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Michael Crener 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 |
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Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Michael Crener [Michael McGUIRE] Age 53 Birth Year abt 1750 Arrival Year 1803 Arrival State Sorrento Trial Place Canterbury Ship Calcutta Occupation Labourer © 1997-2025 Ancestry
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/ Entry for Friday 19 Dec 1806. am. this morn engaged upon the bench and I had the following prisoners to try myself being the only acting Magistrate in the Colony Absent 8 weeks 300 Lashes. Tho. Tooms for absenting himself from Labour and Dog stealing. Absent 5 weeks, 200 Lashes. Burchall, ditto. Absent 3 weeks, Plunkett ditto. Absent 11 weeks, 300 Lashes Duff ditto. 100 Lashes, Crener, for Robbing Kennedy’s Garden. Entry for 20 Dec 1806. at 11 the punishment of the Prisoners took place.
Possible death? Tasmanian Burial Register. Parish of St David, Hobart. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p004j2k Michael Crenar, buried 8 Jan 1810, aged 60. Ceremony performed by R. Knopwood.
Tasmanian Records https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0164 Per Calcutta & Ocean 1804, Michael Crener alias McQuire, tried Kent S.P., 30 April 1802, 7 years. -------------------------------------------------- Tuesday last was committed to St. Dunstan’s gaol, Patrick Daley, charged with assisting Michael Crener, alias McQuire (committed the 25th inst.) in robbing Thomas Perry, at the Blue Town, in the parish of Minster, Sheppey on the 25th instant. Kentish Weekly Post, 2 April 1802.