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'PRINCE REGENT'

Built by:Wells, Wigram & Green at Blackwall.
Yard No.147
Launched:29th November 1811
Tonnage:935 28/94
Length:120' 5"
Breadth:38' 7"
Depth:15' 0"
Machinery:Sail
Decks:
Built of:
Type:East Indiaman.
Registered:
Built for:East India Co. Ship's Husband - Henry Bonham.
Other info:Cost £27 per ton = £25,651 + £432 extra.
History:1811 to 1832 Chartered by the East India Co. for 10 voyages.
10th March 1812. Sailed from London. Captain Thomas Herbert Harris, for Madras and Bengal.
13th July 1812. Anchored in Madras Roads.
16th May 1813. Arrived in London.
1814. Sir Robert Wigram held shares in the ship.
10th May 1814. Sailed from London for Madras and Bengal.
15th June 1815. Sailed from St. Helena for England.
22nd August 1815. Arrived in London.
17th April 1816. Sailed from London for Madras and Bengal.
7th May 1817. Arrived in London.
31st March 1918. Sailed from London for Madras and Bengal.
5th May 1819. Arrived in London.
13th March 1820. Sailed from London. Captain John Innes, for Madras and China.
12th June 1821. Arrived in London.
14th May 1822. Sailed from London for Madras and Bengal.
20th March 1823. Due to sail from St. Helena for England.
16th May 1823. Arrived in London.
23rd June 1824. Sailed from London for Bengal.
8th June 1825. Arrived in London.
9th November 1825. Captain Henry Hosmer was sworn in to sail for Madras and Bengal.
17th May 1826. The dispatches for Madras and Bengal was closed at the East India House and delivered to the purser.
17th June 1826. Sailed from London for Madras and Bengal.
24th May 1827. Arrived in London.
12th May 1828. Sailed from London, Captain Thomas Marquis, for Madras and Bengal.
8th February 1829. Arrived in Plymouth from London.
20th June 1829. Arrived in London.
1832. Purchased by Wigram's & Green for £6,500.
14th March 1833. Sailed from London, Captain Richard Aplin, for China.
18th May 1834. Arrived in London.
1838. Sold for breaking up.


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