United Kingdom
Name	Thomas Henchman
Owner	1803:Archer & Smith[1] 1809:Forbes & Co.[2]
Builder	M. Smith, Howrah,Calcutta[3]
Launched	1802[3]
Fate	Wrecked July 1811
General characteristics
Tons burthen	500,[3] or 517,[4] or 520,[1] or 600[2] (bm)

Thomas Henchman was launched in 1802 at Calcutta as a "country ship", that is, a merchant vessel trading in the East Indies, but not between India and England. She was wrecked in 1811 while preparing to participate in a Britishinvasion of Java.

In 1809 William Hodges was captain ofThomas Henchman.^[2]

Thomas Henchman was to participate as one of the transports in the Britishreduction of Java,^[4] under the auspices ofLord Minto.

Thomas Henchman was burned,^[3] or wrecked on areef in theStrait of Malacca in July 1811.^[5]

• Phipps, John (1840).A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
• Anon. (1809).Reports and Papers on the Impolicy of Employing Indian Built Ships in the Trade of the East-India Company, and of Admitting Them to British Registry: With Observation on Its Injurious Consequences to the Landed and Shipping Interests, and to the Numerous Branches of Trade Dependent on the Building and Equipment of British-built Ships. Blacks and Parry.
• House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1814).Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping. H.M. Stationery Office.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

• 1802 ships
• British ships built in India
• Age of Sail merchant ships
• Maritime incidents in 1811
• Shipwrecks in the Strait of Malacca

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