Alexander (1812 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Alexander (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Builder	Michael Smith at Howrah, Calcutta
Launched	1812
Fate	Lost 1835, [1] or 1837
General characteristics
Tons burthen	49288⁄94, [2] or 534 [1] (bm)

Alexander was a country ship (i.e., she traded east of the Cape of Good Hope) launched in 1812. She was lost in 1835.

Career

Although Alexander appears in a compendium of vessels that traded between the United Kingdom and India under a license from the British East India Company, ^[2] there is no record of such a voyage or voyages in Lloyd's Register . She did appear in various issues of the East-India register and directory.

Year	Master	Owner
1819	B.Roger	Sayed Saduck
1824	Robert Dickie	J.Gilmore & Co.
1827	W.Clark	J.Gilmore & Co.
1828	J.J.Denham	Rustumjee
1829	NA	NA

Fate

Alexander was lost in the China Sea in 1835. ^[1] Another source reports that a country ship named Alexander was lost in 1837 while sailing from China to Singapore. ^[3]

Citations

1. Phipps (1840), p. 104.
2. Hackman (2001), p. 249.
3. The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1837, a Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, p.276.

References

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN   0-905617-96-7.
• Phipps, John (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.