History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Admiral Gambier |
Namesake | Admiral Gambier |
Owner | Buckles and Co.[1] |
Builder | Simon Temple,[2] Temple shipbuilders, Jarrow, South Shields |
Launched | 24 September 1807 |
Fate | Wrecked on 20 June 1817 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 500,[2] or 50075⁄94[1] (bm) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Admiral Gambier was launched on 24 September 1807 for J. W. Buckle & Company. She made two trips to Australia as a convict transport and one trip from China to Britain for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was wrecked in 1817.