Name Zenobia Completed 1815 Cost Rs. 55,000 | Builder Calcutta, India Owner Dwarkanath Tagore | |
Owner James Calder, Mackintosh and Company | ||
The Zenobia was a merchant ship built of teak in 1815 in Calcutta, India. She was owned by Mackintosh and Company, and purchased by the Indian entrepreneur Dwarkanath Tagore.
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First ship to pass the Torres Straits from westward
Zenobia, under Capt. John Lihou, was reputed to be "the first ship which ever succeeded in passing the Torres Straits from the westward, the general course being from the eastward."
Captain Lihou sailed on Zenobia out of Calcutta for several years, making voyages in the East Indies and the Pacific.
Voyages
The following advertisement soliciting outbound passengers from England appeared in "The Indian Mail" in 1843:
For CALCUTTA, calling at MADRAS, to land Passengers only, the Teak Ship ZENOBIA, 600 Tons, S.H. Owen, Commander. To leave the St. Catherine Docks the 15th December, calling at Portsmouth to embark Passengers. — For Freight or Passage, apply to Messrs. BARING, BROTHERS, and Co., S. Bishopsgate Street; or to JAMES BARBER and Co., 17, St. Mary Ave.