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35: 740:, 1514 bales of piece goods, 1843 bales of silk, 11,000 bags of saltpetre, and 25 bales of handkerchiefs. The EIC gave the value of the cargo it had lost on the two Indiamen at £140,000 per vessel. The EIC did not insure its vessels or cargoes. 348: 1199:
Reports from the Select 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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wounded out of 128 people on board. Kelston gave the breakdown of the people on board as 41 British, 31 foreign, and 56 lascars. Gelston remarked that in the action the lascars only got in the way.
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on the Île Bonaparte on 21 September. The British raiding party burned the warehouses where the captors had stored the silk and other valuable parts of the cargo from both
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Captain Gelston and Captain Dale wrote a joint letter of thanks to Captain Féretier for the kind and humane treatment they received from him, his officers, and men.
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recaptured her some months later. In 1817 her owners sold her for a hulk but new owners continued to sail her between London and India. She is last listed in 1824.
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was sold for use as a hulk. However, her new owners continued to use her as a merchantman, trading with India under a license from the EIC. She appeared in
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arrived at Madras on 22 April. At Madras, the captains of the eight East Indiamen in the convoy joined together to present Captain George Byng, of
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Supplement to a Register of Ships Employed in the Service of the ... East India Company from 1760 to the Conclusion of the Commercial Charter, Etc
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on 6 June and Madras on 4 July. She arrived at Diamond Harbour on 29 July. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 10 October and reached the
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on 4 October. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 11 November, reached St Helena on 19 March 1817, and arrived at Blackwall on 25 May.
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and lost her bowsprit and foretopmast. She then drifted on to the atoll where she lost her rudder and bilged. In the morning
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reached Madras on 10 September and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 11 October. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on November,
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On 2 May 1809 they departed from the Sandheads with several smaller vessels as well. On 24 May a storm split the convoy and
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on 18 January 1812. She reached Madras on 25 January and St Helena on 11 May. She arrived at Long reach on 24 July.
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permission to sail to Penang. Captain Hawes requested that another of the Indiamen accompany him in case
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Captain John Mills sailed from the Downs on 15 November 1815, bound for Madras, Bengal, and Batavia.
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had to have some of her guns thrown overboard to lighten her. When the prisoners arrived at
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on 26 March 1815. She reached St Helena on 22 April and arrived at Long reach on 25 June.
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Captain Geltson sailed from Portsmouth on 22 February 1814, bound for Madras and Bengal.
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Captain Gelston sailed from Portsmouth on 15 April 1808, bound for St Helena and Bengal.
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Even so, the information in the registers remained unchanged until her last listing in
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on 21 September, Madras again on 4 October, and the Cape on 30 December. She reached
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leaving in 1818 and returning in early 1819. Thereafter, there is no mention in
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Transport vessels for the British invasion of the Dutch Cape Colony (1805-1806)
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was one of the EIC vessels that were part of the expedition under General Sir
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resisted and in the engagement she had two British seamen killed and one
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took all the Europeans from her prizes on board and put a prize crew on
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and was damaged, however she escaped and sailed to Penang to repair.
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Asiatic Annual Register, Or, A View of the History of ..., Volume 11
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reached the Cape on 29 January 1816. She was at Madras on 12 April,
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sent her boats to the atoll where they rescued the people from
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sent their boats and were able to rescue about 400 people from
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were expected to sail from Bengal on 30 April under convoy by
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and the small ships separately lost touch with the Indiamen.
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The French recorded the cargoes as comprising 1698 boxes of
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on 26 September. Homeward bound via Benkulen, she was at
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on 14 August. She arrived at Long Reach on 16 November.
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on 1 February 1804. She reached Benkulen on 14 May and
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House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1830).
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continued on their way while hoping to meet up with
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had a leak that had worsened. Captain John Dale, of
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on 31 August, bound for Madras, Penang, and Bengal.
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As 282:Captain William Gelston sailed from 468:on 5 January 1806 and anchored off 1222:Theal, George McCall, ed. (1899). 698:. She was badly holed and Captain 522:on 23 January 1807 and arrived at 14: 314:on 22 July 1805. He sailed from 209:14 ft 9 in (4.5 m) 16:British East Indiaman (1803–1824) 1226:. Government of the Cape Colony. 514:on 3 September. She stopped at 160: in (44.6 m) (overall) 33: 1187:Hardy, Horatio Charles (1835). 1170:Ships of the East India Company 1096:. 10 January 1810. p. 218. 340:that would in 1806 capture the 684:too exchanged broadsides with 506:on 4 June, before arriving at 482:escorted the East Indiamen to 1: 778:Captain Gelstson sailed from 464:The British fleet arrived in 177: in (36.2 m) (keel) 310:Captain Gelston acquired a 257:was launched in 1803 as an 1272: 674: 346: 1149:Grocott, Terence (1997). 818:EIC voyage #6 (1815-1817) 798:EIC voyage #5 (1814-1815) 774:EIC voyage #4 (1811-1812) 592:foundered. Dale detailed 538:and four other Indiamen, 530:EIC voyage #3 (1808-1810) 306:EIC voyage #2 (1805-1807) 286:on 6 May 1803, bound for 278:EIC voyage #1 (1803-1804) 235:26 × 18-pounder guns + 6 101: 27: 23: 457:on 11 November, and the 102:General characteristics 1168:Hackman, Rowan (2001). 1119:House of Commons (1830) 834:on 26 June. She was at 713:The British recaptured 201: in (11.0 m) 842:Later career and fate 677:Action of 31 May 1809 73:British India Company 1048:, Vol. 17, pp.470-1. 883:Register of Shipping 790:on 7 July 1812, and 376:3.85750°N 33.81583°W 1153:. 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Index


East Indiaman
bm
Full-rigged ship
swivel guns
East Indiaman
East India Company
Royal Navy
The Downs
Madras
Diamond Harbour
Saugor
St Helena
letter of marque
Cork
Madeira
David Baird
Home Riggs Popham
Dutch Cape Colony
Transport vessels for the British invasion of the Dutch Cape Colony (1805-1806)
Rocas Atoll
3°51′27″N 33°48′57″W / 3.85750°N 33.81583°W / 3.85750; -33.81583
HMS Leda
Britannia
Streatham
Comet
Varuna
San Salvadore
Cape of Good Hope
Table Bay

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