General Baird (1801 ship)

General Baird was built in Rangoon in 1801 or 1802 as a "country ship", that is, a British ship that traded east of the Cape of Good Hope. Her master was W. Fleming, and her owner Fairlie, Gilmore and Company.
"General Baird" was a troopship in the same squadron as , which had been lost a month earlier, and was carrying troops to Balambangan Island. Lord Wellesley, Governor-General of India, had decided upon the resettlement of Balambangan and instructed R. J. Farquhar, the British Resident at Amboina, to manage the expedition. Farquhar reestablished the settlement at Balambangan by the end of September 1803.
A fire on 29 October 1803 destroyed "General Baird", Captain Fleming, master, in the harbour at Balambangan.
Post script: The British burnt the fort and village and withdrew from Balambangan on 5 December 1806.
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