Experiment (1800 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameExperiment
Owner1802: Lambert, Ross & Co. [1]
BuilderGillett & Co., Calcutta
FateLost 1807
General characteristics
Tons burthen475, [2] or 500 [3] (bm)
PropulsionSail

Experiment was built at Calcutta in 1800, and was lost in 1807. In between, she made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC).

EIC voyage: Captain John Palmer left Calcutta on 24 August 1801, bound for England. Experiment was at Culpee on 29 September, reached Saint Helena on 4 January 1802, and arrived at Deptford on 27 March. [4]

Fate:Experiment was listed in the 1807 volume of Lloyd's Register with Farmer, master, Gillet & Co. owner, and trade London—India. [5] She was lost in 1807. [3] She appeared for the last time in the 1808 volume of Lloyd's Register with unchanged information.

Citations

  1. Mathison & Mason (1802), p. 71.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 231.
  3. 1 2 Phipps (1840), pp. 98 & 138.
  4. British Library: Experiment (3).
  5. Lloyd's Register. Seq. №E379.

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