Hastings (1787 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Hastings (East Indiaman).
History
United Kingdom
Name: Hastings
Builder: Bombay Dockyard, India
Launched: 1787,[1] or 1785[2]
Fate: Sold 1818 or 1820
United Kingdom
Name: Hastings
Namesake: Warren Hastings
Acquired: 1818 or 1820, by purchase
Fate: Burnt 1823
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 170[1] (bm)
Sail plan: Brig

Hastings was a brig of 170 tons (bm) that the Bombay Dockyard launched in 1785,[2] or 1787,[1] for the Bengal Pilot Service.[2] In 1818 the EIC sold her to local buyers.[2] Alternatively, in May 1818 she was converted to a buoy vessel, but was sold on 11 October 1820. A fire destroyed her on the night of 17 April 1823,[3] while she was at Pulau Pasang, off Padang.[2]

Citations and references

Citations
  1. 1 2 3 Phipps (1840), p. 132.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Hackman (2001), p.332.
  3. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia (Parbury, Allen, & Co.; January 1824), p.97.
References
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