Hastings (1787 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Hastings (East Indiaman).

History

United Kingdom
Name:	Hastings
Builder:	Bombay Dockyard, India
Launched:	1787,^[1] or 1785^[2]
Fate:	Sold 1818 or 1820
United Kingdom
Name:	Hastings
Namesake:	Warren Hastings
Acquired:	1818 or 1820, by purchase
Fate:	Burnt 1823
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	170^[1] (bm)
Sail plan:	Brig

Hastings was a brig of 170 tons (bm) that the Bombay Dockyard launched in 1785,^[2] or 1787,^[1] for the Bengal Pilot Service.^[2] In 1818 the EIC sold her to local buyers.^[2] Alternatively, in May 1818 she was converted to a buoy vessel, but was sold on 11 October 1820. A fire destroyed her on the night of 17 April 1823,^[3] while she was at Pulau Pasang, off Padang.^[2]

Citations and references

Citations

1 2 3 Phipps (1840), p. 132.
1 2 3 4 5 Hackman (2001), p.332.
↑ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia (Parbury, Allen, & Co.; January 1824), p.97.

References

Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7
Phipps, John Phipps (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). (Google eBook)

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