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'CATHERINE'

Built by:Wells, Wigram & Green, at Blackwall.
Yard No.173
Launched:28th January 1819
Tonnage:522 8/94
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Breadth:9' 5"
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Built for:Henry Blanshard.
Other info:Cost £17 per ton = £8,535 + £755 & £115 extra.
History:1820-1829. In private trade to India as a licensed ship.
Chartered by the East India Co. as an extra ship between 1819 to 1832 for three voyages.
22nd April 1819. Sailed from London, Captain William Knox, for Madras.
16th February 1820. Arrived in London.
24th June 1829. Sailed from London for Bengal.
22nd May 1830. Arrived in London.
10th August 1833. Sailed from London, Captain Bernard Fenn, for Bengal.
8th June 1834. Arrived in London.
1833. Sold to Captain Bernard Fenn.
1843. Lost at sea.


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