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Alnwick Castle

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Nominal Guns38W1812P
NationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
OperatorEast India Company
Acquired13.11.1801W1812P
ShipyardBlackwall Yard - Blackwall W1812P
Constructor
John PerryBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1775-1810
W1812P
CategoryMerchantW1812P
Ship TypeEast IndiamanW1812P
Sailing RigShip RiggedW1812P
Sold for Break Up1816W1812P

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentEICS
Length of Gundeck165' 7 ½"Imperial Feet50.3047 
Length of Keel133' 11 ½"Imperial Feet40.5511 
Breadth42' 0"Imperial Feet12.8016 
Depth in Hold17' 0"Imperial Feet5.1816 
Burthen1256Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW1812P
Burthen1311Tons BM 

Armament


4.1.1813Broadside Weight = 342 Imperial Pound ( 155.097 kg)W1812P
Gun Deck38 British 18-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
4.1.1813135 W1812P

4 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1802 - 1803Captain (HEIC)
Charles Elton PrescottBritish
Merchant Sailor
Service 1802-1814
EICS
1805Captain (HEIC)
Albert GledstanesBritish
Merchant Sailor
Service 1805
EICS
1806 - 1809Captain (HEIC)
Charles Elton PrescottBritish
Merchant Sailor
Service 1802-1814
EICS
1810 - 1816Captain (HEIC)
Peter RollandBritish
Merchant Sailor
Service 1810-1816
EICS

Service History


DateEventSource
4.1.1813Issued with a Letter of Marque which cna be viewed hereW1812P


Notes on Ship


JournalIORMAR

Built by Perry, launched 1802, 3 decks, 5in bottom, length 165ft 7½in, keep 133ft 11½in, breadth 42ft, hold 17ft, wing transom 25ft 10½in, port cell 29ft 4in, waist 3ft 10in, between decks 6ft 6in, roundhouse 6ft 6in, ports 14 middle & 13 upper, deck range 96ft 4in, 1256 tons.

Principal Managing Owner: John Locke.

Voyages:

(1) 1801/2 Madras and China. Capt Charles Elton Prescott. Portsmouth 25 Feb 1802 - 15 Jun Madras - 1 Aug Penang - 25 Aug Malacca - 14 Sep Whampoa - 21 Nov Second Bar - 25 Feb 1803 St Helena - 25 Apr Long Reach.

(2) 1803/4 China. Capt Albert Gledstanes. Portsmouth 9 Jun 1804 - 17 Aug Rio de Janeiro - 14 Jan 1805 Whampoa - 15 Feb Second Bar - 21 Mar Malacca - 30 Jun St Helena - 16 Sep Long Reach.

(3) 1805/6 Madras and China. Capt Charles Elton Prescott. Portsmouth 4 Mar 1806 - 29 Jun Madras - 15 Aug Penang - 8 Sep Malacca - 18 Oct Whampoa - 7 Dec Second Bar - 23 Jan 1807 Penang - 18 Apr St Helena - 5 Jul Long Reach.

(4) 1807/8 Madras and China. Capt Charles Elton Prescott. Portsmouth 5 Mar 1808 - 25 Jun Madras - 1 Aug Penang - 29 Aug Malacca - 6 Oct Whampoa - 2 Feb 1809 Second Bar - 28 Feb Lintin - 30 Mar Penang - 7 Jul St Helena - 14 Sep Long Reach.

(5) 1809/10 China. Capt Peter Rolland. Portsmouth 28 Apr 1810 - 5 Sep Penang - 25 Sep Malacca - 11 Nov Manila - 11 Dec Whampoa - 21 Mar 1811 Macao - 11 Jul St Helena - 30 Sep Long Reach.

(6) 1811/2 China. Capt Peter Rolland. Portsmouth 25 Mar 1812 - 24 Apr Funchal - 10 Aug Batavia - 20 Sep Whampoa - 4 Dec Second Bar - 28 Mar 1813 St Helena - 8 Jun Long Reach.

(7) 1814/5 China. Capt Peter Rolland. Downs 27 Apr 1815 - 25 Sep Whampoa 14 Jan 1816 - 23 Mar St Helena - 15 May Long Reach.


OwnerEICS
John Locke from 1801 to 1816

 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 27th of July 2026 19:26

Portsmouth, 6 February 1802: The total number of officers and troops belonging to His Majesty’s Regiments serving in the East Indies, will be embarked at this port, on board the Company’s ships, in the following proportion, viz, for Bengal by the Lady Burges, Lady Jane Dundas, Marquis Wellesley, and Baring, 29 officers and 475 men; for Madras, per Perseverance, Alnwick Castle, Cirencester, and Marchioness of Exeter, 19 officers and 825 men, making a total of 1300 non commissioned officers and privates. [Hampshire Telegraph, 8 February 1802]


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