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Name | Thomas Henchman |
Owner | |
Builder | M. Smith, Howrah, Calcutta[1] |
Launched | 1802[1] |
Fate | Wrecked July 1811 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 500,[1] or 517,[4] or 520,[2] or 600[3] (bm) |
Thomas Henchman was launched in 1802 at Calcutta as a "country ship", that is, a merchant vessel trading in the East Indies, but not between India and England. She was wrecked in 1811 while preparing to participate in a British invasion of Java.
In 1809 William Hodges was captain of Thomas Henchman.[3]
Thomas Henchman was to participate as one of the transports in the British reduction of Java,[4] under the auspices of Lord Minto.
Thomas Henchman was burned,[1] or wrecked on a reef in the Strait of Malacca in July 1811.[5]