Creole (1812 ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Creole
Builder	Michael Smith, Calcutta[1][2]
Launched	1812[1][2]
Fate	Wrecked 1816[1]
General characteristics
Tons burthen	230,[1] or 232[1][2] (bm)

Creole was launched in 1812 at Calcutta. She sailed between India and Mauritius and India and South East Asia. She was wrecked at Java in 1816.

Fate: Lloyd's List reported on 11 March 1817 that Creole, of Calcutta, was wrecked on the island of Gilion (or Galion; now Pulau Giliyang, Java), but that her was crew saved.^[3] The loss may have occurred in February 1816.^[1]

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Reference[edit]

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
• Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta) (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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)