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George Phipps 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
On list of convicts to receive conditional pardons or emancipations at the Derwent, Date 1/2/1813. (as above)
https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=INDEX2368949&context=L&vid=61SRA&lang=en_US&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,James%20Ballance,AND&query=any,contains,Calcutta,AND&mode=advanced&offset=0 15. George Phipps, per HMS Calcutta, 14 years, Berks. G.D. 1 Mar 1802.
Colonial Secretary Index. PHIPPS, George. Per "Calcutta", 1803. 1811 Jun; 1812 Jun Government gardener. Accounts of fruit trees received from by Captain Murray and Major Geils (Reel 6044; 4/1729 pp.335-6) 1813 Feb On list of convicts to receive conditional pardons or emancipations at the Derwent (Reel 6003; 4/3492 p.206) n.d. In index to land grants in Van Diemen's Land (Fiche 3262; 4/438 p.72)
At the Reading Assizes, R, Brown, for horsestealing; G. King, for house-breaking ; G. Phipps, for robbing his mistress; E. Painter, for stealing heifers and J. Williams, for sheep stealing, were capitally convicted and the two last left for execution. London Courier, 8 March 1802. --------------------------------------------------- At Reading Assizes, … and George Phipps, for stealing plate from the dwelling of Mrs. Elliott, of Bray, were capitally convicted and received sentence of death. Brown, King, and Phipps, were reprieved before the Judges left the town. Kentish Weekly Post, 12 March 1802.
Hulk Records. Portsmouth. HO-9-8_1 . page 51/52 Received 8 from Reading, 22 June. George Phipps, age 28, Burglary, Tried Reading 1 March 1802, NSW, 14 years, per Calcutta.