History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Mercury |
Builder | Hudson & Bacon [1] |
Launched | 1806 |
Fate | Sold 1822 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 277, [1] or 280 [2] ( bm) |
Mercury was launched at Calcutta in 1806.
On 5 April 1807 Mercury Packet, Taylor, master, arrived at Falmouth. She had left Bengal on 24 November 1806 and St Helena on 5 February 1806. [3] [a] Mercury Packet arrived at Gravesend on 13 April. She sailed for India on 12 April.
In 1819 her owners were Fairlie & Co., and her master was J.J.R.Bowman. [5] In November 1818 the British East India Company's (EIC) hired armed ship Mercury, Captain John James Robson Bowman, sailed with the expedition to the Straits of Malacca under Stamford Raffles. [b] She then participated in the occupation of Singapore. Her charter expired in February 1819. Mercury was sold at Java in 1822. [2]
History | |
---|---|
United Kingdom | |
Name | Mercury |
Builder | Hudson & Bacon [1] |
Launched | 1806 |
Fate | Sold 1822 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 277, [1] or 280 [2] ( bm) |
Mercury was launched at Calcutta in 1806.
On 5 April 1807 Mercury Packet, Taylor, master, arrived at Falmouth. She had left Bengal on 24 November 1806 and St Helena on 5 February 1806. [3] [a] Mercury Packet arrived at Gravesend on 13 April. She sailed for India on 12 April.
In 1819 her owners were Fairlie & Co., and her master was J.J.R.Bowman. [5] In November 1818 the British East India Company's (EIC) hired armed ship Mercury, Captain John James Robson Bowman, sailed with the expedition to the Straits of Malacca under Stamford Raffles. [b] She then participated in the occupation of Singapore. Her charter expired in February 1819. Mercury was sold at Java in 1822. [2]