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Albion | 28900 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | Unknown | EICS | |
| Nationality | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Launched | 1813 | EICS | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | EICS | |
| Shipyard | Bristol - England | EICS | |
| Category | Merchant | EICS | |
| Ship Type | Merchantman | EICS | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | EICS | |
| Last known | 1854 | EICS | |
Chartered ship, 35/44 crew, 470 tons.
Principal Managing Owners: 1 Samuel Granger, 2 Charles Weller.
Voyages:
(1) 1820/1 Madras and Bengal. Capt Charles Weller. City Canal 17 Apr 1821 - 20 Day Downs - 16 Sep Madras - 11 Nov Calcutta - 14 Jan 1822 Kedgeree - 3 Feb Madras - 27 Cape - 1 Jul St Helena - 1 Sep Blackwall.
(2) 1824/5 Bengal. Capt Charles Weller. West India Dock 2 May 1825 - Downs 8 Jun - 21 Oct Calcutta - 24 Dec Kedgeree - 11 Jan 1826 Madras - 5 Apr St Helena - 23 Jun East India Dock.
A L B I 0 N. Built at Bristol, r8I3. No. 19, I 8 JuLY I8I7. Previous registry, London No. 25I in I8I3. 484H tons; length I25' 6"; breadth (below) 29' 3*; height 7'. 2 decks ; 3 masts ; ship rig ; square stern ; quarter galleries ; bust head. Owners: George Fisher, Richard Llewellin Fisher and Edward Kidd, merchants ; and William Buckbam, mariner, Bristol. Masters : William Buckham. 13 March 1819, Charles Stewart. 16 April 1819 (London), Charles Well er. Registered anew at London, No. 119 in 1819; 18 May 1819. The M .R. shows this vessel t o have been first owned by Kidd and Com-pany, and although when she first left Bristol she sailed for Jamaica, she was afterwards in the India trade. In August, 1817, she sailed from Bristol for Calcutta, and arrived back on 20 Oct. 1818, the first merchant vessel direct from India to this port. Her passage from Calcutta was of 167 days, including six days at the Cape. She was later owned by Brass and Co., and Lidgett and Co., of London, and was last entered in L .R. in r8sr