Mornington (ship)

Several vessels have been named Mornington named for one or another Earl of Mornington, particularly Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington (General Wellington).

  • Mornington (1799 ship), a British merchant vessel launched at Calcutta. She made three voyages under charter to the EIC. On the third French privateers twice captured her and Royal Navy vessels twice recaptured her. A fire destroyed her in 1815.
  • HCS Mornington (1799), a sloop of 22 guns and 438 tons (bm), was launched by the Bombay Dockyard as an armed cruiser for the Bombay Marine. She was later sold at auction.[1]

See also

Citations
  1. Wadia (1986), p. 336.

References
  • Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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