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Dover Castle

29336
Nominal GunsUnknownEICS
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorEast India Company
Acquired1798EICS
ShipyardBlackwall Yard - Blackwall EICS
Constructor
John WellsBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1812-1830
EICS
CategoryMerchantEICS
Ship TypeEast Indiaman
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Last known1813EICS

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentEICS
Burthen826Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentIORMAR
Length of Gundeck146' 5 ½"Imperial Feet44.5135 
Length of Keel118' 11"Imperial Feet35.9678 
Breadth36' 1 ½"Imperial Feet10.9855 
Depth in Hold14' 10"Imperial Feet4.2672 
Burthen826Tons BM 

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
11.1.1798 - 3.9.1803Captain (HEIC)
Peter SampsonBritish
Merchant Sailor
Service 1791-1803
IORMAR
18.1.1804 - 25.6.1813Captain (HEIC)
George RichardsonBritish
Merchant Sailor
Service 1800-1813
IORMAR


Notes on Ship


EIC JournalIORMAR

Built by Wells, launched 1798, 3 decks, 4in bottom, length 146ft 5½in, keel 118ft 11in, breadth 36ft 1½, hold 14ft 10in, wing transom 23ft 5in, port cell 26ft 7in, waist 3ft 11in, between decks 6ft 3in & 6ft 4in, roundhouse 6ft 6in, ports 13 middle & upper, deck range 84ft 9½in, 826 tons.

Principal Managing Owner:

John Atkins.

Voyages:

(1) 1797/8 Madras. Capt Peter Sampson. Portsmouth 24 Mar 1798 - 5 Jun Cape - 21 Aug Madras - 3 Jan 1799 Cape - 8 Feb St Helena 9 May - 13 Jul Downs.

(2) 1800/1 Madras, Bengal and Amboina. Capt Peter Sampson. Portsmouth 31 Mar 1801 - 20 Jul Madras - 20 Aug Diamond Harbour - 29 Oct Saugor - 26 Dec Penang - 5 Feb 1802 Amboina - 18 Mar Lintin - 24 Mar permission to garrison Macao refuseed - 23 Apr 'Sambroke' - 14 May Lintin - 22 Oct Diamond Harbour - 19 Dec Saugor - 25 Feb 1803 Madras - 15 May St Helena - 31 Jul Downs.

(3) 1803/4 St Helena and Bengal. Capt George Richardson. Portsmouth 8 May 1804 - 6 Aug St Helena - 28 Nov Diamond Harbour - 4 Feb 1805 Saugor - 2 Jun St Helena - 13 Sep Long Reach.

(4) 1805/6 St Helena, Madras and Bengal. Capt George Richardson. Portsmouth 18 Jun 1806 - 27 Aug St Helena - 22 Jan 1807 Diamond Harbour - 20 Mar Madras - 22 Apr Diamond Harbour - 10 May Calcutta - 18 Jun Diamond Harbour - 9 Aug Saugor - 12 Sep Vizagapatam - 3 Oct Madras - 30 Dec Cape - 25 Jan 1808 St Helena - 10 Apr Long Reach. 31 Dec 1806 recaptured Admiral Rainier from French.

(5) 1808/9 Bombay. Capt George Richardson. Portsmouth 28 Apr 1809 - 24 Aug Johanna - 19 Sep Bombay - 20 Feb 1810 Point de Galle - 3 May St Helena - 9 Jul Long Reach.

(6) 1810/1 Ceylon, Bengal and Madras. Capt George Richardson. Torbay 30 May 1811 - 19 Jun Madeira - 13 Oct Colombo - 15 Dec Diamond Harbour - 10 Jan 1812 Calcutta - 6 Mar Diamond Harbour - 16 Apr Saugor - 7 Jun Calcutta - 8 Oct Vizagapatam - 15 Oct Madras - 29 Dec Cape - 26 Jan 1813 St Helena - 16 May Long Reach.



 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 31st of May 2026 00:10

The following are the only ships now remaining to arrive of the season, 1800, viz: the extra ship Melville Castle, Captain John Lambe; the Travers, Capt Thomas Sanders; and the Skelton Castle, Captain Matthew Isaacke, from Bengal; with the Rockingham, Capt Thomas Butler, from Fort St George and Bengal. The Ganges, Capt Alexander Gray, is the only ship remaining to arrive from China. The Company’s ships the Henry Addington, Ocean, and Nottingham, which sailed from Portsmouth the 9th of January last, are expected to arrive from Bombay and China in April or May next. The Dover Castle, Duke of Montrose, Charlton, Sir Stephen Lushington, Calcutta, Asia, and Walpole, are the next ships to arrive from Madras and Bengal. [London Courier, 8 December 1801]


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