Hastings (1785 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Hastings (East Indiaman).

See also: List of vessels of the Bengal Pilot Service to 1834

History
United Kingdom
Name	Hastings
Namesake	Warren Hastings
Operator	Bengal Pilot Service
Builder	Bombay Dockyard, India
Launched	1785 [1] [2] or 1787, [3]
Fate	Sold 1818 [1]
United Kingdom
Name	Hastings
Acquired	1818 by purchase
Fate	Burnt 1823
General characteristics
Tons burthen	170 [3] (bm)
Sail plan	Brig

Hastings was a brig that the Bombay Dockyard launched in 1785 or 1787 for the Bengal Pilot Service. ^[1] In 1818, the EIC sold her to local buyers. ^[2] Alternatively, in May 1818 she was converted to a buoy vessel; in 1819 she appeared as a buoy vessel on a list of pilot vessels at Calcutta with J.F. Twisden, master. ^[4] She was sold on 11 October 1820. A fire destroyed her on the night of 17 April 1823, ^[5] while she was at Pulau Pasang, off Padang. ^[2]

Citations

1. Wadia (1986), p. 334.
2. Hackman (2001), p. 332.
3. Phipps (1840), p. 132.
4. East-India register and directory (1819), p.120.
5. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia (Parbury, Allen, & Co.; January 1824), p.97.

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.
• Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay.