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.

United Kingdom
Name: Thomas Henchman
Owner:
  • 1803:Archer & Smith[1]
  • 1809:Forbes & Co.[2]
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.

Main article: Transport vessels for the British invasion of Java (1811)

Thomas Henchman was burned,[3] or wrecked on a reef in the Strait of Malacca in July 1811.[5]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. East-India register and directory (1803), p.99.
  2. Reports... (1809), p. 242.
  3. Phipps (1840), p. 100.
  4. Select... (1814), p. 655.
  5. "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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