Roxburgh Castle (1825 ship)
The East Indiaman Roxburgh Castle (left), with the ship Sir Edward Paget off Dover, by William John Huggins (1781–1845); National Maritime Museum, Greenwich | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Roxburgh Castle |
| Namesake | Roxburgh Castle |
| Owner | Wigrams & Green |
| Builder |
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| Launched | 22 April 1825 |
| Fate | Condemned c.1841 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 56581⁄94, or 599, or 59990⁄94 or 600 (bm) |
| Length | 134 ft 3 in (40.9 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 3 in (9.5 m) |
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Roxburgh Castle was launched by Wigrams & Green, Blackwall, in 1825. She made two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), during the first of which she captured a slave schooner with 125 slaves that she delivered to Sierra Leone. She carried immigrants to New South Wales in 1838–1839. She was condemned as unseaworthy after survey at Mauritius and in 1842 was sold for breaking up.