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Ship Admiral Barrington

ID 814

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Built	Rig	Type	Tons	EIC Service Period	EIC Voyages	Crew	Guns
1781	Ship	ES	527	1786-1788	1	84	18
Shipbuilder		Where Built		Date of Launch
		France
Dimensions & Construction
3 decks, 3in bottom, length 119ft, keel 94ft 10in, breadth 32ft 4in, hold 13ft 9¾in, wing transom 19ft 2in, port cell 22ft 9in, between decks 4ft 7½in & 5ft 4½in, ports 12 middle & upper, deck range 76ft

Ship History
1782	French West Indiaman taken in prize and sold by her captors to Godfrey Thornton. Renamed.
1786	Measured.
1786	Taken up as an Extra Ship for East India Company service.
1788	Left East India Company service.
1791	Sailed from Portsmouth 27 Mar 1791 as part of the Third Fleet of convict transports to Botany Bay, Australia. Arrived Port Jackson 16 Oct 1791.
1791	Whaling off Australian coast.
1791	Driven from her anchorage at Bombay and totally wrecked on Malwan Island.


East India Company voyages and captains
Voyage	Started	Ended	Captain's Name
1	1787	1788	Charles Lindegren

Ship Owners

Godfrey Thornton 1786-1788
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