Indian Trader (1819 ship)

Indian Trader was launched in July 1819. She was lost in May 1822 at Tauman, on the west coast of Sumatra.[1] Lloyd's List reported that she was driven on shore on 14 May at Trumoon Beach and totally lost. She had been carrying a cargo of pepper for the Bencoolen Government of account of the British East India Company (EIC). Her crew was saved.[3] A slightly fuller account states that a squall upset her and drove her aground. She had been carrying 6000 peculs of pepper for the account of the EIC, the Bencoolen government having chartered her to collect it. The same account states that one sick lascar died in the wreck.[4]

For other ships with the same name, see Indian Trader (ship).
History
United Kingdom
Name: Indian Trader
Builder: J. Thomas, Howrah by Calcutta[1]
Launched: 19 July 1819
Fate: Lost 1822
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 294,[2] or 494[1] (bm)
Propulsion: Sail

One source appears to conflate this Indian Trader with the 1791 Indian Trader as it states that after she was abandoned to the underwriters she was salvaged, repaired, and sold to J. Somes & Co.[5] In 1823 Somes did purchase an Indian Trader from "Ewart", but this was the 1791 Indian Trader.

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Phipps (1840), p. 109.
  2. Phipps (1840), p. 121.
  3. Lloyd's List №5766.
  4. Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Vol. 15, February 1823, p.190. (Wm. H. Allen & Company).
  5. Hackman (2001), p. 285.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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 ... Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) (Scott).
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