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Samuel Fellowes 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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Convict Notes
Samuel Fellows aged 26, for assaulting James Hardy, in Dartford, and robbing him of three pounds sixteen shillings and sixpence. Death, reprieved. Kentish Weekly Post, 23 March 1802.
Samuel was buried at sea before the ship arrived at Camp Sullivan. The Ceremony was performed by R. Knopwood. 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
Saturday the following transports were removed from his Majesty's gaol Maidstone, on board the hulks, at Woolwich, viz. Edw. Jarrett, Benj. Spratt, James Aylmer, John Blackmore, James Reeves, Rich. Kemp, Sam. Toler, Wm Cortsworth, John Gaithwait, Sam. Fellows, Edw. Lewis, Thomas Johnson, James Gill, Charles Gill, John Cole, alias John Gray, Wm Cole, alias William Gray, Finch Harrison, Sam. Aylmer and Sam. Colley from the Sessions. Kentish Gazette, 30 April 1802.
Star (London) London, England 23 Mar 1802: ASSIZES Samuel Fellows, for robbing a baker's boy at Dartford. 17/5/1803: Samuel Fellowes died at Sullivan Bay, Port Phillip, aged 26.