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Dorsetshire | 29332 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 32 | E-WIKI | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 1.3.1800 | E-WIKI | |
| First Commissioned | 1800 | EICS | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | E-WIKI | |
| Shipyard | Deptford Green - Deptford - Barnards' Thames Yards | IORMAR | |
| Constructor | William Barnard (c.1776-1805) | IORMAR | |
| Category | Merchant | E-WIKI | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | ||
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | ||
| Broken Up | bef.6.1827 | E-WIKI | |
Built by Barnard 1799, 3 decks, 4in bottom, length 165ft 1½in, keel 133ft 11in, breadth 41ft ¾in, hold 17ft, wing transom 26ft 3½in, port cell 29ft 3in, waist 3ft 10½in, between decks 6ft 4in & 6ft 6in, roundhouse 6ft 5in, ports 14 middle & upper, deck range 94ft 4in, 16 guns, 110 crew, 1201 tons.
Principal Managing Owner: Robert Williams.
Voyages:
(1) 1799/1800 China. Capt John Ramsden. Torbay 27 May 1800 - 12 Aug Rio de Janeiro - 21 Feb 1801 Whampoa - 7 May Second Bar - 21 Sep St Helena - 7 Dec Long Reach. Assisted in capture of French ship 5 Aug 1800.
(2) 1802/3 China. Capt Robert Hunter Brown. Downs 27 Apr 1803 - 3 Sep Whampoa - 25 Nov Second Bar - left China 6 Feb 1804 - 19 Feb Malacca - 1 Mar Penang - 9 Jun St Helena - 14 Aug Long Reach.
(3) 1804/5 Madras, Bengal and China. Capt Robert Hunter Brown. Portsmouth 25 Apr 1805 - 23 Aug Madras - 16 Sep Saugor - 13 Nov Penang - 2 Dec Malacca - 1 Feb 1806 Whampoa - 17 Mar Second Bar - 12 Aug St Helena - 3 Nov Long Reach.
(4) 1807/8 Madras and China. Capt Robert Hunter Brown. Portsmouth 5 Mar 1808 - 31 May Cape - 5 Aug Madras - 4 Oct Whampoa - 3 Feb 1809 Second Bar - 31 Mar Penang - 10 Jul St Helena - 14 Sep Long Reach.
(5) 1810/1 Bombay and China. Capt Robert Hunter Brown. Torbay 12 May 1811 - 5 Sep Bombay - 22 Dec Batavia - 8 Mar 1812 Whampoa - 29 Mar Second Bar - 23 Jul St Helena - 25 Oct Long Reach.
(6) 1813/4 China. Capt Nathaniel Turner. Portsmouth 9 Apr 1814 - 9 Sep Whampoa - 27 Dec Second Bar - 17 Apr 1815 St Helena - 2 Jul Long Reach.
(7) 1816/7 China. Capt Nathaniel Turner. Portsmouth 20 Apr 1817 - 9 Sep Whampoa - 26 Oct Second Bar - 20 Feb 1818 St Helena - 27 Apr Long Reach.
(8) 1819/20 St Helena and China. Capt Samuel Lyde. Downs 15 Mar 1820 - 18 May St Helena - 9 Oct Whampoa - 2 Feb 1821 Second Bar - 13 May St Helena - 25 Jul Long Reach.
(9) 1821/2 Bengal. Capt Samuel Lyde. Downs 12 Jun 1822 - 15 Oct New Anchorage - left Bengal 11 Jan 1823 - 7 Mar St Helena - 3 May Gravesend.