The Mercury Transport (previously known as Grand Duke of Tuscany) sailed from Gravesend on 2 April 1784 carrying 179 convicts under order of Transportation to North America. By 14 April the convicts had taken control of the ship and put into Torbay where about 100 of them escaped ship. Sixty six of these where retaken by HMS Helena before they got ashore, the rest fled into Devon and the surrounding region where most were recaptured in the following days. The following is a list of these persons, many of whom ended up being transported to New South Wales
- James Blannegan
- William Brown
- Houghton Batley
- aka John Buckley
- Thomas Limpus
- John aka Walter Rouse
- Williams Ayres
- Francis Liddy
- Curtis Brand
- James McKay
- Charles Keeling
- Thomas Pritchard
- James Grace
- Richard McDean
- Edward Flynn
- Thomas Hill
- James Jameson
- John Haydon
- Thomas King
- John Ryan
- Henry Lavell
- Luke Hoyle
- John Lloyd
- William McNamara
- John Best
- Richard Davis
- Simon Burn
- Andrew Rowland
- Cooper Handley
- Thomas Martin
- James Cox
- William Howard
- William Blatherhorn
- William Field
- Donald Barnett
- George Clear
- John Turner
- John aka Matthew Hill/s
- Patrick Delany
- Thomas Turner
- George White
- Thomas Hughes
- Morgan Williams
- Michael Bryan
- Joseph Bishop
- James Daniel
- Richard Windgate
- John Harvey
- Ruth Mercer
- Mark Wood
- John Spencer
- Elizabeth Dudgin
- Elizabeth Barber
- Susanna Garth
- Charlotte Weare
- Esther Moses
- Hannah Green
- Frances Hart
- Margaret Hall
- Ann Tenton/Taunton
- James Thowdy
- John aka Innis Buffin
- James Murphy
- John Pinhey/Penny
- Richard O’Brien
- Henry Taylor
- Redmond McGragh
- Patrick Burn
- William Hayes
- John Hudson
- Henry Roach
- Robert Brooke
- William Vowler
- Samuel Hussey
- James Doddin
- Stephen LeGross
- John Bayliss
- William Edwards
- Joseph Morley
- John Anderson
- Edward Harris
- John Kidney
Dunkirk Hulk, moored in Plymouth Harbour, played an important part as a collection point for prisoners from various regional English gaols as they were assembled for the First Fleet. Following is an account of clothing issued to Convicts with their signatures (where literate), aboard Dunkirk Hulk by William Cowdry (owner). Numerous names re-occuring from previous lists – 1 Dec 1784
- Thomas Martin
- William Smith alias Hayward
- James Branagan
- Oaten Batley
- Michael Lyon
- John O’Craft
- William Robinson
- William Casey
- Robert Bruce
- John Hall
- Thomas Barrett
- William Eyres
- Francis Liddy
- Curtis Brand
- James Mackay
- Thomas Pritchard
- James Grace
- Richard Macdean/Mcdeed
- Edward Flynn
- Thomas Hill
- James Jemmison
- John Ryan
- Henry Lavell
- Luke Hoyle
- John Llyode alias Lyde
- William McNamara
- John Best
- Richard Davis
- Simon Burn
- Cooper Hendley
- Andrew Ronald Knowland
- John aka Walter Rouse
- William Field
- Donald aka Daniel Barnett
- George Clear
- John Turner
- John Hill alias Matthew Mills
- Patrick Delany
- Thomas Turner
- George White
- Thomas Hughes
- Morgan Williams
- Michael Bryant
- Joseph Bishop
- James Daniel alias Tonhill
- Richard Wingate
- John Harvey Fenlos
- John Anderson
- Mark Wood
- John Spencer aka Pearce
- James Murphy
- John Pinheyar Penney
- Henry Taylor
- Redmond McGrah/McGrath
- Patrick Burn
- William Haynes
- John Hudson
- William Vowler alias Bowler
- Samuel Hussey
- James Doddin alias Dorren
- John Bayliss
- William Edwards
- Joseph Morley
- William Worsdell
- John Williams alias Floyd
- John Lawsell
- John Arscott
- John Mollands
- William Bryant
- Stephen le Grove
- Robert Sidaway
- Charles Raling
- James Cox alias Bolt
- John Haydon
- Peter Williams alias Ersamous Haggatt
- William Beans alias Blatherhorn & Fisher
- Thomas Limpis/Limpus
- Henry Roach
- William Browne
- Francis Garland
- Thomas Brown
- John Jones
- Ruth Mercer
- Ann Taunton
- Elizabeth Dudgin
- Elizabeth Barber
- Susanna Grates alias Garth
- Charlotte Weare
- Hannah Green
- Frances Hart
- Margaret Hall
Obscure, Eccentric and Missing Lists from the Colony of New South Wales 1783~1823 