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Name | Martha |
Owner | Peter Everitt Mestaer [1] |
Builder | Peter Everitt Mestaer, King and Queen Dock, Rotherhithe [1] |
Launched | 5 July 1796 [1] |
Fate | Wrecked August 1797 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 406, [2] or 40643⁄94, [1] or 428 [3] ( bm) |
Length | 113 ft 0 in (34.4 m) (overall); 91 ft 1+1⁄2 in (27.8 m) (keel) [2] |
Beam | 28 ft 11+1⁄2 in (8.8 m) [2] |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 3+1⁄2 in (3.7 m) [2] |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 30 [3] |
Armament | 10 × 6-pounder guns [3] |
Notes | Three decks |
Martha was built in 1796. The British East India Company (EIC) chartered her for a voyage to Bengal.
Captain Thomas Barnard was sworn into the EIC's service on 29 June 1796. [4] He then acquired a letter of marque on 15 August 1796. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 25 October 1796. Martha was lost on the Gasper Sand, Hooghli River, on 10 August 1797. [2] Five people died. [1]
The EIC reported that it had no cargo aboard, and that Martha was lost "going on an expedition". [5] This may have been the expedition that the British government had intended to mount against Manila in 1797–8. The EIC held several vessels in India to support the expedition.
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