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Indian was launched at Workington in 1820. She traded widely, and between 1828 and 1831 or so made several voyages to Singapore, Batavia, and Manila under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked around 1843.
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Indian |
Launched | 1820,[1] Workington[1] |
Fate | Wrecked c.1843 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 231[1] (bm) |
Indian first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1820.[1]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1820 | R.Fells | Woods & Co. | Workington–Liverpool | LR |
1821 | R.Fell A.Morris |
Wood & Co | Workington–Liverpool Liverpool–Brazils |
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1823 | A.Morris | Buchanan | Liverpool–Buenos Aires | LR |
1827 | Eadie Scott |
Buchanan | London–Jamaica | LR |
1829 | W.Eadie J.Harding |
Wise | London–Batavia | LR |
1830 | J.Harding | Wise | Liverpool–Singapore |
In 1813 the EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a license from the EIC.[2]
On 27 July 1828 Captain Eadie sailed for Batavia and Singapore under a license from the EIC.[3] Then on 31 October 1829 Captain Harding sailed there too. On 15 August 1831 Captain W. Ravenscroft sailed Indian to Batavia and Manilla.
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Homeport | Source & notes |
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1835 | L.Mackay | J.Ritson | Liverpool–Quebec | London Maryport |
LR |
1840 | J.Feiron | J.Ritson | Maryport–North America | Maryport | LR; small repairs 1839 & 1840 |
1843 | J.Scott | J.Ritson | Maryport–Liverpool | Maryport | LR; small repairs 1839 & 1840 |
Her entry in the 1842 volume of LR has the annotation "Wrecked" by her name.[4]
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