Bangalore was built at Calcutta in 1792 and took on British registry in 1797 after having made a voyage from Bengal to London under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). She then traded between London and India. She was wrecked in 1802 in the Flores Sea.
 Loss of the Bangalore, Capt Lynch, on a Coral Reef in the Indian Sea, Thomas Tegg, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Banglore |
| Namesake | Bangalore |
| Owner | Tullock (or Tulloch) & Co. |
| Builder | G. Gillett, Calcutta[1] |
| Launched | 1792 |
| Fate | Wrecked 12 April 1802 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 206,[2][1] or 291,[3][4] or 298,[5] or 400[6] (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament | 10 × 6-pounder guns[7] |
Career edit
On 20 August 1792 Bangalore was under the command of Captain Wilson when a heavy gale drove her across the tail of the Saugor Sand. Charts that accurately described water depths enabled Wilson to navigate into Channel Creek and then to safety in Randall's Cove.[8]
Under the command of Captain James Frayer, Bangalore was at Calcutta on 15 February 1796 and left Bengal on 22 March. She reached Saint Helena on 4 July and Crookhaven on 27 November, before arriving at Blackwall on 17 December.
Bangalore was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 17 February 1797.[4] She entered Lloyd's Register in 1798 with J. Friar, master, and Tullock, owner.[7]
One record has Bangalore sailing to Bengal and return between 16 January 1797 and 19 December 1798.[5]
The New Oriental Register... in 1802 gave her master and owner as Francis Lynch.[6]
Fate edit
Bangalore was wrecked on 12 April 1802.[9] She was under the command of Captain Lynch and nine days out from Amboyna. Survivors in the pinnace and jolly boats reached Sourabaya. The Dutch received them kindly and later sent them on to Batavia.[a] The wreck may have occurred on "Jagger's Reef" ("Bangalore Shoal") around 7°40′S 121°13′E / 7.667°S 121.217°E in the Flores Sea.[11]
Although the wreck occurred in 1802, Lloyd's Register carried an (unchanged) entry for her to 1805, and the Register of Shipping did so to 1806.[3]
Notes edit
Citations edit
- ^ a b Phipps (1840), p. 97.
- ^ British Library: Bangalore.
- ^ a b Register of Shipping (1806), Seq.№24.
- ^ a b House of Commons (1814), p. 86.
- ^ a b Hackman (2001), pp. 223–4.
- ^ a b New Oriental Register... (1802), p.70.
- ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1798), Seq. №B410.
- ^ Report... (1806), p.61.
- ^ Mason (1908), p62.
- ^ National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
- ^ Bowditch (1821), p.282, Table XLVYI.
References edit
- Bowditch, Nathaniel (1821) The New American Practical Navigator ... Exemplified in a Journal Kept from Boston to Madeira ...: With an Appendix ....(E.M. Blunt).
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- Mason, Herbert B., ed. (1908) Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping. (Shipping Encyclopaedia).
- New Oriental Register and East India Directory for 1802 (1802). (London: Black's and Parry).
- Phipps, John (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
- House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1814). Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping. H.M. Stationery Office.
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