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'''''Caledonia''''' was launched at Calcutta in 1795. She may have served as a transport in a British expedition to Ceylon and the Moluccas in 1795. She then made three voyages to England for the British [[East India Company]] (EIC). She was trading in India in 1803 when a fire destroyed her, with great loss of life.<br />
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==Career==<br />
A ''Caledonia'' appears on a list of country ships that participated in expeditions to Ceylon or the Moluccas in 1795–1796.{{Sfnp|House of Commons|1814|p=654}}<br />
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'''EIC voyage #1 (1796–1797):''' Captain Alexander Ballantyne and ''Caledonia'' left Calcutta and were at [[Sagar Island|Saugor]] on 25 May 1796. She reached the [[Cape of Good Hope]] on 29 September and arrived at [[Saint Helena|St Helena]] on 28 October. She reached Lisbon on 14 January 1797 and arrived at [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|The Downs]] on 8 April.<ref name=BL>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS045-001114697 British Library: ''Caledonia''.]</ref> She appears in supplemental pages in ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' for 1797 with Bannatyne, master, Gilmore, owner, and trade London−India.<ref name=LR1797>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015004281278?urlappend=%3Bseq=85 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1797).]</ref><br />
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''Caledonia'' was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 16 May 1797.{{Sfnp|House of Commons|1814|p=86}} On 27 July she paid [[£sd|£]]2927 3[[shilling|s]] 10[[pence|d]] for outfitting for her return voyage.{{Sfnp|House of Commons|1814|pp=613–614}}<br />
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'''EIC voyage #2 (1800):''' Captain George Thomas sailed from Bengal on 2 January 1800. ''Caledonia'' reached St Helena on 19 March and arrived at Long Reach on 2 June.<ref name=BL/> The cost, paid on 22 September, for her fitting for her return voyage was £3140 18s 5d.{{Sfnp|House of Commons|1814|pp=613–614}}<br />
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'''EIC voyage #3 (1801–1802):''' Captain Thomas was at Calcutta on 18 June 1801. ''Caledonia'' left Bengal on 11 September, reached the Cape on 20 December and St Helena on 3 February 1802, and arrived at Greenhithe on 17 April.<ref name=BL/> Fitting out for the return voyage this time cost £5540 10s, and was paid on 8 July.{{Sfnp|House of Commons|1814|pp=613–614}} She sailed on 4 August for Calcutta and returned to coastal trade in India.{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=226}}<br />
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==Loss==<br />
On 18 May 1803 ''Caledonia'', George Thomas, master, left [[Balasore Roads]] on a voyage to Bombay. On 29 July a fire broke out and she exploded before all could leave her. Eighty-six people died out of 157, including the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Officers. Next day her longboat landed 57 survivors at [[Versova, Mumbai]].<ref>''Annual Register'' (1805), pp.180-19.</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book |last=Hackman |first=Rowan |year=2001 |title=Ships of the East India Company |location=Gravesend, Kent |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=0-905617-96-7 }}<br />
* {{cite book |editor-last1=Mathison |editor-first1=John |editor2-first=Alexander W. |editor2-last=Mason |year=1802 |title=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 ... |location=London |publisher=Black & Perry}}<br />
*''New Annual Register, Or, General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1804'' (1805). (G.J. and J. Robinson). <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 />
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