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Adam Carmichael 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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Source: Old Scottish Genealogy and Family History. Records of Transported Convicts https://www.oldscottish.com/convict-records-3.html Name. Adam CARMICHAEL. Description. Private, 5th North British Militia. prisoner in Aberdeen, formerly stationed at Aberdeen barracks. Tried: Aberdeen, 11 Apr 1801. Transportation – 14 years Transported: February 1803. … and Adam Carmichael, private soldier in the 5h regiment of militia, at present in Aberdeen, also accused of shop breaking and theft, both pled guilty, and were sentenced to be transported for 14 years, the Advocate Depute having restricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment. Aberdeen Press, 13 April 1801.
Robert Knopwood’s Diary. The Rev. Robert Knopwood sailed from England, on the Calcutta in 1803, and landed in Port Phillip with the prisoners. He later became the first chaplain appointed in Van Diemen’s Land, and was also appointed a Magistrate. He kept a diary, from 1805 -1808, which can be downloaded by following the links: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13550/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13563/ From his diary: Entry for Monday 24 June 1805. am. at 8, I was informed that six men had deserted from the Camp. Steward, Carmichal, Wright, Morris, Fernander and Camel and had taken my boat with them and the Government Oars – Camel & Fernander took my boat away to the Point where they had planted something Saturday 13 July 1805 pm. Henry Hakin and the 4 soldiers return with the men that deserted in my boat. Tuesday 16 July 1805 am. this morn Mr Harris and self were upon business all the morn and we expected the prisoners Stewart &c that went away with my boat to be brought before us. In margin: Camel & Fernander took my boat away from the Moorings.
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0164 Per Calcutta 1804, & Ocean. Adam Carmichael, tried at Aberdeen Ct of Jy., 11 Apr 1801, 14 years. ---------------------------------------------------- ... and Adam Carmichael, private soldier in the 5th regiment of militia, at present in Aberdeen, also accused of house breaking and theft, both pled guilty, and were sentenced to be transported for 14 years, the Advocate Depute having reduced the libel to an arbitrary punishment. Aberdeen Press, 13 April 1801. --------------------------------------------------- On Saturday last, Adam Carmichael, James McRobb, Alexander Milne, and John Clark, convicts in jail here, were shipped off, to go to Botany Bay. Aberdeen Press, 21 July 1802.