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ALEXANDER BARING

Built by:Green, Wigram's & Green, at Blackwall.
Yard No.212
Launched:10th April 1834
Tonnage:479 43/94
Length:132 . 4 feet
Breadth:28 . 8 feet
Depth:10' 0"
Machinery:Sail
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Built for:Baring, Brothers, and Co.
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History:23rd October 1835. Sailed from Madras, from China with 20,000 chests of tea, for Ceylon.
15th November 1835. Sailed from Ceylon for London.
2nd April 1835. Arrived in London from China.
22nd May 1842. Arrived in the London Dock, Captain Hall, from Canton with a large and valuable cargo of tea (7812 chests & 1342 half chests) and other merchandise.
1st July 1842. Was cleared out at the London Custom House, Captain Hall, for the newly acquired British settlement, Hong Kong.
1845. Sold to Brooke & Co. Liverpool.
1866. Name dropped out of Lloyds Register.


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