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'WALPOLE'

Built by:Wells, Perry's, & Green at Blackwall.
Yard No.100
Launched:3rd March 1798
Tonnage:823 12/94
Length:118' 11"
Breadth:36' 1"
Depth:14' 9"
Machinery:Sail
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Built for:Michael Humble.
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History:12th January 1797. Owner Michael Humble accepted tender of £23 · 10s per ton.
1797. Sold to Robert Wigram.
29th April 1798. Sailed from London, Captain Corbyn Morris Venner, for China and Madras.
7th February 1800. Arrived back in London.
1800/1. Sold to Robert Anderson.
31st March 1801. Sailed from London for the Coromandel Coast and Bengal.
1st September 1802. Arrived back in London.
1803. Sold to Corbyn M. Venner.
3rd March 1803. Sailed from London for Ceylon and Madras. Captain James Sandilands.
26th March 1804. Arrived back in London.
1804. Sold to George Clark.
8th March 1805. Sailed from London for the Coromandel Coast and Bengal.
22nd July 1806. Arrived back in London.
18th April 1807. Sailed from London for the Coromandel Coast and Bengal.
18th September 1808. Stranded near Margate while inward bound for the Thames and became a total loss.


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