''Baring'' was launched at

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in 1805 as ''Alexander Brodie''. Her owners sold her to Portuguese interests that named her ''Asia Felix''. They in turn sold her to British owners in 1809. The British owners renamed her ''Baring''. She made one voyage for the British

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(EIC) between 1811 and 1812.

Career

''Baring'', Palmer & Co., owners, appeared on a list of vessels registered at Calcutta in January 1811. On 13 December 1810 a ''Baring'' arrived at Portsmouth from Bengal,

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, and the

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. EIC voyage Captain Henry Templer sailed from Gravesend on 28 May 1811 and Portsmouth on 27 July, bound for Bengal. ''Baring'' reached Madeira on 14 August, and the Cape of Good Hope on 23 October, before arriving at

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on 13 January 1812. London-bound, she was at

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on 23 April, reached

on 8 July and

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11 September, and arrived at Gravesend on 11 November. She returned to private trade in India, but then was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 24 February 1813. She entered the ''Registry of Shipping'' in 1813 with Carter, master, Murray, owner, and trade London transport.''Register of Shipping'' (''RS'') (1813), "B" Supplement pages.
/ref> She was then, according to one source, "Employed in the transport service and sold to the Government". On 31 May 1814 she arrived at Deal with several other Indiamen (including and ), and two whalers (including ), all under escort by . Loss: On 18 October 1814, ''

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'' reported that "The Baring Transport, Carter, Master" had been lost at Beerhaven on 10 October. She had left Cork the day before with an expedition. The crew, and all the troops, save five men, were saved. The troops consisted of 200 men from the

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. Boats from the escorting vessels, and , effected the rescue. The ''Register of Shipping'' for 1815 carried the annotation "Lost" by her name. Recovery: ''Lloyd's List'' reported on 5 December 1815 that "The Baring Transport", which had sunk in October 1814, had been raised, and apparently with little damage.''Lloyd's List'' 5 December 1815, №5028.
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'' (''LR'') for 1816 carried ''Baring'' with Carter, master, Murray, owner, and trade London transport. She was no longer listed in 1818.

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