 Between May 1802 and February 1803, the Navy had "Calcutta" fitted out as a transport for convicts being sent to Britain's penal colonies in Australia.She received new armament in the form of sixteen 24-pounder carronades on her upper deck and two six-pounder guns on the forecastle.Captain Daniel Woodriff recommissioned her in November 1802 and sailed her from Spithead on 28 April 1803, accompanied by "Ocean", to establish a settlement at Port Phillip.