Английская Википедия:Fairford (1782 EIC ship)

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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 Шаблон:Ship, Шаблон:Ship, and several other East Indiamen.[1] Fairford reached Bombay. She was loading cargo for England when she caught fire there on 15 June 1783.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp She was entirely consumed, but her crew was saved.[2]

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

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