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William Appleton was transported on the Calcutta, departing 31st Jan 1803 and arriving 4th Oct 1803 with 305 passengers.
HMS Calcutta was the East Indiaman Warley (1795), converted to a Royal Navy ship. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport. She also transported convicts to Australia. The French Magnanime captured Calcutta in 1805. In 1809, after she ran aground during the Battle of the Basque Roads and her crew had abandoned her, a British boarding party burned her. In 1803 the Calcutta sailed into Port Phillip bay where at least 4 convicts escaped , in Sydney in April 1804 it was reported that 8 had died on the trip. Of the four known escapees one was shot on escape, 2 turned back after 2 days to reattach to the group at the camp in bay before the boat left , one continued on ...into Australia's history books. At least 13 convicts were transferred on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia.The ship also carried officers, wives and free settlers.
Calcutta (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 342 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0006 Per Calcutta, William Appleton, Convicted at Middlesex Jail delivery, tried 2 June 1802, 7 years.
Old Bailey Online 430. WILLIAM APPLETON was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 23d of May , an apron, value 6d. thirty-seven penny-pieces, and forty-seven halfpence , the property of Samuel Smith . SAMUEL SMITH sworn. - I am a milkman : Last Sunday was a week, after doing my business, I put a bag of penny-pieces and halfpence into the cart, in Crown-street, Westminster ; a woman fell down some steps, and I jumped out of the cart to assist her; upon which the prisoner put his foot upon the wheel of the cart, and took out the bag; a little boy told me of it, and I ran after him, but could not catch him; I found him, about an hour afterwards, in his father's bed, undressed, about half-past ten o'clock in the morning; I am sure he is the same boy; I had often seen him before; he had thrown the bag down at a corn-chandler's, and he took me to the place, and shewed me; the woman of the house delivered it to me, and I delivered it to the officer. Q. Did it appear to you that the woman, who had fell down, had any connection with the prisoner? - A. No.(William Newman, a constable, produced the bag, which was identified by the prosecutor.) The prisoner did not say any thing in his defence. GUILTY , aged 9. Transported for seven years .