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Nominal GunsUnknownEICS
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorEast India Company
Acquired1800EICS
ShipyardUnknownEICS
CategoryMerchantEICS
Ship TypeEast Indiaman (EIC Extra Ship)
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Wrecked7.11.1808IORMAR

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentEICS
Burthen611Tons BM 


Notes on Ship


VoyagesIOR/E/3

Extra ship, built by Wells, launched 1800, 3 decks, 4in bottom, length 129ft 5½in, keel 105ft 1¼in, breadth 32ft 1½in, hold 13ft, wing transom 20ft 4in, port cell 24ft 4in, waist 1ft, between decks 6ft 1in & 6ft 5in, ports 6 middle & 9 upper, 576 decks.

Principal Managing Owner: John Mangles.

(1) 1799/1800 Bengal and Bombay. Capt Thomas Sanders. Portsmouth 28 Jun 1800 - 8 Jan 1801 Calcutta - left Bengal 20 Mar - 24 Apr Anjengo - 7 May Bombay 19 Aug - 8 Nov St Helena - 19 Jul 1802 Downs.

(2) 1801/2 Cape, Ceylon and Bombay. Capt Thomas Sanders. Downs 17 Jun 1802 - 31 Aug Cape - 2 Nov Colombo - 25 Nov Bombay - 30 Jan 1803 Surat - 8 Feb Bombay - 3 Apr Tellicherry - 7 Apr Calicut - 11 Apr Quilon - 22 Jul St Helena - 22 Sep Downs.

(3) 1803/4 St Helena, Bengal and Benkulen. Capt Thomas Sanders. Portsmouth 4 Sep 1804 - 23 Dec St Helena 7 Feb 1805 - 28 Apr Diamond Harbour - left Bengal 16 Jul - 27 Sep Benkulen 18 Nov - 25 Jan 1806 St Helena - 14 Jun Downs.

(4) 1806/7 Bombay. Capt John Collins. Portsmouth 4 Jan 1807 - 26 May Bombay 3 Aug - 1 Oct Cape - 24 Jan 1808 Downs.

(5) 1807/8 Madras and Bengal. Capt John Collins. Portsmouth 10 Jun 1808 - 24 Jun Madeira - wrecked in the Andaman Islands 7 Nov.



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

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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