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Thomas Traherne 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 335 (167) |
| 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
Deaths at Camp Sullivan Bay, River Derwent , van Diemens Land. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p002j2k Thomas Treahorn, Buried 2 Mar 1804, age 35, Ceremony performed by R. Knopwood.
The following news reports give details of his original conviction: Thomas Traherne, for robbery at Bromyard, was ordered to be sent to Hereford, to take his trial there. Staffordshire Advertiser, 22 March 1800. Hereford Assizes concluded on Friday, when Thomas Traherne, for a burglary in the house of Mrs. Maxwell, of Bromyard; and ... received of death, but were both reprieved. Gloucester Journal, 31 Mar 1800.
Hulk Records. Portsmouth. HO-9-8_1 . page 51/52 Received eight from Hereford, 14 July. Thomas Treehorne, age 34, C.R. (Capitally respited), Tried at Hereford, 16 Mar 1802, BS Life, Calcutta. -------------------------------------------------------- At Hereford Assizes, which finished on Friday se'nnight, there were twenty-three prisoners in the Calendar—seven of whom were capitally convicted ….Thomas Traherne for making his escape from the County Gaol of Hereford, whilst under sentence of transportation for life; Sun, 29 March 1802.