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Richard Meredow 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 341 (170) 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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Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2P006JPG Per Calcutta. Richard Mewdew, Convicted at Middlesex. 17 Feb 1802, 7 years. ------------------------------------------------------ Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 11 February 2023), February 1802, trial of RICHARD MEREDEW (t18020217-55). RICHARD MEREDEW, Theft > grand larceny, 17th February 1802. 228. RICHARD MEREDEW was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 5th of February , a sheet, value 4s. a shift, value 4s. an apron, value 1s. and a pair of cuffs, value 6d. the property of Frances Wright . FRANCES WRIGHT sworn. - I lost the things out of my room; I saw the prisoner take them out of my drawer, about nine o'clock at night, on the 5th of February; I was stooping down at the fire, I turned about, and saw him, but was very frightened, so that I could not stir or speak; when he was gone, I recovered myself, and called out thieves; I cannot swear to him. CHARLOTTE ATKINS sworn. - I live in the house, and heard Wright call out thieves; upon which I run to the passage door, and saw the prisoner with the things in his arms; I caught him by the collar, and held him till assistance came. JOHN DAY sworn. - (Produces the things.) I was constable; the prisoner and the things were brought to the watch-house, and I took charge of him. Prisoner's defence. I was going through the passage, and heard the cry of thieves; I fell over the bundle in the passage; when I was stopped, I had not the things in my hands, as is sworn to; the prosecutrix said before the Justice, she thought it was the cat pulling the things out of the drawer, and she did not see any body. GUILTY , aged 39. Transported for seven years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron Hotham.