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} |} ''Admiral Gambier'' was launched on 24 September 1807 for J. W. Buckle & Company. She made two trips to Australia as a convict transport and one trip from China to Britain for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was wrecked in 1817. ==Career== The EIC took ''Admiral Gambier'' on as an "extra ship" in 1808. Under the command of Edward Harrison, she sailed from Portsmouth, England on 2 July 1808, with 200 male convicts. She arrived at Port Jackson on 20 December 1808. Three male convicts died on the voyage. ''Admiral Gambier'' sailed on 28 March from Port Jackson to England. On her second voyage, under the command of Edward Lindsay, she sailed from England on 12 May 1811, with 200 male convicts. She arrived at Port Jackson on 29 September 1811. Three male convicts died on the voyage. ''Admiral Gambier'' departed for China on 2 December 1811. ''Admiral Gambier'' made one voyage for the EIC. Under Lindsay's command she sailed from Lintin, China, on 5 Jul 1812. She reached Macao on 21 August, Cape of Good Hope on 31 December, St Helena on 27 January 1813, and arrived at Blackwall on 18 May.〔National Archives - ''Admiral Gambier'',() - accessed 5 November 2014.〕 On her return to Britain ''Admiral Gambier'' left the East India company's service.〔 ''Admiral Gambier'' then sailed to Batavia. On 28 December 1815 she was reported to have been well in the Sunda Straits. At the time she was under the command of Captain Duke.〔''Lloyd's List'', No. 5070,() - accessed 7 February 2014.〕 She sailed for Ceylon in December 1816 under the command of Captain Robert Brasch on what would prove to be an ill-fated voyage. She proved leaky in The Downs and had to return to port.〔''Lloyd's List'', No. 5135,() - accessed 7 February 2014.〕 Then on 14 January 1817 while she was in the Bay of Biscay seas struck her, stove in her boats, and swept everything off her decks. Several crew members were injured while clearing the wreckage. Consequently, she had to return to Portsmouth for repairs, reaching there on 18 January.〔(''Lloyd's List'', No. 5145 )〕 She left Portsmouth again on 15 March and reached Madeira by the 26th. She dropped of mails, picked up mails for Ceylon, and sailed the same day.〔''Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany'', Vol. 5 (March 1818), p.312.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Admiral Gambier (1807 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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