Experiment (1800 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
NameExperiment
Owner1802: Lambert, Ross & Co.[1]
BuilderGillett & Co., Calcutta
FateLost 1807
General characteristics
Tons burthen475,[2] or 500[3] (bm)
PropulsionSail

Experiment was built at Calcutta in 1800, and was lost in 1807. In between she made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC).

EIC voyage: Captain John Palmer left Calcutta on 24 August 1801, bound for England. Experiment was at Culpee on 29 September, reached Saint Helena on 4 January 1802, and arrived at Deptford on 27 March.[4]

Fate: Experiment is listed in the 1807 volume of Lloyd's Register with Farmer, master, Gillet & Co. owner, and trade London—India.[5] She was lost in 1807.[3] She appears for the last time in the 1808 volume of Lloyd's Register with unchanged information.

Citations and references[]

Citations

  1. ^ Mathison & Mason (1802), p.71.
  2. ^ Hackman (2001), p.231.
  3. ^ a b Phipps (1840), pp.98 & 138.
  4. ^ British Library: Experiment (3).
  5. ^ Lloyd's Register. Seq. №E379.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0905617967
  • House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1814), Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping. (H.M. Stationery Office)
  • Mathison, John. & Alexander W. Mason (1802) A new oriental register and East-India directory for 1802: Containing complete lists of the company's servants, civil, military and marine ... together with lists of the Europeans mariners ... . (London: Black’s & Parry)
  • 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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