Alexander was a country ship (i.e., she traded east of the Cape of Good Hope) launched in 1812. She was lost in 1835.
Career Although Alexander appears in a compendium of vessels that traded between the United Kingdom and India under a license from the British East India Company, there is no record of such a voyage or voyages in Lloyd's Register. She did appear in various issues of the East-India Register and Directory.
Year Master Owner 1819 B.Roger Sayed Saduck 1824 Robert Dickie J.Gilmore & Co. 1827 W.Clark J.Gilmore & Co. 1828 J.J.Denham Rustumjee 1829 NA NA
Fate Alexander was lost in the China Sea in 1835. Another source reports that a country ship named Alexander was lost in 1837 while sailing from China to Singapore.The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1837, a Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, p.276.
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