Bhavani (1797 ship)

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Bhavani (1797 ship) - Wikipedia

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History

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Name	Bhavani
Namesake	Bhavani
Builder	Calcutta^[1]
Launched	1797^[2]
Fate	Wrecked 12 November 1799^[1]
General characteristics
Type	Full-rigged ship
Tons burthen	650^[2]^[1] (bm)
Propulsion	Sail

Bhavani, also known as Bhavanie (Hindi: भवानी, بھوانی), was a ship launched at Calcutta in 1797. She was under the command of Captain John Carse when she was wrecked on 12 November 1799 on the coast of France 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Boulogne-sur-Mer in a gale during a voyage from Calcutta to London. On 6 December 1799, Lloyds List reported that "The Bhavanie, Carse, from Bengal to London, is lost near Boulogne."^[3] The War of the Second Coalition was raging at the time, and the French took her officers and crew prisoner.^[1]

Bhavani was part of a convoy under the escort of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Endymion at the time she was wrecked. French forts had initially fired on Bhavani but ceased when it became clear that she was a merchantman in distress. Twenty-four of her crew died, most of whom were Europeans; the rest were lascars. The French were solicitous of the survivors and took them to Valenciennes. The survivors left France on 10 January 1800 and arrived at London in the night of 12 January 1800.^[4]

She may have been carrying cargo on behalf of the British East India Company.^[5]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hackman (2001), p. 225.
^ ^a ^b Phipps (1840), p. 96.
^ Lloyds List, №4017.
^ Asiatic Annual Register Or a View of the History of Hindustan and of the Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia, (1802), Vol. 3, pp.37-9.
^ Hardy (1800), p. 225.

Reference

Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
Hardy, Charles (1800). A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Hon. the United East India Company, from the Union of the Two Companies, in 1707, to the Year 1760: Specifying the Number of Voyages, Tonnage, Commanders, and Stations. To which is Added, from the Latter Period to the Present Time, the Managing Owners, Principal Officers, Surgeons, and Pursers; with the Dates of Their Sailing and Arrival: Also, an Appendix, Containing Many Particulars, Interesting to Those Concerned in the East India Commerce. Charles Hardy.
Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta) (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1799
Shipwrecks	2 Jan: Hired armed lugger Duke of York 7 Jan: HMS Apollo 11 Jan: Ganges 19 Jan: HMS Grampus 31 Jan: HMS Eagle 1 Feb: HMS Proserpine 23 Feb: Earl Fitzwilliam 22 Apr: Hired armed cutter Brave April (unknown date): Lord Mulgrave 23 May: HMS Deux Amis May (unknown date): Phoenix 28 Sep: HMS Blanche 9 Oct: HMS Lutine 14 Oct: HMS Nassau 18 Oct: HMS Impregnable 25 Oct: HMS Amaranthe 31 Oct: Charente 5 Nov: HMS Sceptre 12 Nov: Bhavani November (unknown date): HMS Orestes 19 Dec: Mildred 25 Dec: HMS Ethalion Unknown date: HMS Deux Freres
Other incidents	February (unknown date): HMS Musquito 11 Oct: Bordelais December (unknown date): Aurora Unknown date: Cicero
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