Fame (1816 ship)
Fame was built in 1816 at Calcutta. She traded between Britain and India and was wrecked in 1822.
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| Name: | Fame |
| Builder: | J.S. Scott, Fort Gloster, Calcutta,[1][2] or Budge Budge[3] |
| Launched: | 1816[1][2] |
| Captured: | Wrecked July 1822 |
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| Tons burthen: | 629,[1][2] or 637[3] (bm) |
She was listed as being registered at Calcutta in 1819 with W. Eastgate, master, and Palmer & Co., owners.[3] Lloyd's Register (LR) for 1822 showed her with Eastgate, master, Paxton & Co., owners, and trade London–Calcutta.[4]
On 14 June 1822, Fame, Clark, master, wrecked at Sea Point, Table Bay, on passage from Calcutta and Madras for London.[1] Four passengers, four seamen, and some invalided soldiers drowned.[5]
Citations and references
Citations
- Phipps (1840), p. 107.
- Hackman (2001), p. 276.
- East-India register and directory (1819), p.133.
- LR (1822), Seq.№F51.
- Lloyd's List №5728.]
References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- 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.
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