Creole (1812 ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Creole
Builder	Michael Smith, Calcutta [1] [2]
Launched	1812 [1] [2]
Fate	Wrecked 1816 [1]
General characteristics
Tons burthen	230, [1] or 232 [1] [2] (bm)

Creole was launched in 1812 at Calcutta. She sailed between India and Mauritius and India and South East Asia. She was wrecked at Java in 1816.

Fate:Lloyd's List reported on 11 March 1817 that Creole, of Calcutta, was wrecked on the island of Gilion (or Galion; now Pulau Giliyang, Java), but that her was crew saved. ^[3] The loss may have occurred in February 1816. ^[1]

Citations

1. Phipps (1840), pp. 104 & 142.
2. Hackman (2001), p. 266.
3. Lloyd’s List №5158.

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.