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 |