Ship
Crescent
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ID
1398
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Summary
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Built |
Rig |
Type |
Tons
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EIC Service
Period |
EIC
Voyages |
Crew |
Guns |
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1790 |
Ship |
ES |
238 |
1796-1798 |
0 |
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Shipbuilder
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Where Built
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Date of Launch
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Marmaduke Stalkart |
London |
15 May 1790 |
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Dimensions
& Construction
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Ship History
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| 1790 | Launched at Rotherhithe for John St Barbe.
| | 1790 | In service as a Levant trader.
| | 1796 | Taken up as an Extra Ship for East India Company service.
| | 1798 | Left East India Company service
| | 1798 | Captured by French privateer Mercure.
| | 1798 | Recaptured almost immediately by HMS Caroline.
| | 1798 | Sold to Shedden & Co.
| | 1798 | Worked in the West African slave trade.
| | 1805 | Sold for whaling.
| | 1807 | Foundered off Patagonia on 8 Mar 1807.
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| East India Company voyages and captains |
Voyage
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Ended
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Captain's Name
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| 1 | 1790 | | John Ellesmere |
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Ship Owners
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- John St Barbe 1790-1798
- Shedden & Co 1798-1807
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References
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- Rowan Hackman, Ships of the East India Company, 2001, World Ship Society, 0905617967, p229
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