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'''''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.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Captain John Gilmore sailed from Calcutta, passing [[Khejuri II#Khijri|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.<ref name=BL>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS045-001114486 British Library: ''Abercromby''.]</ref> She carried rice on behalf of the British government which was importing grain to address high prices for wheat in Britain following a poor harvest.<br />
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{{See also|Transport vessels for the British Government's importation of rice from Bengal (1795–1796)}}<br />
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''Abercromby'' was admitted to the Registries of Great Britain on 26 August 1796.{{sfnp|House of Commons|1814|p=86}} The bill for fitting out while in London, dated 1 October 1796, was [[£sd|£]]1091 4[[shilling|s]] 8[[pence|d]].{{sfnp|House of Commons|1814|p=613}}<br />
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''Abercrombie'' first appeared in ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' for 1796 with L. Betts, master, "Farly", owner, and trade London—India.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015004281229?urlappend=%3Bseq=40 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1796), Sup. "A".]</ref> ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1797 corrected Farly to Fairlie, and her trade to London-East Indies.<ref name=LR1797>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015004281278?urlappend=%3Bseq=10 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1797), Seq. №10.]</ref><br />
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The British government prepared an expedition against Manila in 1797-8 that it cancelled. ''Abercrombie'' was one of the vessels chartered as a transport.{{sfnp|House of Commons|1814|p=105}}<br />
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{{See also|Transport vessels for the cancelled British attack on Manila (1797)}}<br />
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==Fate==<br />
''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]], [[Company rule in India|India]] to Canton, [[Qing dynasty|China]].<ref name=LL180513>{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105232912;view=1up;seq=87 |title=Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=4771 |date=18 May 1813 }}</ref><br />
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The wreck reportedly occurred on 29 July at "Abercromby Reef" (named for the wreckage visible for some years later), in [[Gaspar Strait]] at about {{coord|2|29|S|107|30|E}}.{{sfnp|Wright|1834|p=13}}<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book |last=Hackman |first=Rowan |date=2001 |title=Ships of the East India Company |location=Gravesend, Kent |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=0-905617-96-7 }}<br />
* {{cite book |author=((House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain)) |year=1814 |title=Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |ref={{SfnRef|House of Commons|1814}}}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=George Newham |year=1834 |title=A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer |volume=1 |publisher=T. Kelly}}<br />
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{{1812 shipwrecks}}<br />
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