Roxburgh Castle (1825 ship)

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

The East Indiaman Roxburgh Castle (left), with the ship Sir Edward Paget off Dover, by William John Huggins (1781–1845); National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
History
United Kingdom
NameRoxburgh Castle
NamesakeRoxburgh Castle
OwnerWigrams & Green
Builder
  • 1825:Wigrams & Green, Blackwall[1]
  • 1835:Green & Co.
  • 1839:J.Somes
Launched22 April 1825[1]
FateCondemned c.1841
General characteristics
Tons burthen56581⁄94,[2] or 599,[3] or 59990⁄94[1] or 600[4] (bm)
Length134 ft 3 in (40.9 m)
Beam31 ft 3 in (9.5 m)

Roxburgh Castle was launched by Wigrams & Green, Blackwall, in 1825. She made two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), during the first of which she captured a slave schooner with 125 slaves that she delivered to Sierra Leone. She carried immigrants to New South Wales in 1838–1839. She was condemned as unseaworthy after survey at Mauritius and in 1842 was sold for breaking up.

  1. ^ a b c Hackman (2001), p. 185.
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  3. ^ British Library: Roxburgh Castle.
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