala Ambala is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border of the states of Haryana and Punjab in India. Politically; Ambala has two sub-areas: Ambala Cantt and Ambala City, approximately 3 kilometers apart from each other...	1855	Attempted murder	14 years
James Mallon	1824	Kamptin	1854	Theft and desertion	14 years
James McGrath	1827	Rangoon	1857	Desertion	14 years
Denis McInerney	1824	Rangoon	1857	Desertion and stealing	14 years
Peter Pruntree (aka Pruntee)	1825	Rangoon	1857	Desertion	14 years

List of convicts on the Albeura

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