Prince Regent (1811 EIC ship)

History
United Kingdom
Owner
BuilderWells, Wigram & Green, Blackwall[1]
CostCost £27 per ton = £25,651 + £432 extra[1]
Launched29 November 1811
FateBroken up 1838
General characteristics
Tons burthen953,[2] or 9534894,[3] or 1036[4] (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 149 ft 6+34 in (45.6 m)
  • Keel: 149 ft 6+34 in (45.6 m)
Beam38 ft 7 in (11.8 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 0 in (4.6 m)
Complement120[4]
Armament32 × 18-pounder guns[4]

Prince Regent was launched at Blackwall in 1811. She made ten voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1811 and 1834 to India and China. She made one more voyage to China after the end of the EIC's trading activities in 1833, and was broken up in 1838.

  1. ^ a b Wells, Wigram & Green: Prince Regent.
  2. ^ British Library: Prince Regent.
  3. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 175.
  4. ^ a b c "Letter of Marque, p.82 – Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.