Zenobia (1815 ship)

For other ships of the same name, see Zenobia (disambiguation).
History
United Kingdom
Name: Zenobia
Owner: James Calder, Mackintosh and Company
Builder: Calcutta, India
Completed: 1815
India
Owner: Dwarkanath Tagore
Cost: Rs. 55,000
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 510 tons [1]

The Zenobia was a merchant ship built of teak in 1815 in Calcutta, India. She was owned by Mackintosh and Company, and purchased by the Indian entrepreneur Dwarkanath Tagore.[1]

First ship to pass the Torres Straits from westward

Zenobia, under Capt. John Lihou, was reputed to be "the first ship which ever succeeded in passing the Torres Straits from the westward, the general course being from the eastward."

Captain Lihou sailed on Zenobia out of Calcutta for several years, making voyages in the East Indies and the Pacific.[2]

Voyages

The following advertisement soliciting outbound passengers from England appeared in "The Indian Mail" in 1843:

For CALCUTTA, calling at MADRAS, to land Passengers only, the Teak Ship ZENOBIA, 600 Tons, S.H. Owen, Commander. To leave the St. Catherine Docks the 15th December, calling at Portsmouth to embark Passengers. — For Freight or Passage, apply to Messrs. BARING, BROTHERS, and Co., S. Bishopsgate Street; or to JAMES BARBER and Co., 17, St. Mary Ave.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kling, Blair Bernard (1976). Partner in Empire: Dwarkanath Tagore and the age of enterprise in eastern India. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. pp. 91–91. ISBN 0520029275.
  2. ↑ Marshall, John (1835). Royal naval biography : or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains, and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the present year, or who have since been promoted, illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes ... with copious addenda. 4, Part 2. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. pp. 487–488. Retrieved 14 Dec 2010.
  3. ↑ "For CALCUTTA, calling at MADRAS, to land Passengers only, the Teak Ship ZENOBIA", The Indian Mail (London: Wm. H. Allen) (1), May–Dec 1843: 224, retrieved Dec 14, 2010


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, October 25, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.