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Thomas Storey 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 343 (171) |
| 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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Hulk Records at Portsmouth- Captivity Hulk. HO-9-8_3 page 5. Received eleven from Shrewsbury, 24 July 1802. Thomas Storey, age 21, Tried at Shrewsbury, 20 Mar 1802, Life, Sent on board the Calcutta 9 April 1803.
PUBLIC NOTICE. THE undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates, or Tickets of Leave, during the last Week: TICKETS OF LEAVE. Calcutta. Thomas Storey, Pitt Town; Sydney Gazette, 6 May 1824. ---------------------------------------------------
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2P344JPG Per Calcutta, Thomas Storey, Tried at Shropshire G.D., 20 Mar 1802, Life. ---------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. STORY, Thomas. Per "Calcutta", 1803 1823 Nov Servant of David Brown of Sussex Street. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3236; 4/1870 pp.69-69g) There is an extract from the petion : The humble petition of Thomas Story most respectfully states That your petitioner arrived in this Colony per His Majesty’s ship Calcutta, Danl Woodroffe Esq, Commander in the month of October 1803 under sentence of transportation for Life. That it was the pleasure of government at that period to form a Settlement at Port Phillip under the command of Colonel Collins who came out from England for the purpose of Governing that settlement where the prisoners along with a number of free settlers landed which arrived in the ship Ocean, and upon landing there agreeable to Governor Collins, instructions and locating a place for a settlement which was named Sullivan Camp and after remaining there for about six months were obliged to re-embark and move to Hobart for the want of fresh water as there was none to be procured at Port Phillip during the whole time enduring the utmost privations and hardships. That petitioner after landing at Van Diemen’s Land remained in Government employ about ...
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