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Transportation
Patrick Gormly was transported on the Calcutta, departing 19th Apr 1837 and arriving 5th Aug 1837 with 342 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 | Mayberry, Peter; Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849. (online database) |
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Convict Notes
NSW Convict Index. Patrick Gormly, per Calcutta, 1837, Ticket of Leave, No 47/450. District, Yass; Born, Roscommon; Trade, Weaver; Tried, Roscommon.
The following sentences were passed on the prisoners convicted at the Roscommon Assizes … Pat Gormly, shooting at Thomas Conry sentence of death recorded. … Roscommon Journal, 11 March 1837.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Patrick Gormly, alias Gormley, age on arrival, 45, per Calcutta II, 1837. Tried at Roscommon, 1837, Life for Shooting at person. DOB, 1792, native place, Roscommon Co. Married, 3 female children. Catholic. Weaver.
The actual crime for which Patrick was convicted was 'Shooting at a Person' and for this he was sentenced to Transportation for life. He was noted as married and having 3 daughters. For some reason, the sons of the marriage were not mentioned. Patrick and his wife Mary (nèe Docray/Decray) had 8 children and at least 6 of these were born before his trial. Mary and the children did follow him to New South Wales.