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462:(commanded by Captain Thréouart), the latter crowded sail to join her consorts, with the signal at her mast-head, "The enemy is superior in force to the French." Afraid of being unable to repair his frigates and under express orders to avoid giving battle led de Sercey to behave with discretion rather than valour; he withdrew. The bluff made Farquharson a celebrity and was greeted with rejoicing by the British press.
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on 5 February; in the evacuation, the ship's boats, except for the longboat, were lost, and two crewmen drowned. The crew then camped on the shore. On 15 February, locals attacked the survivors, killing seven and wounding four. On 18 February, the
British left the island in the long boat and three
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on her previous trip under Tod. On this voyage, Patton sailed her for St Helena, Madras and China. She left the Downs on 17 December 1791 and reached St Helena on 27 February 1792. From there she went on to Madras, which she reached on 10 May. By 23 June, she was at
456:, the British commander in chief in the East Indies, and made his other ships hoist pendants and ensigns to correspond. Farquharson then detached two of his ships to chase and reconnoitre the enemy. As these advanced towards the French reconnoitering frigate
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A register of ships, employed in the service of the
Honorable the United East India Company, from the year 1760 to 1810: with an appendix, containing a variety of particulars, and useful information interesting to those concerned with East India
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404:
s fourth voyage was again to Madras and China. Patton left
Portsmouth on 17 May 1796, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on 2 August. From there she sailed to Madras, which she reached in November. She arrived at Colombo on 7 December.
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Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the present state of the affairs of the East India Company, together with the minutes of evidence, an appendix of documents, and a general
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The EIC inspected the East
Indiamen as they arrived and on 15 October fined Patton and ten other captains £100 each for having not stowed their cargoes in conformance with the Company's orders. The money was to go to
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arrived at
Whampoa on 27 September. She crossed the Second Bar on 3 December, homeward bound. She arrived at St Helena on 13 April 1795, and the Downs on 23 July. Because this voyage began after the start of the
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often escorted these convoys, though generally not past India, or before on the return leg. Even so, the
Indiamen were heavily armed so that they could dissuade pirates and even large privateers.
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Since at least James, accounts of the encounter have declared the
Indiamen homeward bound. As the voyage records and an examination of maps make clear, they were outward bound to China.
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was under the command of
Captain Andrew Patton, who would remain her captain for the next three voyages. This was his fifth voyage to the east for the company, and his second on
919:
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Relative to Ships Tendered for the Service of the United East-India Company, from the Twenty-sixth of March, 1794, to the Sixth of January, 1795: With an Appendix
331:. She reached Whampoa on 16 August, and on her return trip she crossed the Second Bar on 3 November. She reached St Helena by 12 February 1793, and the Downs by 17 April.
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was ready to sail, the British government held her at Portsmouth, together with a number of other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on
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sailed to Madras and China under the command of Captain James Tod (or Todd). She left Torbay on 26 February 1789, and 10 March she reached
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On 28 January 1797 the Indiamen were off the east end of Java heading northward through the Bali Strait Here they encountered Admiral
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and his squadron of frigates, who had left Batavia and was sailing southward through the Bali Straits on his way back to Mauritius.
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There was a second assessment, on 30 July 1794 of a fine, but whether this was a restatement or a separate assessment is unclear.
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Farquharson realized that he could not outrun the French force and instead decided on a bluff. He hoisted the flag of Commodore
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issued to Captain Andrew Patton on 22 February 1794. The letter authorized her to take prizes should the opportunity arise.
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for the company. He died in Bombay in 1803 at age 42 while on his second voyage in her.
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East Indiamen traveled in convoys as much as they could. Vessels of the British
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This seems to be Pulao Kalaotoa, one of a four-island group that lie between
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Captain Patton left Portsmouth on 2 May, bound for China.
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House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1830).
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on 28 February, after having sailed some 500 miles.
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519:On her homeward voyage from China a storm damaged
538:The EIC valued the cargo lost on her at £63,216.
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692:"Letter of Marque, p.80 - accessed 25 July 2017"
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606:Captain Patton went on to command a second
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956:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1797
66:William Fraser (principal managing owner)
16:For other ships with the same name, see
1321:Ships of the British East India Company
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178:17 ft 0 in (5.2 m)
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294:on 10 January 1790, and reached
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867:Hardy, Horatio Charles (1811).
