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38. Hoppet

Hope

Voyages during the fifth charter: In 1808 to England (Bengal) under Captain Sven Roempke. At the end of 1808, Hope was sent to England with a cargo of iron and 100,000 piasters borrowed from the Estates Bank. Under English convoy, she was then to go to Bengal. Due to the deposition of Gustav IV Adolf, the journey had to be cancelled, and she thus returned to Gothenburg with her cargo. The loss on this unnecessary trip was over 40,000 Riksdaler.

The British Mariner's Directory and Guide to the Trade and Navigation of the Indian and China Sea: Containing Instructions for Navigating from Europe to India and China, and from Port to Port in Those Regions, and Parts Adjacent: With an Account of the Trade, Mercantile Habits, Manners, and Customs of the Natives. By H. M. Elmore, London 1802. Original book from the Ship's library, with the signature of the Captain, Sven Roempke. Library of the Coldinu Order, Gothenburg.

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