Thomas Henchman (1802 ship)

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NameThomas Henchman
Owner
  • 1803:Archer & Smith [1]
  • 1809:Forbes & Co. [2]
BuilderM. Smith, Howrah, Calcutta [3]
Launched1802 [3]
FateWrecked July 1811
General characteristics
Tons burthen500, [3] or 517, [4] or 520, [1] or 600 [2] (bm)

Thomas Henchman was launched in 1802 at Calcutta as a "country ship", that is, a merchant vessel trading in the East Indies, but not between India and England. She was wrecked in 1811 while preparing to participate in a British invasion of Java.

In 1809 William Hodges was captain of Thomas Henchman. [2]

Thomas Henchman was to participate as one of the transports in the British reduction of Java, [4] under the auspices of Lord Minto.

Thomas Henchman was burned, [3] or wrecked on a reef in the Strait of Malacca in July 1811. [5]

Citations

  1. 1 2 East-India register and directory (1803), p.99.
  2. 1 2 3 Anon. (1809), p. 242.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Phipps (1840), p. 100.
  4. 1 2 House of Commons (1814), p. 655.
  5. "FROM AN INDIA GAZETTE". Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 12 December 1812.

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