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Charles Smith 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 338 |
| 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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Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 12 February 2023), September 1800, trial of CHARLES SMITH (t18000917-127). CHARLES SMITH, Theft > grand larceny, 17th September 1800. 714. CHARLES SMITH was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 16th of July , a cheese, value 16s. the property of James Jackson . PETER PERRY sworn. - I am one of the patrole belonging to Bow-Street: On the 16th of July, I stopped the prisoner at Kensington-turnpike, a little after ten o'clock; I asked him what he had got in his bag, he told me a cheese; I asked him where he got it, and he said, where it was to be got; I told him, that would not do for me; he then said, he had brought it from Chiswick; I was not satisfied with the answers he gave, and I took him into custody. JAMES JACKSON sworn. - I keep a chandler's shop at Hammersmith: On the 16th of July, at half past nine in the evening, I lost a cheese; I had it in my hand at nine o'clock; I am sure this is my cheese. Prisoner's defence. I found it in the road; I meant to bring it to town, and have it advertized. GUILTY . (Aged 19.) Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. COMMON SERJEANT. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2P264JPG Per Calcutta, Charles Smith, tried Middlesex G.D. 17 Sep 1800, 7 years.