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Thomas Jones 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 344 |
| 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_0554 Per Calcutta, Thomas Jones, tried at Sussex G.D., 27 March 1802, Life. ----------------------------------------------------- Yesterday se'nnight Thomas Jones, charged with stealing a horse, the property of ??rending at the Western extremity of this county, was committed to Horsham gaol for trial at our assizes. Sussex Advertiser, 22 March 1802. At our assizes, which commenced on the Crown side before Baron ..., on Saturday, there were .. prisoners for trial. Nine were tried before the Court broke up, of whom the four following were capitally convicted, and will this day receive sentence of death, viz. William Comber, ... —Thomas Jones, for stealing a valuable chesnut mare, in stable belonging to Jasper Bates, of Farnhurst, the property of William Fennemore. John Rogers, and Robert Mongford, for feloniously stealing, from the shop window of Mr. Holman, silversmith, in this town, eleven watches, and articles of plate and trinkets. ... Sussex Advertiser, 29 March 1802.