Calcutta (1794 ship)

Lloyd's List reported that Calcutta, Haggy, master, had arrived at Gravesend on 28 October.

Sirène had as prisoners Captain Haggy, Calcutta's master, her first and second mates, and 50 of her lascars and seamen.

[11] After her return to India, the British government used Calcutta as a transport to support General Sir David Baird's expedition to the Red Sea, which in turn had the objective of supporting General Sir Ralph Abercrombie at the battle of Alexandria.

One source reports that Calcutta was wrecked on 8 September 1801, together with Gabriel, in the 1801 British military expedition to the Red Sea.

[1] Hackman states that Calcutta was wrecked in 1807 on the coast of New Guinea on passage from Botany Bay to Canton, and that her crew was saved.

[13] What call this account into question is that there is no supporting evidence in ship arrival and departure data for Port Jackson, or listings of Australian shipwrecks.

The account probably represents a confusion with another vessel, Sydney, and East Indiaman of 900 tons, built at Java and registered at Calcutta.

Sydney was lost on the coast of New Guinea in May 1806 while on her way from Port Jackson to Bengal to bring back rice for the colony.