Fairford (1782 EIC ship)

History
Great Britain
Name	Fairford
Owner	George Ramsay
Operator	East India Company
Builder	Barnard, Deptford [1]
Fate	Burnt 15 June 1783
General characteristics
Tons burthen	755,[2] or 790,[3] or 7909⁄94 [1] (bm)
Length	Overall: 142 ft 5 in (43.4 m) Keel: 115 ft 1+3⁄4 in (35.1 m)
Beam	35 ft 11 in (10.9 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 9 in (4.5 m)
Notes	Three decks

Fairford was built by John Barnard at Barnard's Wharf in Rotherhithe and launched in January 1782. Captain John Haldane sailed from Gravesend on 2 May, bound for India. He stopped at Portsmouth where he waited for thee months. Fairford left Portsmouth on 11 September 1782 in company with General Goddard, General Coote, and several other East Indiamen.[4] Fairford reached Bombay. She was loading cargo for England when she caught fire there on 15 June 1783.[2][1] She was entirely consumed, but her crew was saved.[5]

The Governor of the Bombay Presidency, William Hornby, gave Haldane command of the packet Nancy. Nancy was lost off the Isles of Scilly on 9 February 1784,[6] or 24 February.[7] Among those drowned were actress Ann Cargill and her young child; Cargill was Haldane's lover or wife.

Citations

1. Hackman (2001), p. 108.
2. Hardy (1800), p. 95.
3. British Library: Fairford.
4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1396. 13 September 1782. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1518. 21 November 1783. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
6. Hackman (2001), p. 239.
7. Hardy (1811), p. 219.

References

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
• Hardy, Charles (1800). A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Hon. the United East India Company, from the Union of the Two Companies, in 1707, to the Year 1760: Specifying the Number of Voyages, Tonnage, Commanders, and Stations. To which is Added, from the Latter Period to the Present Time, the Managing Owners, Principal Officers, Surgeons, and Pursers; with the Dates of Their Sailing and Arrival: Also, an Appendix, Containing Many Particulars, Interesting to Those Concerned in the East India Commerce. Charles Hardy.
• Hardy, Horatio Charles (1811). A register of ships, employed in the service of the Honorable the United East India Company, from the year 1760 to 1810: with an appendix, containing a variety of particulars, and useful information interesting to those concerned with East India commerce. Black, Parry, and Kingsbury.