Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Aylmer 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 336 |
| 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 |
Claims
No one has claimed John Aylmer yet.
Photos
No photos have been added for John Aylmer.
Convict Notes
Sunday last James Aylmer was committed to the above prison by Thos. Ruggles, Esq. charged with making his escape out of the Gaol in the city of Rochester Bury and Norwich Post, 10 Mar 1802. On Saturday night last, the keeper of Rochester Gaol, and one of his assistants, came by the coach to' this town, for the purpose of conveying back to that prison James Aylmer, who recently escaped from his custody, and was apprehended at Clare a few days ago, and committed to our gaol. Bury and Norwich Post, 17 March 1802. The Keeper of Rochester gaol, and one of assistants, returning from Chelmsford, where he had been for the purpose of conveying back to that prison James Aylmer, who recently escaped from his custody, and was apprehended at Clare, on Sunday morning set off in a post chaise, and had only gone about five miles on the Sudbury when the Gaoler ordered the Post-boy to stop, and jumping instantly out of the chaise, apprehended another runner, who escaped at the same time, whom he observed walking on the turnpike-road and attempting to get up behind the chaise. General Evening Post, 23 March 1802. -------------------------------------------------- Saturday the following transports were removed from his Majesty's gaol at Maidstone, on board the hulks, at Woolwich, viz. ... James Aylmer, ... Kentish Gazette, 30 April 1802.
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0006 Per Calcutta, James Aylmer alias Elmer, , Convicted at Kent Gaol Delivery, tried 15 March 1802, Life.