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|Ship name=''Richmond''
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'''''Richmond''''' was launched in 1811 as a [[West Indiaman]]. She made one voyage for the British [[East India Company]] (EIC). She wrecked in 1822 in the Sea of Java.

==Career==
''Richmond'' entered the ''Register of Shipping'' in 1812 with T. Hearn, master, Sedgewick, owner, and trade Portsmouth—West Indies.<ref name=RS1812>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024214317?urlappend=%3Bseq=511 ''Register of Shipping'' (1812) "R" supplemental pages.]</ref>

Around 26 July 1816 ''Richmond'', Hearn, master, arrived in England. She had left Old Harbour, Jamaica, on 28 May. On 24 June she had boarded the hull of ''Little Jane'', of Baltimore.<ref>''[[Lloyd's List]]'' [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005778165?urlappend=%3Bseq=349 №5095.]</ref>

On 19 April 1819 ''Richmond'', "Horn", master, was in [[Colombo]] [[Roadstead|Roads]] when the SW monsoon arrived. She had chain cables and lost 70 fathoms of cable when her windlass broke.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005778181?urlappend=%3Bseq=350 ''Lloyd's List'' №5423.]</ref>

Captain James Kay sailed ''Richmond'' from [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|the Downs]] 25 June 1820, bound for [[Saint Helena|St Helena]] and Bengal on a voyage as an "extra ship" for the EIC. She reached St Helena on 29 August and arrived at [[Kolkatta|Calcutta]] on 11 December. Homeward bound, she was at [[Diamond Harbour]] on 31 January, [[Chennai|Madras]] on 15 February, and Colombo on 8 March. She left Colombo on 9 April, reached the Cape of Good Hope on 14 June and St Helena on 9 July, and then arrived at her moorings on 28 September.<ref name=BL>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS045-001115639 British Library: ''Richmond'' (2).]</ref>

The ''Register of Shipping'' for 1822 carried ''Richmond'' with Kays, master, Johnstone, owner, and trade London—New South Wales.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015006563178?urlappend=%3Bseq=519 ''Register of Shipping'' (1820), Seq.№200.]</ref>

==Fate==
In July 1822 ''Richmond'' was in the Java Sea in company with {{ship||Almorah|1817|2}}, the vessels having sailed from Port Jackson, when ''Richmond'' wrecked on Hog Island on 31 July. ''Almorah'' picked up ''Richmond''{{'}}s crew and took them to Batavia, where they arrived on 5 August.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005730638?urlappend=%3Bseq=382 ''Lloyd's List'' №5757.]</ref>

==Citations==
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==References==
* {{cite book |last=Hackman |first=Rowan |date=2001 |title=Ships of the East India Company |location=Gravesend, Kent |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=0-905617-96-7 }}

{{1822 shipwrecks}}

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[[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships]]
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