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''Alexander'' was a sailing ship launched in Quebec in 1801. She was registered in London in 1802. She sailed for the British East India Company carrying wheat to New South Wales for the government, before returning to Britain via China. She spent a few years trading with the West Indies before she traveled to New South Wales again, this time transporting convicts. On her return to Britain new owners returned her to trading with the West Indies, but she is no longer listed after 1810 and her ultimate fate is unknown. ==East Indiaman (1802-1803)== She was taken up for service with the British East India Company between 1802-1803. The Victualing Board chartered ''Alexander'' to carry 511,945 pounds (228.5 tons) of flour to New South Wales; the Bill of Lading was dated 5 March 1802.〔''Historical records of Australia'' (1915), Series 1 v.3 1801/02, pp.481-2.〕 Captain James Normand () left England on 28 April 1802, bound for New South Wales and Bombay. ''Alexander'' reached Rio de Janeiro on 30 June, and Port Jackson on 16 October. The government sold some of her supplies (60 casks of flour and 25 casks of salt meat) to Nicolas Baudin to resupply his two French vessels then in port. The supplies permitted ''Naturaliste'' to return to France and ''Geographe'' to continue her explorations of the Australian coast.〔''Historical records of Australia'' (1915), Series 1 v.3 1801/02, p.600.〕 She left Port Jackson on 3 January 1803, stopped at Colombo on 20 March, and reached Bombay on 27 April. From Bombay she reached St Helena on 5 October, and the Downs on 18 December.〔National Archives: ''Alexander'' (2),() - accessed 8 November 2014.〕 On 4 January 1804 Captain Norman wrote a testimonial to the Commissioners of Longitude in support of an award for Thomas Earnshaw for his chronometer. Norman wrote that over the 13 months between leaving England and arriving in Bombay, the chronometer was never more than five miles off, and that from Bombay home it had altered trivially.〔Maskelyne (1804), p.7.〕〔The Commissioners awarded Earnshaw £2500 in 1805.〕 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「Alexander (1801 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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