Thomas Henchman (1802 ship)

United Kingdom
Name	Thomas Henchman
Owner	1803:Archer & Smith[1] 1809:Forbes & Co.[2]
Builder	M. Smith, Howrah, Calcutta[3]
Launched	1802[3]
Fate	Wrecked July 1811
General characteristics
Tons burthen	500,[3] or 517,[4] or 520,[1] or 600[2] (bm)

Thomas Henchman was launched in 1802 at Calcutta as a "country ship", that is, a merchant vessel trading in the East Indies, but not between India and England. She was wrecked in 1811 while preparing to participate in a British invasion of Java.

In 1809 William Hodges was captain of Thomas Henchman.^[2]

Thomas Henchman was to participate as one of the transports in the British reduction of Java,^[4] under the auspices of Lord Minto.

Main article: Transport vessels for the British invasion of Java (1811)

Thomas Henchman was burned,^[3] or wrecked on a reef in the Strait of Malacca in July 1811.^[5]

Citations

1. East-India register and directory (1803), p.99.
2. Anon. (1809), p. 242.
3. Phipps (1840), p. 100.
4. House of Commons (1814), p. 655.
5. "FROM AN INDIA GAZETTE". Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 12 December 1812.

References

• Phipps, John (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.
• Anon. (1809). Reports and Papers on the Impolicy of Employing Indian Built Ships in the Trade of the East-India Company, and of Admitting Them to British Registry: With Observation on Its Injurious Consequences to the Landed and Shipping Interests, and to the Numerous Branches of Trade Dependent on the Building and Equipment of British-built Ships. Blacks and Parry.
• House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1814). Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping. H.M. Stationery Office.