Phoenix (1810 ship)
merchant vessel launched in 1810
Phoenix was a merchant vessel launched in 1810. The British East India Company (EIC) chartered her to make one voyage to Madras and Bengal between 1820 and 1821. She then made one voyage transporting convicts to Tasmania in 1822, and two to New South Wales, one in 1826 and one in 1828. She was wrecked in 1829.
Career
The supplement to Lloyd's Register for 1811, lists Phoenix as one-year-old, with Wilson, master, and Blacket & Co., owner. It gives her trade as London transport, amended to London-West Indies.
By 1813, Phoenix had switched from the London-West Indies trade to simply being a general transport out of London. She also became quite heavily armed.
EIC voyage (1820-21)
The EIC chartered Phoenix for one voyage. Captain William Gordon sailed Phoenix from Falmouth on 12 June 1820, bound for Bengal and Madras.
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