Several ships have been named Golconda for Golconda Fort:
Golconda (1807 ship) was launched at Scituate, Massachusetts. Initially she sailed between Liverpool and the United States. Later she made 15 whaling voyages from New Bedford between 1819 and 1864 when CSS Florida captured and burnt her on 8 July 1864
Golconda (1815 ship) was launched at Calcutta. She made one voyage for the British East India Company from India to England in 1819. She spent the bulk of her career as a country ship, trading in the East Indies until she wrecked in September 1840 while carrying troops from Madras to Canton.
Golconda (1825 ship) was launched as Newbury, Massachusetts and made four whaling voyages before she was sold to California in 1848
Golconda (1853 ship), of 1,016 tons, was built at Warren, Maine. The American Colonization Society (ACS) purchased her in 1866. Under the ownership of the ACS she carried freedmen as settlers from America to Liberia.[1]
^Rabson, Stephen; O'Donoghue, Kevin (1988). P&O - A Fleet History. Kendal: World Ship Society. p. 65.
^Laxon, W A; Perry, F W (1994). B.I. - The British India Steam Navigation Company Limited. Kendal: World Ship Society. p. 59. ISBN0-905617-65-7.
^Laxon, W A; Perry, F W (1994). B.I. - The British India Steam Navigation Company Limited. Kendal: World Ship Society. pp. 141–142. ISBN0-905617-65-7.
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