78:
32:
480:; the indigenes reciprocated with a war dance involving shields and spears. The Indiamen arrived at Mocha on 4 December. They then sailed out of the Red Sea and reached Bombay on 6 March. A voyage that would take a coppered vessel not facing adverse winds about two and a half weeks had taken the Indiamen five and a half months.
687:
left the Downs on 6 January 1787, bound for Bombay and China, and reached Lisbon on 23 January, a stop made necessary by the need for repairs to her topmast and rigging, damaged in the Bay of Biscay. She sailed again in about ten days. She reached
Johanna on 20 May and Bombay on 16 June Bombay. She
411:
to take on water, when the French squadron arrived and attacked them at anchor. Due to the unexpected nature of the encounter, neither fleet was prepared to do battle, and the result was an inconclusive battle in which the French warships sustained more damage than did the
British. The French did
874:
in 1775 and 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
1303:
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
932:), but there is no island (pulao) there. Pulo Mancap may simply be a designation for the SW corner of Borneo. The same source identifies Pulo Mancap Shoal a little to the south, approximately where earlier sources had placed St Clement's Bank.
706:
had to throw her guns overboard, as well as some water casks and 100 chests of tea. On 21 October
Samways arrived at East India House to announce that she had arrived safely at Plymouth. She arrived at the Downs on 14 November.
658:
on 14 August and arrived at the Downs on 21 September. Once again a member of his ship's crew denounced Lawson for smuggling; leading the Court of
Exchequer to fine him £100,000. Instead of paying, Lawson fled to
647:
gave rise to a court case in which her master, Georgius
Bassett, contested the seizure. He appealed to the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes from the decision by the Court of Admiralty of England.
403:, the British to take it from the Dutch, the French aiming to help defend it and French possessions in the Indian Ocean. The British convoy and its escorting squadron had anchored at Porto Praya (now
688:
arrived at
Whampoa on 23 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 6 March 1788 and reached St Helena on 31 July. At some point Captain Charles Samways replaced Baird as by the time
448:, which she reached on 2 September. The convoy left Johanna on 21 or 22 September, but ran into an adverse monsoon that drove the vessels to the coast of Arabia, and especially the four Indiamen
476:. They remained there for some six weeks as the indigenes were friendly and the vessels could procure fresh food. The Highlanders entertained the indigenes with bagpipe music, and danced the
426:, and gained a strategic victory, because Suffren beat Johnstone to the Cape and reinforced the Dutch garrison before continuing on his journey to the Ile de France (now
675:
arrived at
Whampoa on 14 August. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 24 November. She reached St Helena on 24 March 1786 and arrived at the Downs on 20 June.
1353:
308:
was returning from China and richly laden. Her cargo, which consisted primarily of tea, was valued at £300,000, half of which was insured with
English underwriters.
1363:
515:
328:
when, on his return to
Britain in 1779, a crew member had denounced him for smuggling. Lawson lost his goods, and his command, which he had purchased from
621:
then parted company on 30 January at "St Clement's Bank Peels Morcop". These are probably "St Clement's Reef" and "Pulo Mancap", at the lower end of the
77:
663:, where he lived until his death on 10 October 1820, aged 76 years. At Vizagapatam Lawson had prospered as a free (i.e., not EIC-affiliated) merchant.
1314:
A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ..
1049:
The stranger in Liverpool; or, An historical and descriptive view of Liverpool. Appendix containing copious extracts from the ancient town records
267:(EIC) purchased her. She entered the EIC's service in 1780, then performed three voyages for the EIC. On the first voyage she was present at the
374:
293:
was returning to France from China in company with three other Indiamen when a gale on 25 September 1778 or so parted them. On 29 September,
396:
1358:
1244:
271:, and led an inconclusive attack by five merchant vessels on a French frigate. The second and third voyages were much less eventful.
1290:
510:
885:
431:
585:
156:
904:
538:
826:
reached "Hollis Bay". Unfortunately, it is not clear where Hollis Bay is. This is probably a transcription error.
762:
749:
413:
263:
in 1778, while she was on the return leg of her maiden voyage, whereupon individuals associated with the British
463:
718:
was surveyed on her return. Her owners decided that she was not worth repairing and sold her for breaking up.
1348:
335:
s previous captain, Fasham Naire. Lawson enlisted Robert Williams, who had been principal managing owner of
371:
491:
473:
392:
268:
31:
1343:
1182:
1145:
449:
384:
294:
1168:
1096:
964:
901:
These areas or places are difficult to identify today. One set of coordinates places Pulo Mancap at
1301:
1329:
Memoir of the life and character of the late lieut.-colonel John Campbell, by a retired officer .
408:
264:
1286:
1240:
548:
505:
441:
400:
185:
430:). Still, Johnstone went on to capture five Dutch East Indiamen and destroy a sixth at the
871:
622:
1069:
992:
518:. After an engagement the next day that lasted some two and a half hours and in which
477:
845:, and she was not with the other three, or "Kissen Bay" is currently an open question.
692:
was at St Helena, Samways was her captain. He had been her first officer under Baird.
1337:
469:
287:
249:
702:, but the two vessels parted company on 9 September in a gale. Because of the storm
632:
660:
655:
300:, Captain W. C. Finch, was on her way from Lisbon to England when she captured
256:
101:
919:
906:
600:
587:
427:
854:
The spelling of the country ship's name varies, sometimes being given as
579:
445:
370:
was part of a convoy of Indiamen accompanying a British squadron under
1276:
Address to the proprietors of East India stock and to the public: ...
278:
s owners disposed of her on her return in 1788 from her third voyage.
