Fame (1816 ship)

Fame was built in 1816 at Calcutta. She traded between Britain and India and was wrecked in 1822.

History
United Kingdom
Name: Fame
Builder: J.S. Scott, Fort Gloster, Calcutta,[1][2] or Budge Budge[3]
Launched: 1816[1][2]
Captured: Wrecked July 1822
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 629,[1][2] or 637[3] (bm)

She was listed as being registered at Calcutta in 1819 with W. Eastgate, master, and Palmer & Co., owners.[3] Lloyd's Register (LR) for 1822 showed her with Eastgate, master, Paxton & Co., owners, and trade London–Calcutta.[4]

On 14 June 1822, Fame, Clark, master, wrecked at Sea Point, Table Bay, on passage from Calcutta and Madras for London.[1] Four passengers, four seamen, and some invalided soldiers drowned.[5]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Phipps (1840), p. 107.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 276.
  3. East-India register and directory (1819), p.133.
  4. LR (1822), Seq.№F51.
  5. Lloyd's List №5728.]

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • 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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