Thames (1818 ship)

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

History
United Kingdom
NameThames
NamesakeRiver Thames
BuilderJohn Blackett, Poplar, London, for own account[1]
Launched1 October 1818[1]
FateCondemned 1830
General characteristics
Tons burthen347,[2] or 366,[3] or 36683⁄94[1] (bm)
PropulsionSail
Complement28[4]
Armament4 guns[4]

Thames was launched in 1818 as an East Indiaman, trading with India and Ceylon under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She made one voyage transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land. She became leaky and was condemned at Swan River in 1830 as she was sailing to Île de France from having delivered her convicts at Hobart.

  1. ^ a b c Hackman (2001), p. 316.
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  4. ^ a b Henderson (1980), pp. 107–8.