The Historical Background
Sweden and the City of Gothenburg

8. Calmar

skepp 7  Hem  skepp 9 

Calmar
Built in Kalmar 1739, Burthen 254 Swedish Last (about 612 tons), 22 cannons, 100 men. Named The Unity of Calmar before it was sold to the company two years later for 76,000 dal smt.
Voyages during the first charter:
March 14, 1741 - August 25, 1743. To Canton under Captain Lars Bogman. Supercargos: Gerard Barry, John Pike, Henrik König, Alexander Ross. Repairs and rigging cost 52,900 dal smt before the voyage. The voyage yielded a profit of 414,132 dal smt (53%) plus a fund of 66,332 dal smt for unforeseen expenses. The value of the free consignment (pacotill) amounted to 33% of the sales.

January 1, 1744 - August 12, 1745. To Canton under Captain Israel Ekman. Supercargos: Charles Irvine, John Pike, Arthur Abercromby, Stephen Kniper, Jean Baptiste Croisier.

February 13, 1746 - May 25, 1748. To Canton under Captain Mathias Estbergen, Hartw. Budler. Supercargos: Nils Ström, Anders Gotheen, George Kitchin, Christian Tham, Anders Gadd.

skepp 7  Hem  skepp 9 

Copyright © Jan-Erik Nilsson 1998, 2010, 2023