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Thomas Quin 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.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 338 |
| 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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Possible Death. Tasmanian Burial Register. Parish of St David, Hobart. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p003j2k Thomas Quinn, buried 28 Dec 1806, age 30. Ceremony performed by - Left blank.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 18 February 2023), July 1800, trial of THOMAS QUIN (t18000709-41). THOMAS QUIN, Theft > theft from a specified place, 9th July 1800. 517. THOMAS QUIN was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 5th of July , a portable writing-desk, value 51. 5s. the property of Thomas Hanford , in his dwelling-house . THOMAS HANFORD sworn - I am a portable desk maker , No. 94, Strand, nearly opposite Southampton-street ; I know nothing of the loss. THOMAS HEARNE sworn. - I am servant to Mr. Simmons, No. 95, in the Strand, On Saturday last I saw the desk taken from Mr. Hanford's window, about nine o'clock in the evening; I had my hands full of boots; I was just by Mr. Hanford's door; it was an open window, the sash was out for shewing the goods; the prisoner is the man, he took it with both hands, and walked away very gently; two gentlemen stopped him before I could give the alarm; I cannot swear to the desk. (The desk produced.) Hanford. This desk was in the window; there might be three or four or five upon it; it was marked five guineas. Q. What is the value of it; what would it cost you making? - A. I cannot say. Q. Would it cost forty shillings? - A. Yes. Q. What was the lowest priced desk in that window? - A.Fifteen shillings and sixpence; I never make any with brasses at the corners under two guineas. Q.(To Hearne.) Do you think it was as large a desk as that? - A. Yes, full. Hanford. There was only one more desk of this size in the window, and that was marked four guineas and a half. Q. Did that desk which you marked four guineas and a half stand you in more than forty shillings making? - A. Yes, it must. Prisoner. The boy said, at the Justice's, that he saw me go into the shop. Hearne. I did not say so; I said I saw him take it from the window. The prisoner called two witnesses, who gave him a good character. GUILTY (Aged 24.) Of Stealing goods, value 39s. Transported for seven years . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice LAWRENCE. ---------------------------------------------------- Hulk Records at Portsmouth- Captivity Hulk. HO-9-8_3 page 3. Thomas Quin, age 24, Felony, tried at Middlesex, 9 July 1800, B.S. 7 years. Sent on board the Calcutta 9 April 1803.