List of shipyard locations on the Hooghly River in the early 19th century

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The following list is based on locations listed in Phipps (1840). The locations are listed in order as one goes down the Hooghly River towards the river's mouth. The name in the first column of the table is the name one encounters most frequently in British East India Company (EIC) sources. East and West in the table refer to the banks of the river.

EIC name Modern name Bank Notes
Chandenagore Chandannagar West French
Tittaghur Titagarh East Countess of Sutherland (1801 ship), the largest ship built on the Hooghly in the early 19th century, was built here
Cosipore Cossipore East
Sulkea Salkia West Sulkea/Salkia/Salkhia/Salkee was originally a place where salt was brought and stored in warehouses
Howrah Howrah West Opposite Calcutta
Calcutta Kolkata Nonsuch (1781 ship) was the first large ship built here
Clive Street Clive Street East Roughly opposite Howrah; vessels built here include David Clark (1816 ship) and Elizabeth (1816 ship)
Seebpore Shibpur West Sibpour
Kidderpore Khidirpur East Founded 1795; one geographical mile from Fort William[1]
Fort Gloucester Fort Gloster West c. 12.5 geographical miles from Fort William[1]

After the construction of the Strand Road, in the 1820s, shipbuilding was concentrated at Sulkea, Howrah, and Kidderpore. The greatest shipbuilding years on the Hooghly up to 1839 were 1813 (21 vessels and 10,376 tons (bm)), 1801 (19 vessels and 10,079 tons (bm)), and 1816 (18 vessels and 8,198 tons (bm)). (This data does not include vessels built for the Bengal Pilot Service.)

British chart of the Hooghli from Balasore up to a point north of Calcutta, 1794. It shows Salkee, Sibpour, Kidderpore, and Gloucester Fort

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nautical Magazine... (August 1855), p.406.

References[edit]

  • Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle... a Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs (1855). (Simpkin, Marshall & Company).
  • Phipps, John (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
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