Template:Infobox ship 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[edit | edit source]
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.[1] 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.
Abercromby was admitted to the Registries of Great Britain on 26 August 1796.[2] The bill for fitting out while in London, dated 1 October 1796, was £1091 4s 8d.[3]
Abercrombie first appeared in Lloyd's Register for 1796 with L. Betts, master, "Farly", owner, and trade London—India.[4] Lloyd's Register for 1797 corrected Farly to Fairlie, and her trade to London-East Indies.[5]
The British government prepared an expedition against Manila in 1797-8 that it cancelled. Abercrombie was one of the vessels chartered as a transport.[6]
Fate[edit | edit source]
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.[7]
The wreck reportedly 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.[8]
Citations[edit | edit source]
- ↑ British Library: Abercromby.
- ↑ House of Commons (1814), p. 86.
- ↑ House of Commons (1814), p. 613.
- ↑ Lloyd's Register (1796), Sup. "A".
- ↑ Lloyd's Register (1797), Seq. №10.
- ↑ House of Commons (1814), p. 105.
- ↑ "Marine List". Lloyd's List (4771). 18 May 1813.
- ↑ Wright (1834), p. 13.
References[edit | edit source]
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- 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.
- Wright, George Newham (1834). A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer. Vol. 1. T. Kelly.