Calcutta (ship)

Several ships have been named Calcutta for the Indian city of Calcutta:

  • Calcutta (1794 ship) was launched at Calcutta and sailed to Great Britain with a cargo for the EIC. She was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 29 August 1799. Possibly lost in 1801 on expedition to the Red Sea.
  • Calcutta (1798 EIC ship) was launched an East Indiaman. She made four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and disappeared on her fifth voyage while homeward bound from Bengal.
  • Calcutta (1817 ship) was launched at Chester. She was a general trader and in her early years traded with India, sailing under a license from the EIC. She suffered a maritime mishap in 1833, but then traded for another 20+ years until she was last listed in 1857 with stale data.
  • Calcutta (1874 ship) was a three-masted sailing ship launched at Quebec. She wrecked the very next year.

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