Trial (1780 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
NameTrial
BuilderCalcutta
Launched1780
Captured9 November 1797
General characteristics
Tons burthen160,[1][2] or 1603⁄94[3] (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 73 ft 8 in (22.5 m)
  • Keel: 56 ft 10+1⁄2 in (17.3 m), breadth 23ft, hold 7ft 4in,
Beam23 ft 7 in (7.2 m) hold 7ft 4in,
Depth of hold7 ft 4 in (2.2 m)

Trial (or Tryal, or Trial Packet) was launched at Calcutta as a packet for the British East India Company. She made two voyages to England. In 1782 she narrowly escaped being seized by mutineers. After her return to Calcutta in 1786 she became a pilot schooner for the Bengal Pilot Service. A French privateer captured her in 1797.

  1. ^ Phipps (1840), p. 132.
  2. ^ British Library: Trial (2).
  3. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 245.