Belle (1802 ship)
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belle-1802-ship-271-2573586
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Belle (1802 ship)
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Belle was a brig constructed at Calcutta in 1802. Gilmore and Wilson built her at a cost of Sicca Rupees 50,000. There is a little ambiguity about her purpose. One source states that she was built for the British East India Company (EIC) as a fast-sailing dispatch vessel. The EIC may have used her for that purpose in 1804, but a contemporary account gives her another purpose. The Asiatic Annual Register reported for January 1803 that Gilmore and Wilson had launched "a remarkably beautiful vessel
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India–built UK merchant ship 1802–1805
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2023-07-29T12:21:26Z
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