William Ashton (1810 ship)
UK merchant ship (1810–1830) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Ashton was launched at Lancaster in 1810 as a West Indiaman. In 1810 she repelled a French privateer in a single ship action, and in 1813 she captured a ship. Then in 1818–1819 she made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). Thereafter she traded widely until she was wrecked on 9 August 1830 at Newfoundland on her way from Dublin to Quebec.
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Name | William Ashton |
Owner | Messrs. Burrow & Nottage[1] |
Builder | Messers. Brockbank, Lancaster[1] |
Launched | 5 April 1810[1] |
Fate | Wrecked 9 August 1830 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 366[1][2] (bm) |
Complement | 25[2] |
Armament | 6 × 24 & 8 × 9-pounder carronades |
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