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The Star of Bengal was ordered by shipping company J.P. Corry & Co., which was founded in Belfast and headquartered in London. [4] [11] At the time of her launch on January 3, 1874, [14] the Star of Bengal was the largest vessel in gross tonnage in service of J.P. Corry & Co. (in December 1874, she was surpassed by the 1,981 GT Star of Russia).
Bengal was launched in 1811 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made one voyage for the EIC, but was burnt on the inbound leg of her second voyage. EIC voyage #1 (1812-1813): Captain George Nicholls acquired a letter of marque on 25 January 1812. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 10 March 1812, bound for Madras and ...
Ship Flag Sunk date Notes Coordinates Fifi Bahrain: Unknown A tugboat that sank in the 1980s. The wreck is a popular shallow depth dive site. [1] 26° 9'28.16"N 50°45'18.57"E Unknown Unknown 16–17th century A ship that was sacked and burned along with the Abu Mahir fort on Muharraq Island.
Bengal (1816 ship), of 300 or 304 tons , was launched at Salem, Massachusetts in 1816. [1] [a] Between 1821 and 1829 she appeared in Lloyd's Register as being owned in America, but sailing between Cowes and Batavia. Between 1832 and 1844 she made four voyages from Salem as a whaler.
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On 12 June 1815, Bengal, Frayer, master, sailed for Bengal and Madras under a licence from the EIC. [7] Bengal, Fayrer, master, was reported to have arrived at Liverpool from Bengal in June 1816. In February 1817, Bengal, built at Greenock in 1815, Cuthbertson, master, sailed from Britain, bound for Bombay. She arrived in the Hooghly River in ...
Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7. Hardy, Horatio Charles (1835). Supplement to a Register of Ships Employed in the Service of the ... East India Company from 1760 to the Conclusion of the Commercial Charter, Etc. Lange, Ole (1971). "Denmark in China 1839–65: A pawn in a British game".
The EIC engaged Auspicious as an "extra ship" and had her measured and surveyed by Cox. [6] Captain David Merrylees (or Mirrylees) acquired a letter of marque on 8 April 1797. [8] On 7 May he sailed for Bengal. [4] A fire aboard Auspicious at Calcutta on 18 July 1797 almost destroyed her. [4]