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James Brown 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 339 (169) |
| 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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Hulk Records. Portsmouth. HO-9-8_1. Page 46. James Brown, age 14, Felony, Tried Middlesex, 18 Feb 1801, BS 7 years, per Calcutta.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 14 February 2023), February 1801, trial of THOMAS LITTLE JAMES BROWN (t18010218-59). THOMAS LITTLE, JAMES BROWN, Theft > grand larceny, 18th February 1801. 269. THOMAS LITTLE and JAMES BROWN were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 9th of February , a great coat, value 7s. three silk handkerchiefs, value 8s. a shirt, value 4s. a waistcoat, value 5s. two pair of woollen drawers, value 5s. two pair of trowsers, value 6s. a jacket, value 2s. a cap, value 2s. a piece of white line, value 1s. a frock, value 4s. and two yards of check, value 4s. the property of Samuel Clarke . SAMUEL CLARKE sworn. - My father is a fishmonger; I belong to the Warley East Indiaman , lying at Blackwall : On the 10th of February, about half past six o'clock in the morning, I missed my chest of cloaths; the prisoners were sailors on board the same ship, and they were missing also. EDWARD ROGERS sworn. - I am an officer belonging to the Public office, Shadwell: In consequence of information, I went with Elbe, another officer, to the house of Little's father, and as soon as we entered the door, we saw the prisoners; we secured them, and searched the house; we found all the property within a trifle; we found some in the house, and some on the persons of each of the prisoners; the next day we went to the house of Moses Phillips , in Rosemary-lane, and there we found two coats, one belonging to Clarke, and we found some other things at the pawnbrokers. (The property found upon the prisoners, and in the house of Little's father, was produced and deposed to by Clarke). (Moses Phillips produced a coat, which he bought of Little; Elisha Ray , a frock, and Charles Williams, a remnant of check, which were all deposed to by Clarke). The prisoners put in a written defence, stating that they had the property from a person of the name of Powell, who was brought before the Magistrate and discharged. Brown called two, and Little three, witnesses, who gave them a good character. Little, GUILTY , aged 14, Brown, GUILTY , aged 14. Transported for seven years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant. ------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0062 Ship Calcutta 1804, Ocean to VDL. James Brown, Tried Middx G.D. 18 Feb 1801, 7 years.