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Name: LORD ELDON
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1802
Completed: 1802
Builder: Simon Temple Jnr
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 583tonsb, 99.6 x 31.9 x 14.7ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Ship
Construction: Wood
Armament: 16 x 1 x 12pdr guns
History:
1802 Moses Agar, London
1817 Buckle & Co, London
No later history known
Comments: Built as a two deck East Indiaman
1802: Taken up for East India Company service
Made seven voyages to India and near eastern islands
1817: Sold as a hulk but purchased as a convict transport
Made one voyage to New South Wales carrying 220 male convicts