Thames (1818 ship)
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Thames was launched in 1818 as an East Indiaman, trading with India and Ceylon under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She made one voyage transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land. She became leaky and was condemned at Swan River in 1830 as she was sailing to Île de France from having delivered her convicts at Hobart.
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Name | Thames |
Namesake | River Thames |
Builder | John Blackett, Poplar, London, for own account[1] |
Launched | 1 October 1818[1] |
Fate | Condemned 1830 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 347,[2] or 366,[3] or 36683⁄94[1] (bm) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 28[4] |
Armament | 4 guns[4] |
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