Calcutta (1794 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameCalcutta
NamesakeCalcutta
Launched1794, Calcutta
Captured17 December 1799, and recaptured the same day
FateWrecked 8 September 1801
General characteristics
Tons burthen760, or 768, or 76890⁄94 bm)
Armament8 × 12-pounder guns "of the New Construction"
Notes
  • Three decks; teak-built
  • Hackman appears to have confused this Calcutta with another vessel, at least with respect to launch date and place and date of loss.

Calcutta was launched in 1794, on the Hooghly River. Between 1797 and 1799, she sailed to England on a voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). In 1799, the French Navy captured her, and the Royal Navy recaptured her. She was lost in 1801, in the Red Sea, sailing in support of the British Government's expedition to Egypt.

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