Several ships have been named after Lord William Bentinck.

Two were launched in 1828,[1] and the coincidence of name and year of launch, and both having carried convicts to Tasmania, has resulted in some sources conflating the two vessels, e.g., Hackman.[2]

Citations

References

  • Bolton, Alexander Joseph (1890). "Progress of Inland Steam-Navigation in North-East India from 1832". Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 99. doi:10.1680/imotp.1890.20641. ISSN 1753-7843.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • Waller, David (2016). Iron Men: How One London Factory Powered the Industrial Revolution and Shaped the Modern World. London: Anthem Press. ISBN 9781783085460.
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