Earl of Mornington (1766 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Earl of Mornington (ship).

History
Great Britain
NameEarl of Mornington
NamesakeEarl of Mornington
OwnerAbbott & Co.[1]
BuilderBombay Dockyard
Launched1766[1]
General characteristics
Tons burthen500[1][2] or 600[3](bm)
PropulsionSail
Complement80[2]
Armament
  • 10 × 6-pounder guns,[1]
  • or 12 x 6 & 12-pounder guns[2]

Earl of Mornington (or Earl Mornington), was a merchant vessel of 500 tons burthen (bm) built at Bombay Dockyard of teak and launched in 1766 or 1768. She made three voyages under charter to the British East India Company (EIC) under the command of captain Benjamin Ferguson. She does not appear in Lloyd's Register until 1804 and no longer appears in either Lloyd's Register or in the Register of Shipping in 1810.

  1. ^ a b c d Lloyd's Register, 1804.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference LoM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference EIRD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).