Marquis Cornwallis (1789 ship)

Marquis Cornwallis (1793) by Frans Balthazar Solvyns[1]
History
Great Britain
NameMarquis Cornwallis
NamesakeCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
OwnerLennox & Co.
BuilderMichael Hogan & Gabriel Gillett, Calcutta[2]
Launched1789, or 1791[2][3]
FateLast listed in Lloyd's Register in 1806
General characteristics [4]
Tons burthen586, or 634,[5] or 654,[3][6][7] (bm)
Length121 feet 0 inches (36.9 m) (overall); 95 feet 8 inches (29.2 m)
Beam33 feet 11+12 inches (10.4 m)
Depth of hold17 feet 0 inches (5.2 m)
Complement40[5]
Armament14 × 6-pounder guns,[5] or 16 × 6-pounder guns[3][a]

Marquis Cornwallis was a merchantman built in Calcutta in 1789 or 1791. She made one voyage transporting convicts in 1796 from Ireland to Australia. The voyage was marred by mutiny that resulted in the death of 11 convicts. Marquis Cornwallis then made a voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) as an "extra ship", sailing from India back to Britain.

  1. ^ "Item 02: [Portrait of Il Netunno, later Marquis Cornwallis, under sail / oil painting by] F.B. Solvyns, 1793". State Library of NSW.
  2. ^ a b Hackman (2001), p. 237.
  3. ^ a b c Lloyd's Register (1799).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference BL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b c Letter of Marque, 1793-1815; p.75 Archived 2015-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Bateson (1959), pp. 131–4.
  7. ^ House of Commons (1814), p. 86.


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