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Admiral Gardner | 28881 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | Unknown | EICS | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 12.4.1797 | EICS | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | EICS | |
| Shipyard | Limehouse - London | EICS | |
| Constructor | MelhuishBritish Ship Builder | EICS | |
| Category | Merchant | EICS | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | EICS | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | EICS | |
| Wrecked | 25.1.1809 | EICS | |
Built by Hill, launched 1797, 3 decks, 4in bottom, length 145ft 8in, keel 118ft 3½in, breadth 36ft 2½in, hold 14ft 10in, wing transom 24ft, port cell 26ft 10in, waist 3ft 8in, between decks 6ft 3in & 6ft 6in, roundhouse 6ft 6in, ports 12 middle & 11 upper, deck range 82ft 6in, 816 tons.
Principal Managing Owner: John Woolmore.
Voyages:
(1) 1796/7 Bengal and Benkulen. Capt Edward Bradford. Torbay 22 Sep 1797 - 16 Feb 1798 Kedgeree - 27 Jun Benkulen - 11 Aug Kedgeree - 24 Sep Saugor - 5 Nov Benkulen - 27 Mar 1799 St Helena - 24 Apr returned to St Helena - 4 Aug Blackwall.
(2) 1800/1 Madras and China. Capt Edward Bradford. Portsmouth 31 Mar 1801 - 26 Jul Madras - 28 Aug Penang - 6 Oct Whampoa - 12 Apr 1802 St Helena - 12 Jul Blackwall.
(3) 1802/3 Madras and Bengal. Capt Edward Bradford. Downs 1 Feb 1803 - 12 Feb Madeira - 23 Apr Cape - 13 Jun Madras - 22 Jul Diamond Harbour - 7 Nov Saugor - 12 Mar 1804 St Helena - 11 Jun Blackwall.
(4) 1804/5 St Helena and Madras. Capt George Saltwell. Portsmouth 25 Apr 1805 - 4 Dec Madras - 21 Feb 1806 Colombo - 14 May St Helena - 1 Aug Blackwall. 27 Nov 1805 ten crew injured in skirmish with French ship.
(5) 1806/7 Madras and Bengal. Capt William John Eastfield. Portsmouth 26 Feb 1807 - 3 Jul Madras - 21 Jul Kedgeree - 26 Jul Diamond Harbour - 16 Sep Saugor - 22 Oct Madras - 30 Dec Cape - 25 Jan 1808 St Helena - 28 Apr Blackwall.
(6) 1808/9 Madras and Bengal. Capt William John Eastfield. Downs 24 Jan 1809 - lost on Goodwin Sands off South Foreland 25 Jan.