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'WALTHAMSTOW'

Built by:Randall & Brent at Rotherhithe.
Yard No.
Launched:13th December 1799
Tonnage:871 71/94
Length:118' 7"
Breadth:36' 2"
Depth:14' 9"
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Built for:Robert Wigram.
Other info:Guns. 30 Crew. 100.
History:8th August 1798. Robert Wigram accepted tender of £19 • 10 · 0 per ton.
17th March 1800. Sailed to the St. Helena and Bengal, Captain William Taylor Money.
17th June 1801. Arrived back at her moorings.
6th March 1802. Sailed for the Coromandel Coast and Bengal, Captain William Agnew.
28th April 1803. Arrived back at her moorings.
8th May 1804. Sailed for Ceylon and Bombay, Captain Donald MacLeod.
12th September 1805. Arrived back at her moorings.
Robert Wigram Knighted.
22nd December 1805. Due to sail to Gravesend and stay there for 30 days then proceed to the Downs.
4th March 1806. Sailed for St. Helena and Bengal, Captain Donald MacLeod.
9th September 1807. Arrived back at her moorings.
17th September 1808. Sailed for Madras and Bengal, Captain Thomas Jones.
9th July 1810. Arrived back at her moorings.
June 1810 – June 1815. Robert Wigram held 7/16 shares.
30th May 1811. Sailed from London for Bengal.
17th May 1813. Arrived in London.
1st June 1814. Sold at Lloyd’s Coffee House for breaking up.
1815. Dividend paid to Henry L. Wigram.


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