Carn Brea Castle was an East Indiaman, launched on the Thames in 1824 and built to carry passengers to Bengal.

[4] Carn Brea Castle had been built expressly to carry passengers to Calcutta,[3] sailing under a license from the EIC.

[1] Carn Brea Castle, James Barber, master, left Portsmouth on 5 July 1829, bound for Calcutta.

[3] Carn Brea Castle struck rocks on 5 July 1829 off Sudmore Point, Isle of Wight.

[5][6] Lieutenant Josiah Donford, RN, of the Coast Guard station at Freshwater, and five men proceeded to help rescue the passengers.