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Transportation
John Reynolds 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 345 (172) |
| 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
Portsmouth Hulk Records. HO-9-8_3. Page 3. John Reynolds, age 21, Gd. Larceny, Tried Rotherham, 18 July 1801. B.S. 7 years. Sent on board the Calcutta, 9 April 1803.
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2P264JPG Per Calcutta, John Reynolds, tried York G.D. 18 July 1801, 7 years. ---------------------------------------------------- John Reynolds, Patrick Toole, John Murray and John Curran, all charged with house breaking; Leeds Intelligencer, 13 July 1801. -------------------------------------------------- John Reynolds, Patrick Toole, John Murray, and John Cur ran, all of the 18th light dragoons, for stealing linen drapery goods ; Leeds Intelligencer, 27 July 1801. AT THE CASTLE. Sir Alan Chambre, Knight, ..., before whom the following prisoners have taken their trials, viz: ... -John Reynolds, Patrick Toole, Jobn Murray, and John Curran, for stealing handkerchiefs, &c. the property of Messs. Pitts and Richardson, of Beverley ; Hull Packet, 28 July 1801. ---------------------------------------------------- John Reynolds was a soldier in the 18th Light Dragoons.