Ship
Bengal Merchant
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ID
848
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Summary
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Built |
Rig |
Type |
Tons
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EIC Service
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EIC
Voyages |
Crew |
Guns |
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1812 |
Ship |
ES |
503 |
1813; 1830-1834 |
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Shipbuilder
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Where Built
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Date of Launch
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Anthony Blackmore |
Calcutta |
26 May 1812 |
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Dimensions
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Ship History
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| 1812 | Launched at Calcutta by Anthony Blackmore for Sedgewick Hearne.
| | 1812 | 1812-1829: in private trade to India as a licensed ship.
| | 1813 | Brought from Bengal to England.
| | 1813 | Taken up as an Extra Ship for East India Company service.
| | 1832 | Sold to John Groves.
| | 1834 | Left East India Company service.
| | 1834 | Sold to Joseph Somes.
| | 1839 | Sold to Haviside & Co.. London.
| | 1856 | Sold as a hulk.
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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 | 1813 | 1814 | Thomas Ross | | 2 | 1830 | 1831 | Gilson Reeves Fox | | 3 | 1833 | 1834 | John Campbell |
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Ship Owners
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- Sedgewicke Hearne 1812-1832
- John Groves 1832-1834
- Joseph Somes 1834-1839
- Haviside & Co 1839-1856
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References
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- Anthony J Farrington, Catalogue of East India Company Ships' Journals and Logs 1600-1834, 1999, British Library, 0712346465, p57
- Rowan Hackman, Ships of the East India Company, 2001, World Ship Society, 0905617967, p67
- Jean Sutton, Lords of the East: The East India Company and its Ships 1600-1874, 2000, Conway Maritime Press, 0851777864, p153
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