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'WALMER CASTLE'

Built by:Frances Barnard at Deptford.
Yard No.
Launched:23rd May 1796
Tonnage:1,518 48/94
Length:144' 1"
Breadth:32' 8"
Depth:17' 6"
Machinery:Sail
Decks:
Built of:
Type:
Registered:
Built for:John Pascall Larkins.
Other info:Armament 30 guns. 130 men.
History:11th August 1796. Sailed from London for China. Captain Essex Henry Bond.
20th March 1798. Arrived back in London.
21st November 1798. George Bonham sworn in as commander.
2nd April 1799. Sailed from London for Bombay and China. Captain George Bonham.
17th April 1801. Arrived back in London.
12th February 1802. Sailed from London for Bombay and China. Captain Essex Henry Bond.
27th April 1803. Arrived back in London.
4th February 1804. Sailed from London for St. Helena, Bencoolen and China.
6th February 1804. Sailed through the Downs.
12th September 1805. Arrived back in London.
8th December 1805. Due to sail from Gravesend, after staying there for thirty days, Commander Essex Henry Bond, to sail to Bombay and China.
8th January 1806. Luke Dodds sworn in as commander.
4th March 1806. Sailed from London for Bombay and China. Captain Luke Dodds.
3rd July 1807. Arrived back in London.
9th February 1808. Sailed from London for St. Helena, Bencoolen and China.
14th September 1809. Arrived back in London.
Robert Wigram had 3/16 shares from 1810 to May 1815.
16th February 1811. Sailed from London for St. Helena, Bencoolen and China.
24th July 1812. Arrived in London.
18th March 1813. Sailed from London for China.
9th August 1814. Arrived in London.
18th July 1815. Sold at Lloyd’s Coffee House as a troopship and supply ship for the Army.
24th April 1816. Arrived off Plymouth.
1817. Dividend paid to Henry L. Wigram.
25th September 1821. Register cancelled, demolition being completed.


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