Calcutta (1798 EIC ship)

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

History
Great Britain
NameCalcutta
NamesakeCalcutta
Owner
OperatorBritish East India Company
BuilderWells, Deptford[2]
Launched31 March 1798[2]
FateFoundered 1809
General characteristics
TypeEast Indiaman
Tons burthen819,[1] 81952⁄94,[2] or 850[3] (bm)
Length
  • 146 ft 2+1⁄4 in (44.6 m) (overall)
  • 118 ft 9 in (36.2 m) (keel)
Beam36 ft 2+1⁄4 in (11.0 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 9+1⁄4 in (4.5 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement
Armament
  • 1797:20 × 12-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pounder carronades[3]
  • 1803:20 × 12-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pounder carronades[3]
  • 1805:8 × 18-pounder guns[3]
NotesThree decks

Calcutta was launched in 1798 as an East Indiaman. She made four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and disappeared while homeward bound from Bengal on her fifth voyage.

On 5 April 1797 the EIC accepted a tender by Michael Humble for Calcutta. The terms were that the EIC would engage her for six voyages to ports in India or China at a rate of £20 10s per ton for 819 tons. The EIC required that Calcutta be built on the Thames.[4]

  1. ^ a b c British Library: Calcutta (4).
  2. ^ a b c Hackman (2001), p. 76.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Letter of Marque, p.54 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ^ Hardy & Hardy (1811), p. 21, Appendix.