[M] CIRCLE OF WILLIAM JOHN HUGGINS (BRITISH, 1781-1845) The Money, Wigram & Son's Frigate 'Seringapatam' off the North Foreland, circa 1843

CIRCLE OF WILLIAM JOHN HUGGINS (BRITISH, 1781-1845)

The Money, Wigram & Son's Frigate 'Seringapatam' off the North Foreland, circa 1843

Oil on canvas

19 x 28in. (48.5 x 71cm.)

The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by Captain H. W. Wise, 1948.

Built by Green, Wigram’s & Green’s Blackwall Yard in London in 1837, Seringapatam was at the forefront of a new generation of passenger-carrying vessels developed after the East India Company lost its monopoly in 1834. She registered 818 tons - 160 tons larger than all previous vessels - and measured 152½ x 34½ x 22ft, being effectively the first of the so-called 'Blackwall Frigates'. She set a new record of 85 days from London to Bombay on her maiden voyage and was always noted for her quick and regular passages and became the model for many succeeding vessels - according to Basil Lubbock, twelve vessels were promptly based on her lines. She was last surveyed in 1861 for Lloyd's Register but is not listed thereafter. In 1843 the original partnership split with Greens retaining the Blackwall Line nomenclature, and Money, Wigram & Sons setting up as a separate entity which lasted until 1891. In this picture we see Seringapatam flying the new House flag of Money, Wigram & Sons.