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'ROCKINGHAM'

Built by:John Perry at Blackwall.
Yard No.95
Launched:2nd November 1785
Tonnage:798 89/94
Length:116' 2"
Breadth:35' 11"
Depth:10"14'
Machinery:Sail
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Built for:Sir. Richard Holtham
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History:13th March 1786. Sailed from London for Bombay, Captain John Atkinson Blanshard.
12th August 1787. Arrived back in London.
3rd January 1789. Sail from the Downs for the Coromandel Coast and China.
24th May 1790. Arrived back in London.
1790/1. Sold to Walter Powell.
2nd January 1792. Sailed from London for Bombay and China.
19th January 1793. Arrived back in London.
1793. Sold to Robert Wigram. Bought from Walter Powell.
16th October 1793. Hon. Hugh Lindsay was sworn in as commander.
2nd May 1794. Sailed from London for the Coromandel Coast and Bengal.
29th November 1795. Arrived in London.
27th June 1796. Sailed from London, for the Coromandel Coast and Bengal.
18th December 1797. Arrived back in London.
1st March 1798. Edward Harriman was sworn in as commander.
8th June 1798. Sailed from London, Edward Harriman, Captain, for Bombay.
17th July 1799. Arrived back in London.
17th March 1800. Robert Wigram accepted tender for £25 • 14s per ton.
27th May 1800. Sailed from Torbay, Thomas Butler, Captain, for the Coromandel Coast and Bengal.
8th June 1801. Floated off a shoal in the Red Sea in the night.
12th June 1802. Arrived back in London.
1802. Sold for breaking up.


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