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1100:. She was a ship launched at Bombay Dockyard in 1775 that was lost in 1785. She provides the cover illustration to the book by Bulley (2000), which also has some information on her and her successors, all named for a legendary king of Persia. The cover illustration suggests that she was three-masted, and armed with 18 guns.
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made in 1787 by Joseph Heriot, of London, and inscribed "The Gift of the Hon’ble East India
Company to Robert Maw Esq’r Commander of the Asia East Indiaman for gallantly defending the said ship against a French frigate of 44 guns in the Straights of Malacca September, 1782." We can safely assume that
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M. de
Lanuguy, dont la manoeuvre était l'objet des plaisanteries des matelots, qui en ce genre n'ont pas la main légère, offrit son journal à M. de Suffren; et, quoiqu'on doive présumer qu'il eût cherché à y atténuer sa faiblesse, le général, discourant peu, louant en peu de mots et blâmant de même,
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and a country-ship — on the one side, and a French frigate on the other. The action resulted in only a few casualties and was inconclusive. What was noteworthy was that the
Indiamen sought out the French man-of-war and attacked it; it would have been more usual for the merchantmen to have avoided
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860:, and that the captain of the frigate had asked him if he had seen five ships coming from Bombay. The intelligence led Lawson to believe that the French were cruising, looking for his squadron, but did not believe themselves stronger than the Indiamen.
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Arthur Morris received a similar piece of plate. We do not know what Samuel Rogers received, or if
Patrick Lawson even received anything as by 1787 he had fled Britain for India to escape a fine of £100,000 for having smuggled goods back to Britain on
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706:. Country ships, i.e., ships based in India, some sailing for the EIC, some independent, might join up in India with vessels going on to China, again for mutual protection against pirates, and in wartime privateers and enemy vessels.
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but decided that doing so might take too long. As it was late in the sailing season, if the
British vessels lost their passage to China there was no friendly port where they could winter. He lamented the lost opportunity to capture
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extinguished her lights and steered towards
Malacca. At 8:15 Lawson gave up the chase, which would have taken the squadron in the opposite direction from China, and signaled to his squadron to resume their voyage.
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England. Frequently other vessels, such as
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lui dit de sa voix nasillarde, en le lui remettant le lendemain : « Eh bien! M. de
Lanuguy, eh bien! je persiste à dire que vous avez entaché le pavillon »
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did fire on and take possession of a Malay sloop that he feared the French captain had dispatched to summon the two brigs that had been reported accompanying the frigate.
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that killed 13 of her crew. She put into
Trincomalee harbour on 30 November, not knowing that the French had captured the port. The French later seized
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A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ..
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on 3 September 1782, having left him and his squadron at
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Naval battles involving the British East India Company
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Bassett, D.K. (1962). "A naval battle off Malacca".
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967:brought up the rear as they sailed so that should
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731:left France. Both squadrons were en route to the
666:combat as they had little to gain from a battle.
1412:. (1990) Société d'histoire de l'Orient (Paris).
1292:"Auction announcement - accessed 30 August 2015"
802:, who was the senior captain, Samuel Rodgers of
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1406:Moyen Orient & océan indien, XVIe-XIXe s.
1126:Lannuguy-Tromelin was the younger brother of
881:came quite close, but no engagement ensured.
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1429:. Vol. 3. London: Hurst & Blackett.
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1397:. Rennes: A. Marteville et Lefas. pp.
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1394:Histoire du Bailli de Suffren
1279:Middle East and Indian Ocean
1245:D'Unienville (2004), p.260.
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152:Commanders and leaders
1416:Phipps, John (1840).
1369:Bulley, Anne (2000).
1281:(1990), Vol. 6, p.94.
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983:On the British side,
892:opened fire with her
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194:Casualties and losses
90:1.46750°N 105.25472°E
1236:Cotton (1949), p.39.
871:de Lannuguy-Tromelin
1298:on 21 November 2015
1128:Captain de Tromelin
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1454:Conflicts in 1782
1358:Malaya in History
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583:Delaware Bay
526:Charles Town
521:Rhode Island
489:Mona Passage
370:Cape Spartel
320:15 June 1780
263:17 June 1778
118:Belligerents
28:Part of the
15:
1364:(1): 26–31.
1302:20 November
1058:The French:
1040:Pourvoyeuse
1035:Pourvoyeuse
1025:Pourvoyeuse
1009:Trincomalee
1004:Pourvoyeuse
997:Pourvoyeuse
969:Pourvoyeuse
960:Pourvoyeuse
949:Pourvoyeuse
934:Pourvoyeuse
910:Pourvoyeuse
894:bow chasers
890:Pourvoyeuse
879:Pourvoyeuse
866:Pourvoyeuse
858:Pulo Pisang
847: /
749:Pondicherry
743:(Réunion),
741:Ile Bourbon
630:Trincomalee
600:Pondicherry
594:East Indies
546:Cape Breton
484:The Saintes
469:Frigate Bay
434:2nd Grenada
429:1st Grenada
397:Porto Praya
365:Île-de-Batz
288:13 May 1779
93: /
81:105°15′17″E
1438:Categories
1350:References
1082:Byram Gore
766:The action
700:Royal Navy
670:Background
620:Batticaloa
573:Hudson Bay
561:Chesapeake
541:Cape Henry
509:Grand Turk
479:Montserrat
454:Fort Royal
444:Guadeloupe
360:3rd Ushant
355:2nd Ushant
345:2nd Jersey
283:1st Jersey
268:1st Ushant
109:Indecisive
1177:Citations
1086:Byramgore
722:Commodore
704:St Helena
615:Negapatam
610:Providien
403:Caribbean
305:Gibraltar
247:1778–1783
189:1 frigate
78:1°28′03″N
1420:. Scott.
1391:(1852).
1132:Osterley
985:Osterley
947:pursued
922:Osterley
902:Osterley
835:102°55′E
804:Osterley
791:Osterley
696:Calcutta
566:Yorktown
556:Yorktown
551:Cape Ann
531:Savannah
409:Dominica
381:Atlantic
298:Plymouth
202:4 killed
199:2 killed
181:Strength
59:Location
1062:Suffren
979:Outcome
938:lascars
711:whalers
392:Bermuda
387:Madeira
350:Minorca
1377:
1157:Rainha
1149:Rainha
1047:salver
904:, and
832:1°49′N
788:, and
718:Bombay
692:Bengal
688:Madras
684:Bombay
625:Pisang
605:Sadras
459:Tobago
375:Ferrol
145:France
142:
106:Result
1115:Peter
1111:Locko
1096:, or
1068:Notes
1052:Locko
993:Essex
989:Locko
973:Locko
965:Locko
956:'
953:Locko
945:Locko
930:Essex
918:Locko
914:Locko
898:Locko
883:Locko
875:Locko
812:Essex
800:Locko
785:Locko
779:Essex
676:India
340:Brest
1375:ISBN
1304:2015
1094:Shaw
1090:Shah
1017:Aceh
991:and
928:and
926:Asia
920:and
877:and
808:Asia
773:Asia
653:The
63:Off
51:Date
1399:447
1113:as
1098:Shy
1440::
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1360:.
1198:^
1092:,
1054:.
940:.
900:,
896:.
818:.
782:,
776:,
739:,
690:,
686:,
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