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Catalogue description DODDINGTON
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| Title: | DODDINGTON |
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| Description: |
Built by Wells, launched 1748, 600 tons. Principal Managing Owner: John Hallett. Voyages: (1) 1748/9 Bombay and China. Capt Benjamin Mason. Downs 8 Jun 1748 - 15 Sep Cape - 5 Feb 1749 Cochin - 20 Feb Tellicherry - 28 Mar Bombay - 1 May Tellicherry - 10 Jun Kedah - 11 Jul Malacca - 9 Aug Whampoa - 4 Dec Second Bar - 3 Mar 1750 St Helena - 21 May Long Reach. (2) 1751/2 Bombay and Mokha. Capt Norton Hutchinson. Downs 20 Mar 1752 - 10 Apr Lisbon - 3 Aug St Augustine's Bay - 9 Oct Bombay - cruising 22 Oct - 13 Nov - 14 Nov Bombay - 26 Dec Surat - 9 Jan 1753 'Scindy Road' - 19 Feb Surat - 26 Feb Bombay - 11 Mar Mangalore - 17 Mar Tellicherry - 16 Apr Mokha - 16 Sep Bombay - 14 Feb 1754 Cape - 17 Mar St Helena - 31 May Gravesend. (3) 1754/5 India, to remain. Capt James Samson. Downs 23 Apr 1755 - wrecked in Algoa Bay 17 Jul 1755. |
| Date: | No date |
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Charterparty, instructions, victualling bill, manifest and invoices in G/17/3; L/MIL/12/119 See A particular account of the loss of the Doddington-Indiaman, and of the adventures of those on board who surviv'd the shipwreck, from the journal of one of the surviving officers (London, c1756) 'The wreck of the Doddington 1755', Richard Carnac Temple Indian Antiquary 29-31 & 45 (Bombay 1900-02 & 1916). The wreck was located and 'salvaged' in 1977/8 - Clive's lost treasure, Geoffrey & David Allen (London, 1978) |
| Held by: | British Library: Asian and African Studies, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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