Wanstead (ship)
At least three ships have borne the name Wanstead, named for the town of Wanstead:
- Wanstead was launched in 1802. In 1807 and 1810 French privateers captured her, but both times the British Royal Navy recaptured her. She made one voyage to Bengal under a licence from the British East India Company. She was wrecked in 1820 at Grenada.
- Wanstead - a ship launched in North America in 1811 that between 1813 and 1814 made one voyage to Australia transporting convicts. She was wrecked in 1816 off Brazil.
- Wanstead - a barque of 363 tons (bm), launched in 1826 at St John, New Brunswick, for Gale & Co.[1] She made two voyages transporting passengers to Tasmania, one voyage in 1827-28, and the other in 1829-30. On her way back to Britain she may have returned via China or India under a licence from the EIC.[1] Between 1831 and 1837 she made one voyage as a whaler, catching whales off Japan, and then off New Zealand.[2]
Citations and references
Citations
- 1 2 Hackman (2001), p.320.
- ↑ University of Hull: British Southern Whale Fishery voyages - Wanstead.
References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7
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