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Transportation
John Field was transported on the Calcutta, departing 19th Apr 1837 and arriving 5th Aug 1837 with 341 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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| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Cork Spring Assizes - CITY CRIMINAL COURT— …. John Field, for having broken into the house of Cornelius Buckley in Hanover Street, with intent to rob. Cornelius Buckley said, that on the morning of the 12th inst., about 5 o'clock, he heard some person in the passage; he got up and went into the passage, where he found the prisoner; witness called out for help; the people of the house came down and secured the prisoner; he said he came to rob the house that he forced the door with part of a poker, which they would find in the passage ; a tinder box, flint, steel, matches, and a candle, were found on him; also a chisel and a piece of iron. Guilty—sentence of death recorded. Cork Constitution, 25 March 1837.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Field, age on arrival, 24, per Calcutta II, 1837. Tried at Cork City, 1837, Life for Burglary with intent to rob. Former conviction, 3 months. DOB, 1813, native place, Cork City. Single. Catholic. Servant general.