Lady Nugent (1814 ship)
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| Name: | Lady Nugent |
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| Launched: | 2 September 1814 |
| Fate: | Foundered May 1854 |
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| Length: | 117 ft 8 in (35.9 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft 0 in (9.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
Lady Nugent was built at Bombay in 1813. She made four voyages under contract to the British East India Company (EIC). She then made two voyages transporting convicts to Australia, one to New South Wales and one to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). She also made several voyages with emigrants to New Zealand under charter to the New Zealand Company. She foundered in May 1854 with the loss of some 400 persons, most of them soldiers that she was carrying from Madras to Rangoon.
Between 1814 and 1825 Lady Nugent engaged in private trade to India under a license from the EIC.
Captain R. Swanston sailed from Madras, bound for London. Lady Nugent left Madras on 20 April 1819. She reached St Helena on 17 September, and arrived at Spithead on 26 November.
On 18 May 1822 a hurricane at 15°N 88°E / 15°N 88°E caught Lady Nugent. She survived after having jettisoned a third of her cargo, but had to put back to Bengal. She had five feet of water in her hold, which ruined more than another third of the cargo. This same storm caused Charles Mills to founder with the loss of most of the people on board.
Captain Robert Boon was Lady Nugent's master in 1823.
On 12 May 1824 Lady Nugent was at the Cape of Good Hope. The boats of HMS Tartar and HNMS Dageraad towed her into Simon’s Bay after Lady Nugent got into a “perilous state” on her way from Bengal and Madras.
In 1825 Lady Nugent became a "Free Trader".
Between 26 March 1825 and 28 October 1826, Madras and Bengal. Captain William Wimble.
On 19 June 1827 Lady Nugent put into Portsmouth for repairs after having developed leaks on her way to Bengal.
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