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Transportation
Samuel Jacobs 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 339 (169) Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 |
| 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
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0554 Per Calcutta, Samuel Jacobs, tried at Middlesex G.D., 17 Sep 1800, 7 years. ---------------------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 14 March 2023), September 1800, trial of SAMUEL JACOBS (t18000917-123). SAMUEL JACOBS, Theft > grand larceny, 17th September 1800. 710. SAMUEL JACOBS was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 8th of September , a pair of leather shoes, value 2s. 10d. the property of Ann Maddocks . ANN MADDOCKS sworn. - I keep a shoe shop upon Tower-hill : On the 8th of this month, about half past seven in the evening, I saw the prisoner knock my sister down, and go out of the shop with the shoes, but I did not see his face; he was secured in a few minutes after; I dare say, within three minutes. ELIZABETH ADDERLEY sworn. - I am sister to the last witness: I went into the shop to snuff the candles, and, in leaning over the counter, I saw the prisoner lying along, inside the counter; I gave him the meeting at the end of the counter, to stop him, and he laid hold of me, and dragged me till he got me outside the door, and then he knocked me down, and ran away; I called stop thief, and he was stopped by George Gray . GEORGE GRAY sworn. - I saw the prisoner knock down Mrs. Adderley, and I followed him; I saw him drop the shoes, and I laid hold of him directly; I never lost sight of him. Prisoner's defence. I know nothing of it. GUILTY . (Aged 18.) Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. COMMON SERJEANT.