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Joseph Dixon 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 341 (170) |
| 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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Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0234 Per Calcutta & Ocean 1804, Joseph Dixon, tried at Middlesex G.D., 2 June 1802, 7 years. ----------------------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 19 February 2023), June 1802, trial of JOSEPH DIXON (t18020602-59). JOSEPH DIXON, Theft > grand larceny, 2nd June 1802. 477. JOSEPH DIXON was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 2d of June , 28lb. weight of sugar, value 12s. the property of Francis Searle and Edward Smith . Second Count. Charging it to be the property of John Archer . FRANCIS SEARLE sworn. - I am a grocer in partnership with Edward Smith: On Wednesday evening last we sent out a load of goods in a tilted cart; the carman is here. JOHN ARCHER sworn. - On Wednesday evening last, the 2d of this month, I received, from Messrs. Searle and Smith's house, a parcel, containing twenty-eight pounds of sugar; when I came to the house of Mr. Dixon, in Queen-street, Soho, I delivered his goods according to the order; while I was looking at the bill, to see the things were right, I saw the prisoner, Joseph Dixon , take twenty-eight pounds of sugar out of the cart, and go away with it; upon which I followed him, and took it from him; he made a stout resistance and then run off; I pursued him, crying stop thief. Q. Did you lose sight of him? - A. Yes; he was taken by a person that came up while he was struggling with me; I met them in Moor-street, Seven-dials, bringing him back. Q. Are you sure he is the same man? - A. Yes; I saw his face; I know him by his face and his clothes likewise; I am sure he is the same man; he was not out of my sight two minutes.(Thomas Mallard, an officer, produced the sugar, which was identified by Archer. Prisoner's defence. I never saw that man till I saw him at the watch-house. GUILTY, aged 25. Transported for seven years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.