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William 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 339 (169) |
| 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, William Jones, tried at Middlesex G.D., 3 Dec 1800, 7 years. ---------------------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 14 March 2023), December 1800, trial of WILLIAM JONES (t18001203-73). WILLIAM JONES, Theft > grand larceny, 3rd December 1800. 73. WILLIAM JONES was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 8th of November , a cloth wrapper, value 2s. a piece of brown Irish cloth, value 2l. 18s. and a piece of printed cotton, value 1l. 5s. the property of William Sutton . WILLIAM SUTTON sworn. - I am a carrier , and live near Biggleswade: On Saturday the 8th of November, about twelve o'clock, a young lad came and hinted to me there was such a sort of lad about, and asked me if I saw him; he desired me to be careful of the waggon, I was so, and I saw him walking down St. John's-street, and making the best of his way from the waggon, he seemed to have something concealed under his coat, I catched him, and this dropped from him, I know it to be mine. JAMES KNAPP sworn. - I am a constable, and took the prisoner in charge. Prisoner's defence. I was coming down St. John's-street, and saw that lay at the side of the pavement. GUILTY, aged 14. Transported for seven years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Rooke.