Creole (1812 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
NameCreole
BuilderMichael Smith, Calcutta[1][2]
Launched1812[1][2]
FateWrecked 1816[1]
General characteristics
Tons burthen230,[1] or 232[1][2] (bm)

Creole was launched in 1812 at Calcutta. She sailed between India and Mauritius and India and South East Asia. She was wrecked at Java in 1816.

Fate: Lloyd's List reported on 11 March 1817 that Creole, of Calcutta, was wrecked on the island of Gilion (or Galion; now Pulau Giliyang, Java), but that her was crew saved.[3] The loss may have occurred in February 1816.[1]

Citations and references[]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f Phipps (1840), pp. 104 & 142.
  2. ^ a b c Hackman (2001), p. 266.
  3. ^ Lloyd’s List №5158.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta) (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
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