Clyde (1802 ship)

Clyde was launched at Calcutta in 1802 and cost sicca rupees 76,000 to build. Captain George McCall sailed her from Calcutta on 18 February 1802, bound for London. She reached Saint Helena on 12 May, and arrived at Blackwall on 22 July.[3] She was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 5 August 1802.[5] Clyde enters Lloyd's Register in 1802 with G. McCall, master.[6] Clyde was lost in 1804 on a voyage to China.[1][Note 1]

For other ships with the same name, see Clyde (ship).

History
Name: Clyde
Builder: J. Gilmore & Co., Calcutta[1][2]
Launched: 26 January 1802[2]
Fate: Lost 1804[1]
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 600,[1][3] or 602,[2] or 620[4] (bm)
Propulsion: Sail
Notes: Three decks; teak-built

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. By one account a French privateer captured her in 1809 off Sumatra,[2] but that account is in error. The captured Clyde was of 310 tons (bm).

Citations

  1. Phipps (1840), pp. 99 & 139.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 228.
  3. Clyde (1) British LIbrary: Clyde (1).
  4. Phipps (1840), p. 130.
  5. Select... (1814), p.87.
  6. Lloyd's Register (1802), "C" Suppl. Seq.№C77.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping, House of Commons, Parliament of Great Britain (1814) Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Petitions Relating to East-India-built Shipping. (His Majesty's Stationery Office).
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