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Welstead sailed from
Portsmouth on 19 February 1810, bound for Madras and China. She reached Teneriffe on 18 March and Madras on 7 July. She was at Penang on 18 August and Malacca on 10 September, and arrived at Whampoa on 11 October. Homeward bound she crossed the Second Bar on 25 December, reached
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Indiamen and that they were homeward bound. As the voyage records and an examination of maps make clear, the six Indiamen were outward bound to China. The French squadron was coming from Batavia and had sailed south
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Farquharson proceeded to organize a bluff. To give the impression that the convoy consisted of the powerful ships of the line that the
Indiamen resembled, Farquharson ordered his ships to advance in line of battle, and the French retreated, convinced they were facing a superior force. The Indiamen
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reached St Helena on 15 May and
Bencoolen on 9 September. She was at Penang on 20 November and Malacca on 20 December, and arrived at Whampoa on 14 February 1808. Homeward bound, she reached Penang on 4 April and St Helena on 6 July. She arrived at Long Reach on 14 September.
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Janeiro on 31 July, Penang on 31 October, and Malacca on 25 November. She reached Whampoa on 31 January 1802. Homeward bound she crossed the Second Bar on 20 March, reached St Helena on 10 July, and arrived at Northfleet on 17 September.
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and other national and mercantile institutions made a series of awards of ceremonial swords, silver plate and monetary gifts to individual officers. Lloyd's
Patriotic Fund in particular gave each captain a sword worth 50 pounds.
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from likely financial ruin, the repercussions of which would have had profound effects across the
British Empire. The various commanders and their crews were presented with a £50,000 prize fund to be divided among them, and the
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crossed the Second Bar on 9 June, reached the Cape on 2 December and St Helena on 3 January 1798, and arrived at
Gravesend on 3 April. On his return, the EIC thanked Farquharson and awarded him 500
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on 25 December. She arrived at
Whampoa on 16 February 1800. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 27 February, reached St Helena on 15 July, and arrived at Northfleet on 30 September.
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without a shot being fired. In February 1804, at Pulo Aura, during her sixth voyage she participated in a notable engagement with a French squadron. After her last voyage for the EIC
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arrived at Whampoa on 6 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 23 December, reached St Helena on 13 April 1795, and arrived at Long Reach on 25 July.
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to retire after only a brief exchange of fire. Dance then chased the French warships until his convoy was out of danger, whereupon he resumed his passage towards
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was one of the Indiamen that actually exchanged fire with the French, in her case for about 15 minutes, and that at long range.
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on 23 October, reached St Helena on 22 February 1792, and arrived at Long Reach on 18 April. Long Reach.
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Captain James Farquharson sailed from Torbay on 2 February 1791, bound for
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St Helena on 16 May 1811, and arrived at Northfleet on 13 August.
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762:"Letter of Marque, p.49 - accessed 25 July 2017"
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308:on 25 August. Homeward bound, she crossed the
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524:after a drawing by an officer on board the
327:on 22 February 1794 Farquharson received a
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19:For other ships with the same name, see
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226:1794: 26 × 9&6-pounder guns
73:EIC voyages 7-8:Andrew Timbrell
67:EIC voyage #1:James Farquharson
16:British East Indiaman 1790–1812
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792:James (1837), Vol. 2, p.79-80.
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450:EIC voyage #4 (1799-1800)
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298:Madras
283:Career
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