Comet (Ship)

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Extra ship, built by Young, measured 1794, 2 decks, length 96ft 5in, keel 76ft 3in, breadth 27ft 1in, hold 12ft, wing transom 15ft 8in, waist 6in, between decks 6ft 2in, 297 tons. Voyages: (1) 1793/4 Bengal and Madras. Capt Sampson Baker. Gravesend 17 Jun 1794 - 15 Nov Calcutta - 29 Jan 1795 Kedgeree - 18 Feb Saugor - 4 Mar Madras - 24 May St Helena - 13 Sep River Shannon - 18 Oct Deptford.

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000081.0x0003b7

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Role	Title	Holding Repository
referencedIn	Boxer (Ship). U.S.S. Boxer logbook, 1816.	New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf	Tucker family. Tucker Family Papers, 1680-1878.	Peabody Essex Museum
creatorOf	Comet (Ship). Bill of lading 1859.	Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries
referencedIn	Great Britain. High Court of Appeals for Prizes. [Collection of printed British legal documents relating to lawsuits brought by American shipowners and their investors and argued before the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes].	Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn	Deane, Ernie. Steamboats, (copy negs.) Not good [Comet, view 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].	Arkansas History Commission
referencedIn	King, Stephen T. Stephen T. King and James L. King letters : San Francisco, Calif., to John H. King, New York, N.Y., 1854-1860.	UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn	U.S.S. Boxer logbook, 1816	New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn	Deane, Ernie. Steamboats, W.G. Bean Collection (copy negatives), December 1, 1961 [Comet] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].	Arkansas History Commission
referencedIn	Deane, Ernie. Steamboats, (copy negs.) Not good [Comet, view 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].	Arkansas History Commission
referencedIn	McNeill, William. Technical and career information on the Comet/May Flower [1982?].	Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries
referencedIn	Comet: Journal	British Library

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associatedWith	Boxer (Ship)	corporateBody
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associatedWith	Deane, Ernie.	person
associatedWith	King, Stephen T.	person
associatedWith	McNeill, William.	person
associatedWith	Tucker family.	family

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