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Asia | 28981 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | Unknown | EICS | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 8.12.1798 | EICS | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | EICS | |
| Shipyard | Liverpool - Lancashire | EICS | |
| Constructor | Humble and HurryBritish Ship Builder | EICS | |
| Category | Merchant | EICS | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | EICS | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | EICS | |
| Wrecked | 1.6.1809 | EICS | |
Built by Humble at Liverpool, launched 1798, 3 decks, 4in bottom, length 146ft 1in, keel 118ft 7½in, breadth 36ft 3½in, hold 14ft 9in, wing transom 23ft 4in, port cell 26ft 10in, waist 1ft 6in, between decks 6ft 2in & 6ft 4in, roundhouse 6ft 6in, ports 13 middle & upper, deck range 84ft 6in, 819 tons.
Principal Managing Owners: 1-2 Robert Charnock, 3-5 Henry Bonham.
Voyages:
(1) 1798/9 Madras and Bengal. Capt Robert Wardlaw. Portsmouth 18 Jun 1799 - 6 Sep Cape - 19 Nov Kedgeree - 14 Feb 1800 Saugor - 15 Mar Madras - 8 Jul St Helena - 20 Oct Deptford.
(2) 1800/1 Madras, Bengal and China. Capt Robert Wardlaw. Portsmouth 31 Mar 1801 - 24 Jul Madras - 20 Aug Diamond Harbour - 29 Oct Saugor - 22 Nov Kedgeree - 3 Dec Saugor - 29 Dec Malacca - 4 Feb 1802 Amboina - 18 Mar Lintin - 10 Apr 'Samkoke' Island - 15 May Lintin - 22 Oct Diamond Harbour - 15 Dec Saugor - 25 Feb 1803 Madras - 15 Mar St Helena - 15 Aug Deptford.
(3) 1803/4 Madras and Bengal. Capt Henry Pendares Tremenheere. Portsmouth 8 May 1804 - 3 Sep Madras - 26 Sep Diamond Harbour - 4 Dec Saugor - 26 Dec Madras - 30 Jan 1805 Vizagapatam - 22 Feb Masulipatam - 4 Mar Madras - 20 Jun St Helena - 27 Sep Deptford.
(4) 1805/6 Madras and Bengal. Capt Robert Wardlaw. Portsmouth 30 Mar 1806 - 27 Aug Madras - 28 Oct Diamond Harbour - 20 Dec Saugor - 2 Feb 1807 Vizagapatam - 15 Feb Madras - 18 Mar Colombo - 13 Jun St Helena - 19 Sep Blackwall.
(5) 1807/8 Madras and Bengal. Capt Henry Pendares Tremenheere. Portsmouth 17 Sep 1808 - lost 1 Jun 1809 'in the Bengal river'.