Bengalee (ship)

History
United Kingdom
NameBengalee
Port of registry
  • Greenock:3 June 1837
  • Whitehaven:1840
BuilderArchibald P McFarlane Jnr & Co., Dumbarton
Launched1837
FateWrecked 23 October 1851
General characteristics
Tons burthen
  • Old Act: 304 (bm)
  • New Act (post 1836): 354 (bm)
Length101 ft 2 in (30.8 m)
Beam23 ft 0 in (7.0 m)
Depth17 ft 7 in (5.4 m)

Bengalee was a three-masted merchant barque built in 1837 at Dumbarton. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1838 with Hamlin, master, Hamlin and Company, of Greenock, owners, and trade Clyde–Calcutta. Captain Thomas Hamlin did not allow the consumption of alcohol on his ship, thus it was known as a temperance ship.