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John Everitt 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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Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0286 Per Calcutta 1804. John Everett, alias Evered, tried Wilts Jail Delivery, 13 Mar 1802. Life.
Burials in the parish of St Davids, Hobart (Printed) Burials on board His Majesty’s ship Calcutta. (Handwritten below) https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p001j2k Burials, Sullivan Bay, Pt. Phillip, 1803. John Everett, Buried 15 Nov 1803, age 23. The Ceremony was performed by R. Knopwood.
Hulk Records. Portsmouth. HO-9-8_1. page 51/52 Received five from Salisbury, Sep. (date not given, but between 21 and 29th) John Everod, age 21, C.R. (Capitally respited), Tried at Salisbury, 13 March 1802, NSW Life, Calcutta.
Sun (London) London, England 24 Mar 1802: The Assizes for the County Of Wilts were held at Salisbury on Monday and Tuesday night.—John Everett (alias Everard) was tried for uttering a forged 2l. Bank of England note ; Carmenas Farthing, an accomplice, was admitted evidence against him, by which means the charge was substantiated, and he was found guilty. Everett was left for execution. 15/11/1803: John Everett died at Sullivan Bay, Port Phillip, aged 23 years.