Thomas Henchman (1802 ship)
Thomas Henchman was launched in 1802 at Calcutta as a "country ship", that is, a merchant vessel trading in the East Indies, but not between India and England. She was wrecked in 1811 while preparing to participate in a British invasion of Java.
Name: | Thomas Henchman |
Owner: | |
Builder: | M. Smith, Howrah, Calcutta[3] |
Launched: | 1802[3] |
Fate: | Wrecked July 1811 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen: | 500,[3] or 517,[4] or 520,[1] or 600[2] (bm) |
In 1809 William Hodges was captain of Thomas Henchman.[2]
Thomas Henchman was to participate as one of the transports in the British reduction of Java,[4] under the auspices of Lord Minto.
Thomas Henchman was burned,[3] or wrecked on a reef in the Strait of Malacca in July 1811.[5]
Citations and references
Citations
- East-India register and directory (1803), p.99.
- Reports... (1809), p. 242.
- Phipps (1840), p. 100.
- Select... (1814), p. 655.
- "FROM AN INDIA GAZETTE". Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 12 December 1812.
References
- 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)
- Reports and Papers on the Impolicy of Employing Indian Built Ships in the Trade of the East-India Company, and of Admitting Them to British Registry: With Observation on Its Injurious Consequences to the Landed and Shipping Interests, and to the Numerous Branches of Trade Dependent on the Building and Equipment of British-built Ships (1809), (Blacks and Parry).
- 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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