Abercromby (1795 ship)

History
Name: Abercromby
Owner: Fairlie & Co.[1]
Port of registry:
Builder: George Foreman & Nathaniel Bacon, Calcutta[1]
Launched: 1795[1]
Fate: Wrecked 29 July 1812
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 615,[1] or 670[2] (bm)
Propulsion: Sail

Abercromby (or Abercrombie) was launched at Calcutta in 1795. She made one voyage from Bengal to England for the British East India Company. She wrecked in 1812.

Career

Captain John Gilmore sailed from Calcutta, passing Kedgeree on 1 February 1796. Abercromby reached Saint Helena on 23 April and Falmouth on 21 June, before arriving at Blackwall on 18 July Blackwall.[3]

Abercromby was admitted to the Registries of Great Britain on 26 August 1796.[4] The bill for fitting out while in London, dated 1 October 1796, was £1091 4s 8d.[5]

She first appears in Lloyd's Register for 1796 with L. Betts, master, "Farly", owner, and trade London—India.[6] Lloyd's Register for 1797 corrects Farly to Fairlie, and her trade to London-East Indies..[2]

The British government mounted an expedition against Manila in 1797-8. Abercrombie was one of the vessels that participated as a transport.[7]

Fate

Lloyd's List reported that Abercrombie was lost in the Karimata Strait, Dutch East Indies, in 1812. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Canton, China.[8]

However, the wreck apparently occurred on 29 July at "Abercromby Reef" (named for the wreckage visible for some years later), in Gaspar Strait at about 2°29′S 107°30′E / 2.483°S 107.500°E / -2.483; 107.500.[9]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hackman (2001), p.220.
  2. 1 2 [ Lloyd's Register (1797), Seq. №10.]
  3. ↑ British Library: Abercromby.
  4. ↑ House (1814), p.86.
  5. ↑ House (1814), p.613.
  6. ↑ Lloyd's Register (1796), Sup. "A".
  7. ↑ House (1814), p.105.
  8. ↑ "Marine List". Lloyd's List (4771). 18 May 1813.
  9. ↑ Wright (1834), Vol. 1, P.13.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0905617967
  • Wright, George Newham (1834) A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer, Volume 1. (T. Kelly).
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