Experiment (1800 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	Experiment
Owner	1802: Lambert, Ross & Co. [1]
Builder	Gillett & Co., Calcutta
Fate	Lost 1807
General characteristics
Tons burthen	475, [2] or 500 [3] (bm)
Propulsion	Sail

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. Phipps (1840), pp. 98 & 138.
4. British Library: Experiment (3).
5. Lloyd's Register. Seq. №E379.

References

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN   0-905617-96-7.
• Mathison, John; Mason, Alexander W., eds. (1802). A new oriental register and East-India directory for 1802: Containing complete lists of the company's servants, civil, military and marine ... together with lists of the Europeans mariners ... London: Black & Perry.
• 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.