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Transportation
Robert Barwise 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 345 (172) |
| 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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Convict Notes
Hulk Records at Portsmouth- Captivity Hulk. HO-9-8_3 page 3. Robert Barwise, age 30, G. Larceny, tried at Appleby, 20 Aug 1800, B.S. 7 years. Sent on board the Calcutta 9 April 1803.
Born 1780 in the Parish of Dean, the County of Cumberland, England. Robert Was born in 1780 but there has never been any trace of him until he turned up in the Westmoreland Assizes and charged with theft in 1800. He spent nearly three years on Convict Ships or Prison Hulks until he was loaded onto the Convict ship Calcutta to Australia in 1803. His brother John Barwise mentions him in his will when he died in 1806 "The sum of ten pounds in case he (Robert) should live to come back to Kirby" obviously in some far off place and his Mother Hannah Barwise nee Cook says in her will dated 1807 "but in case he (Robert) should not return" Little did they know he had been sent to Australia! More information to come!
Robert was transported to Western Australia. He married Margaret St George and had 8 Children.