Hooghly (1819 ship)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Hooghly, Hoogley, or Hooghley |
| Namesake: | Hooghly River |
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| Port of registry: | London (Official Number: 13680) |
| Builder: | Gordon, Deptford |
| Launched: | 31 March 1819 |
| Fate: | Sank 10 December 1863 |
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| Tons burthen: | 442,466, 480, or 550 (bm) |
| Length: | 117 ft 3 in (35.7 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 29 ft 8 in (9.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
Hooghly was a full-rigged merchant ship built on the Thames, England, and launched in 1819. She made two voyages under charter to the British East India Company (EIC), four voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia, as well as voyages transporting emigrants to South Australia between 1839-1856. Around 1858 she was re-rigged as a barque. She sank off Algiers in 1863.
Captain James Thomas Lamb sailed from the Downs on 27 May 1819, bound for Bengal. Hooghly then reached Calcutta on 23 September. Homeward bound, she passed Kedgeree on 1 January 1820. She then reached the Cape of Good Hope on 3 March and St Helena on 5 April, before arriving back at the Downs on 30 May.
Under the command of Peter Reeves and surgeon Robert Tainsh, she left Cork, Ireland on 5 January 1825, arriving in Sydney, New South Wales on 22 April. She embarked 195 male convicts, of whom two died en route.Hooghly departed Port Jackson on 21 May bound for Bombay.
On her second convict voyage under the command of Peter Reeves and surgeon Alexander Nisbet, she left London, England on 5 November 1827, arriving in Sydney on 24 February 1828. She embarked 99 male convicts, all of whom arrived.Hooghly departed Port Jackson on 4 April, bound for Batavia.
Hooghly arrived in Clarence, off Garden Island, Western Australia on 13 February 1830, bringing settlers to the Swan River Colony. She left Perth in March 1830 bound for London via Singapore, with steerage passengers.
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