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| Name | Thomas Henchman |
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| Builder | M. Smith, Howrah, Calcutta [1] |
| Launched | 1802 [1] |
| Fate | Wrecked July 1811 |
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| Tons burthen | 500, [1] or 517, [4] or 520, [2] or 600 [3] ( bm) |
Thomas Henchman was launched in 1802 at Calcutta as a "country ship", that is, a merchant vessel trading in the East Indies, but not between India and England. She was wrecked in 1811 while preparing to participate in a British invasion of Java.
In 1809 William Hodges was captain of Thomas Henchman. [3]
Thomas Henchman was to participate as one of the transports in the British reduction of Java, [4] under the auspices of Lord Minto.
Thomas Henchman was burned, [1] or wrecked on a reef in the Strait of Malacca in July 1811. [5]
Citations
- ^ a b c d Phipps (1840), p. 100.
- ^ a b East-India register and directory (1803), p.99.
- ^ a b c Anon. (1809), p. 242.
- ^ a b House of Commons (1814), p. 655.
- ^ "FROM AN INDIA GAZETTE". Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 12 December 1812.
References
- Phipps, John (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.
- Anon. (1809). Reports and Papers on the Impolicy of Employing Indian Built Ships in the Trade of the East-India Company, and of Admitting Them to British Registry: With Observation on Its Injurious Consequences to the Landed and Shipping Interests, and to the Numerous Branches of Trade Dependent on the Building and Equipment of British-built Ships. Blacks and Parry.
- 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.
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