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Charles Crowley was transported on the Calcutta, departing 19th Apr 1837 and arriving 5th Aug 1837 with 333 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.
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Convict Notes
Charles Crowley, for forcibly entering the dwelling house of Thomas Lynch in the North Main Street, and stealing thereout ?s, Thomas Lynch said, that on the 22nd January, he was aroused from his bed by some person knocking at the door; on getting up to the window, he was told that there were robbers in the house; he dressed himself, and went down stairs; he saw the cross door broken open, and the window that looked into the lane gone, sash and all; the desk was also broken open, and a quantity of copper gone out of it; he went into the street, and, accompanied by a man named Murphy, went in search of a person whom he suspected; in their way they met the prisoner, with a bundle containing 2£. 17s. 9d. in copper, also some cakes marked with the initials of Mr Lynch's name; the prisoner’s hands were cut as if from the window. Mrs. Lynch identified the towel that was tied round the copper, as her property. Guilty—sentence of death recorded. Cork Constitution, 25 March 1837.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Charles Crowley, alias Crawley, Cauley, Cawley, age on arrival, 25, per Calcutta II, 1837. Tried at Cork City, 1837, Life for Burglary robbery. DOB, 1812, native place, Cork. Single. Catholic. Baker.