Experiment (1800 ship)
Experiment was built at Calcutta in 1800, and was lost in 1807. In between she made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC).
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Experiment |
| Owner: | 1802: Lambert, Ross & Co.[1] |
| Builder: | Gillett & Co., Calcutta |
| Fate: | Lost 1807 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 475,[2] or 500[3] (bm) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
EIC voyage: Captain John Palmer left Calcutta on 24 August 1801, bound for England. Experiment was at Culpee on 29 September, reached Saint Helena on 4 January 1802, and arrived at Deptford on 27 March.[4]
Fate: Experiment is listed in the 1807 volume of Lloyd's Register with Farmer, master, Gillet & Co. owner, and trade London—India.[5] She was lost in 1807.[3] She appears for the last time in the 1808 volume of Lloyd's Register with unchanged information.
Citations and references
Citations
- Mathison & Mason (1802), p.71.
- Hackman (2001), p.231.
- Phipps (1840), pp.98 & 138.
- British Library: Experiment (3).
- Lloyd's Register. Seq. №E379.
References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0905617967
- 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)
- Mathison, John. & Alexander W. Mason (1802) A new oriental register and East-India directory for 1802: Containing complete lists of the company's servants, civil, military and marine ... together with lists of the Europeans mariners ... . (London: Black’s & Parry)
- Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta), (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).
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