Scaleby Castle (1798 EIC ship)

The East Indiamen Minerva, Scaleby Castle and Charles Grant; Thomas Whitcombe, 1820 - National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
History
Great Britain
NameScaleby Castle
NamesakeScaleby Castle
Owner
BuilderJamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia, Bombay Dockyard
Launched13 August 1798[1]
FateSold 1816
East India Company Ensign United Kingdom
NameScaleby Castle
OwnerBritish East India Company
Acquired1816
FateSold 1835
United Kingdom civil ensignUnited Kingdom
NameScaleby Castle
Owner
  • 1835:Henry Templer
  • 1835:James Walkinshaw
Acquired1835 by purchase
FateLast listed 1841; sold 1847 for a hulk
General characteristics
Tons burthen1216[2] or 1237,[3] or 1237794,[4] or 12412794,[1] or 1242,[5] or 1256 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:163 ft 6+12 in (49.8 m)
  • Keel:131 ft 10+12 in (40.2 m)
Beam42 ft 1 in (12.8 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
Armament
  • 1799:26 × 24-pounder guns[3]
  • 1806:38 × 12&24-pounder guns[3][a]
  • 1811:38 × 12&18-pounder guns[3]
NotesThree decks

Scaleby Castle was launched in 1798 at Bombay. She made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) under charter. At the end of the first she changed to British Registry. Her owners sold her in 1806 to William Moffat, who then entered into a four-voyage contract with the EIC as a regular ship. The EIC purchased Scaleby Castle outright in 1816. She proceeded to make 10 more voyages for the EIC. In all, she made 17 voyages for the EIC, a record. In 1833-35 the EIC ended its commercial activities and sold its vessels. New owners continued to sail Scaleby Castle to China and India. She was last listed in 1841. In 1847 her owners sold her as a hulk.


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