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Transportation
Joseph Pendridge 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 333 (166) |
| 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
At Bedford, Joseph Pendridge, for a black mare, the property of ? Bolnhurst, and a black horse, John Mcc?, of Higham-Ferrers; Northampton Mercury 16 Mar 1799. At Bedford assizes, W. Pendridge, removed by habeas corpus from Cambridge, was capitally convicted of horse-stealing, and received sentence of death. Ipswich Journal, 23 Mar 1799.
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2P174JPG Joseph Pendridge, tried at Bedford G.D. 7 Mar 1799, 7 years.
Joseph Pendridge arrived in VDL along with some of the first settlers to arrive in Tasmania. Joseph had been held on the Hulk Stanislaus, which was lying off Woolwich before being boarded on the 'Calcutta'. It is thought he may have returned to England at an early stage.