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James Taylor 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 | Tasmanian Records https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2P449JPG |
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Convict Notes
Tasmanian Records https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2P449JPG List of men whose surnames begin with T. Per Calcutta. James Taylor. (No further informationon this record.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- There were 2 men on the Calcutta names James Taylor. There was a man who was convicted at Lancaster, and this second man. Raima Flanagan on 14th May, 2021 wrote: A second James Taylor was sent on Calcutta, he was a soldier court martial London for offence Gibraltar. He was assigned to Rev Knopwood, he married Mary Ann Drake in Sydney 1811 died 1820, fathered the children listed here by Ian. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Iain Frazier on 22nd November, 2019 wrote: James (Taylor) convict ... from HMS CALCUTTA 1803 free by servitude may have married in 1811 Mary Ann (Drake free by servitude 1818) convict 7 years from CANADA 1810 & produced 5 children. 1.James (Taylor) was born in 1811. 2.George (Taylor) was born in 1813. 3.John (Taylor) was born in 1814. 4.William (Taylor) was born in 1818 & baptised in 1819 age13 months at St Phillips Sydney. 5.James (Taylor) was born in 1822. Mary Ann (Drake) has an entry on this Website.