British Merchant east indiaman 'Skelton Castle' (1800)

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Skelton Castle
Nominal Guns	Unknown	EICS
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	East India Company
Acquired	1800	EICS
Shipyard	Unknown	EICS
Category	Merchant	EICS
Ship Type	East Indiaman (EIC Regular Ship)
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last known	aft.21.12.1806	ref:925

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentEICS
Burthen623Tons BM

1 Passenger

DatesRankNameSource
24.9.1806 - aft.21.12.1806Cavalry Cadet (HEIC)ref:1827

Service History

DateEventSource
24.9.1806

Sailed from Portsmouth

ref:925

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

ref:1827 Book

ref:925Charles Horatio Hardy, Digital Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 31st of May 2026 00:02

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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