850:Ships of the East India Company
749:James (1837), Vol. 2, pp.79-80.
1226:Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes De Vries
874:. Black, Parry, and Kingsbury.
469:to strike a reef off Kalatea (
465:On 1 February, a storm caused
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512:. Patton and his men reached
414:, Captain James Farquharson;
221:Honourable East India Company
148: in (40.3 m) (keel)
818:Biden, Christopher (1830).
430:, Captain Abel Vyvyan; and
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1346:Shipwrecks in the Java Sea
1331:Age of Sail merchant ships
1326:Maritime incidents in 1797
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420:, Captain Charles Lennox;
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47:British East India Company
15:
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829:Grocott, Terence (1997).
383:French Revolutionary Wars
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1007:January (unknown date):
426:, Captain Edward Studd;
397:Voyage #4 (1796 to loss)
102:General characteristics
95:Scuttled 5 February 1797
1316:Ships built in Deptford
848:Hackman, Rowan (2001).
803:House of Commons (1830)
310:For her second voyage,
92:Wrecked 1 February 1797
1073:April (unknown date):
278:For her first voyage,
170: in (12.5 m)
1095:June (unknown date):
318:, as he had been her
18:Ocean (East Indiaman)
535:on 7 February 1798.
441:Bali Strait Incident
833:. London: Chatham.
761:, pp. 117–143.
578:battle of Pulo Aura
484: /
343:Voyage #3 (1794–95)
306:Voyage #2 (1791–93)
274:Voyage #1 (1789–90)
238: /
204:26 × 6-pounder guns
788:'British Library:
704:on 20 October 2016
1298:
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990:Droits de l'Homme
671:British Library:
650:, pp. 165–6.
593:in the north and
488:7.150°S 121.000°E
242:7.150°S 121.000°E
208:
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1353:
1341:Scuttled vessels
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1196:Marie Antoinette
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1164:Prince Frederick
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1046:Sydney Cove
491: /
302:on 6 June.
256:East Indies
245: /
156:41 ft
1311:1788 ships
1305:Categories
1238:Gelijkheid
1232:Beschermer
1216:Lady Shore
1206:Auspicious
1106:Resolution
1088:Providence
963:Shipwrecks
840:1861760302
812:References
708:27 October
370:See also:
292:Second Bar
268:Royal Navy
193:Complement
1256:Wassenaar
1194:HMS
1185:Hindostan
1148:Hamadryad
1135:HMS
1104:HMS
1086:HMS
1075:HMS
1056:Worcester
982:HMS
892:cite book
633:Citations
447:de Sercey
300:the Downs
254:) in the
183:Sail plan
1250:Vrijheid
1244:Hercules
1223:11 Oct:
1203:18 Jul:
1182:21 Jan:
1144:25 Dec:
1133:16 Nov:
1123:15 Oct:
1113:11 Oct:
1084:16 May:
1066:Harmonie
1063:16 Apr:
1053:14 Apr:
997:18 Jan:
980:14 Jan:
970:11 Jan:
908:(1837).
871:commerce
591:Sulawesi
533:Yarmouth
531:reached
502:scuttled
417:Woodford
233:121°00′E
201:Armament
79:Launched
1266:Barwell
1213:1 Aug:
1192:7 Jul:
1137:Tribune
1099:Pandour
1043:9 Feb:
1033:5 Feb:
1023:1 Feb:
514:Amboina
479:121°0′E
454:Rainier
329:Malacca
288:Whampoa
284:Madeira
262:Voyages
215:was an
196:125 men
165:⁄
143:⁄
116:⁄
71:Builder
36:History
1077:Albion
984:Amazon
973:Ganges
856:
837:
595:Flores
508:hired
459:Cybèle
433:Boddam
428:Canton
411:Alfred
402:Ocean'
359:586 13
325:Penang
131:Length
1158:Eliza
1126:Delft
1036:Ocean
1026:Ocean
1010:Jenny
883:index
702:(PDF)
695:(PDF)
673:Ocean
623:Ocean
609:Ocean
574:Ocean
542:Notes
525:Ocean
510:proas
505:Ocean
476:7°9′S
467:Ocean
387:Ocean
378:Ocean
349:Ocean
347:When
316:Ocean
312:Ocean
280:Ocean
230:7°9′S
212:Ocean
63:Owner
57:Ocean
1292:1798
1279:1796
1146:HMS
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