An account of the loss of the Country Ship Forbes and Frazer Sinclair, her late Commander

Authors

Horst H. Liebner, Centre for Research on Sea Territories and Non-Living Resources, Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research, Department of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of IndonesiaFollow
David van Dyke, Underwater projects in Aceh, Belitung, Borneo, and the Java SeaFollow

Abstract

This paper reports on the life of the English Country trader Captain Frazer Sinclair leading up to and following the loss of the Forbes in the Karimata Strait in 1806. It examines the adventure and tenuous times of trading around the Indonesian archipelago after the fall of the VOC and subsequent transfer to the British. Included are the details of Captain Sinclair's trading history, multiple prizes as a privateer, and shipwrecks.

Recommended Citation

Liebner, Horst H. and van Dyke, David (2016) "An account of the loss of the Country Ship Forbes and Frazer Sinclair, her late Commander," Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia: Vol. 17: No. 1, Article 4.
DOI: 10.17510/wacana.v17i1.449
Available at: https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol17/iss1/4