Lady Shore (ship)

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At least two vessels have borne the name Lady Shore, named for Lady Charlotte Shore, wife of Sir John Shore. Because these two vessels were launched within a year of each other, they are frequently conflated. Hackman conflates the second of these vessels with the Lady Shore launched at Calcutta in 1803.

  • Lady Shore (1793 ship) was launched in 1793 at Hull, made two voyages for the British East India Company, during the second of which a French privateer captured and looted her before letting her go. She then traded, primarily with the West Indies, until she was lost in 1815 in the St Lawrence.
  • Lady Shore (1794 ship) was launched at Calcutta in 1794 and made one trip transporting convicts to Australia during which the convicts mutinied and took over the ship.
  • Lady Shore (1803 ship) was a ship of 557 tons (bm),[1][2] launched at Calcutta in 1803. She was sold at the Cape of Good Hope and renamed Henry Dundas. She was lost in the Hooghly River on 3 April 1823.[1]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b Phipps (1840), p.100.
  2. ^ Hackman (2001), p.237.

References[edit]

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7
  • Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta), (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).