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Comet | 29245 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | Unknown | EICS | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 29.3.1800 | EICS | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | EICS | |
| Shipyard | Northfleet Dockyard - Northfleet | EICS | |
| Constructor | Thomas PitcherBritish Ship Builder Service 1801 | EICS | |
| Category | Merchant | EICS | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | ||
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | ||
| Foundered | 1816 | EICS | |
Extra ship, built by Wells, launched 1801, 3 decks, 4in bottom, length 120ft 1½in, keel 95ft 7½in, breadth 32ft 3in, hold 12ft 5in, wing transom 20ft 7½in, port cell 22ft 9in, waist 6in, between decks 4ft 11in & 6ft 6in, roundhouse 6ft 3in, ports 11 middle & upper, 529 tons.
Principal Managing Owner: John St Barbe.
Voyages:
(1) 1800/1 Bengal. Capt Thomas Larkins. Portsmouth 9 Sep 1801 - 9 Feb 1802 Calcutta - 7 May Diamond Harbour - 23 May returned to Calcutta - 7 Jul Diamond Harbour - 2 Aug Kedgeree - 8 Nov St Helena - 5 Jan 1803 Long Reach.
(2) 1802/3 St Helena and Bengal. Capt James Moring. Portsmouth 21 Jun 1803 - captured north of Madeira 1 Jul, recovered.
(3) 1804/5 Madras and Bengal. Capt James Moring. Cork 31 Aug 1805 - 29 Sep Madeira - 12 Nov San Salvador - 6 Jan 1806 Cape - 22 Apr Madras - 5 Jun Masulipatam - 17 Jun Calcutta - 18 Aug Culpee - 24 Sep Saugor - 10 Oct Madras - 18 Oct Trincomalee - 30 Dec Cape - 23 Jan 1807 St Helena - 15 Apr Blackwall.