Barwell (1782 ship)
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| Name: | Barwell |
| Namesake: | William Barwell |
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| Builder: | John & William Wells, Deptford |
| Launched: | 23 September 1782 |
| Fate: | Last listed 1807 |
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| Tons burthen: | 796, or 796 91⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 35 ft 7 in (10.8 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 9 in (4.5 m) |
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Barwell was a merchantman launched in 1782. She made six voyages for the East India Company (EIC). She then left the EIC's service but continued to sail. She made one voyage transporting convicts in 1797 from England to Australia.
Captain Robert Carr left Portsmouth on 11 March 1783, sailing for Madras and Bengal. On 19 June Barwell reached Johanna, on 22 July Madras, and 14 September she arrived at Kedgeree. For her return to England she reached Saugor on 31 December, St Helena on 28 April 1784, and Deptford on 2 August.
Captain Robert Carr sailed Barwell for China, leaving the Downs on 12 March 1785. She reached Whampoa on 21 September. For her return leg she crossed the Second Bar on 14 January 1786. She reached St Helena on 6 May and Deptford on 10 August. Carr died in his lodgings on St James Street in London on 14 December.
Captain Thomas Welladvice took command of Barwell. He would be her captain for this and her subsequent three voyages for the EIC. She left Portsmouth on 21 December 1787 and reached Madras on 5 May 1788. From there she sailed to Benkulen, which she reached on 15 July, and 15 September Whampoa, which she reached on 15 September. For her return to England she crossed the Second Bar on 29 November. She reached the Cape on 5 February 1789, and St Helena on 14 February. Barwell arrived at Long Reach on 4 April.
It was during this homeward voyage that Welladvice narrowly avoided the disaster of wrecking on the Isles of Scilly as Admiral Cloudesley Shovell had in the Scilly naval disaster of 1707. Welladvice had with him a naval chronometer made by John Arnold. One night, when Welladvice calculated Barwell's position, he determined that she had to be near the Isles and moored her at midnight. Daybreak revealed the rocks in front of her.
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