Earl of Mornington (1766 ship)

For other ships of the same name, see Earl of Mornington (ship).
History
United Kingdom
Name: Earl of Mornington
Namesake: Earl of Mornington
Owner: Abbott & Co.[1]
Builder: Bombay Dockyard
Launched: 1766[1]
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 500[1][2] (bm)
Propulsion: Sail
Complement: 80[2]
Armament:
  • 10 × 6-pounder guns,[1]
  • or 12 x 6 & 12-pounder guns[2]

Earl of Mornington (or Earl Mornington), was a merchant vessel of 500 tons burthen (bm) built at Bombay Dockyard of teak and launched in 1766 or 1768. She made three voyages under charter to the British East India Company (EIC) under the command of captain Benjamin Ferguson. She does not appear in Lloyd's Register until 1804 and disappears from Lloyd's Register in 1810.

Her first voyage for the EIC took place between 20 November 1799 and 22 August 1802. On this voyage she sailed to Bengal.[3]

She was surveyed in 1802,[1] possibly in Britain.

Her second voyage had her sailing from Madras on 24 January 1803, reaching St Helena on 14 April, and arriving at the Downs on 28 June.[Note 1]

Ferguson received a letter of marque on 15 October 1803.[2]

Her third voyage had Earl of Mornington sailing on 6 November 1803 for Madras, arriving on 16 May 1805.[3]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes
  1. ↑ The National Archives conflates this Earl of Mornington with the earlier Earl of Mornington, listing the two vessels' voyages together under the name of the first.[4]
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lloyd's Register, 1804.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Letter of Marque, 1793-1815; p.40
  3. 1 2 Hackman (2001), p.230.
  4. ↑ National Archives: Earl of Mornington, - accessed 19 November 2014.
References
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