671:
Captain John Baird left Torbay on 12 February 1785, bound for China.
363:
842:
404:
508:, on 9 September the ships encountered the 38-gun French frigate
748:, and was a partner with Robert Williams in the banking firm of
841:
s log book puts her at "Qishm" on 5 December. Whether this was
578:
in the straits of Lombon by one account, and on the 23rd near
320:, had her lengthened and superbly fitted out, and renamed her
339:
on Lawson's voyage, to become principal managing director of
1253:
Bowditch, Nathaniel, and Jonathan Ingersoll Bowditch (1841)
1025:
Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year 1778
635:
on 10 May, and brought in with her the French brigantine
1262:
East Indiamen: The East India Company's Maritime Service
1008:
1006:
1004:
399:
attacked Johnstone. Both squadrons were en route to the
734:
Locko Park was the residence of Robert Lowe, who owned
472:. The Indiamen were carrying the 2nd Battalion of the
486:
left Bombay on 8 August in company with the Indiamen
1222:
Bassett, D.K. (1962). "A naval battle off Malacca".
530:had several men injured from exploding cartridges,
1159:Bowditch & Bowditch (1841), Table LIV (p.364).
761:Although sources state that she was built for the
765:, the company had gone into liquidation in 1769.
698:left St Helena on 19 August in company with the
514:, which was under the command of Lieutenant de
965:Fiott (1791), p.14 - accessed 12 August 2015.
884:Lannuguy-Tromelin was the younger brother of
468:were driven further, to Kissen Bay, near the
8:
551:. She was at the Second Bar on 20 December.
362:from Portsmouth on 13 March 1781, bound for
1322:Memoirs of William Hickey Vol.1 (1749-1775)
1206:Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
809:, captured what may have been the fourth,
504:. As the squadron was sailing through the
111:Robert Williams (principal managing owner)
1141:
1139:
1137:
1083:
1081:
888:, who in 1779 had captured the previous
1354:Ships of the British East India Company
1285:. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society.
1012:
960:
958:
945:
727:
1119:
643:had captured on 2 May. The capture of
444:region on 22 July. She then sailed to
17:
1172:, no. 1853 - accessed 13 August 2015.
75:
29:
7:
1364:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
1257:. (U.S. Government Printing Office).
1186:, no.2023 - accessed 13 August 2015.
988:
986:
984:
982:
980:
978:
976:
974:
972:
952:Anon. (June 1970), No. 86, pp.41-51.
1237:The Bombay Country Ships, 1790–1833
822:The National Archives reports that
774:English privateers captured two of
395:, when a French squadron under the
14:
1100:no. 1250 - accessed 2 August 2015
1039:, (October 1778), Vol. 40, p.564.
316:Captain Patrick Lawson purchased
474:42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
76:
30:
1300:Hardy, Horatio Charles (1811).
1283:Ships of the East India Company
418:(recaptured the next day), and
1320:Spencer, William, ed., (1913)
1307:. Black, Parry, and Kingsbury.
805:. John Dawson, captain of the
801:, both of Liverpool, captured
358:Captain Patrick Lawson sailed
1:
1324:(London:Hurst & Blackett)
1267:d'Unienville, Raymond (2004)
1060:Spencer (1913), Vol.1, p.214.
1037:The Scots Magazine, Volume 40
870:. She was a ship launched at
387:on 10 April. Six days later,
324:. Lawson had been captain of
1255:American Practical Navigator
789:, both of Bristol, captured
566:left Whampoa. On 22 January
1131:D'Unienville (2004), p.260.
862:, and preceded, or not, by
539:Action of 10 September 1782
1380:
1359:Age of Sail merchant ships
1208:, Vol. 58, Part 2, p.1021.
639:, of 120 tons (bm), which
536:
248:was originally the French
147:: 1000 (French; "of load")
763:French East India Company
667:EIC voyage #2 (1785-1786)
167:: 758 (bm); Voy. #2&3
131:
24:
20:
1260:Cotton, Sir Evan (1949)
750:Lowe, Vere, and Williams
522:had two men killed, and
132:General characteristics
1281:Hackman, Rowan (2001).
1110:Spens (1836), pp.21-22.
679:EIC voyage #3 (1787-88)
613:), by another account.
500:, and the country ship
383:and the convoy reached
354:EIC voyage #1 (1781-83)
255:, built in France. The
432:battle of Saldanha Bay
350:into service in 1780.
304:in the Bay of Biscay.
1312:Phipps, John (1840).
1264:. (Batchworth Press).
1235:Bulley, Anne (2000).
412:capture the Indiamen
393:Battle of Porto Praya
312:British East Indiaman
269:Battle of Porto Praya
1196:Hardy (1811), p.128.
1087:Cotton (1949), p.39.
1027:, Vol. 21, pp.203-4.
570:parted company with
422:, and the victualer
1274:Fiott, John (1791)
916: /
886:Captain de Tromelin
858:, and sometimes as
597: /
554:On 4 January 1783,
391:was present at the
409:Cape Verde Islands
265:East India Company
119:1780 (EIC service)
1327:Spens, J. (1836)
1224:Malaya in History
1070:British Library:
993:British Library:
920:3.083°S 110.183°E
601:1.617°S 108.883°E
549:Whampoa anchorage
516:Lannuguy-Tromelin
506:Strait of Malacca
401:Cape of Good Hope
397:Bailli de Suffren
241:
240:
127:Broken up c. 1788
1371:
1317:
1308:
1296:
1250:
1231:
1209:
1203:
1197:
1194:
1188:
1180:
1174:
1166:
1160:
1157:
1151:
1143:
1132:
1129:
1123:
1117:
1111:
1108:
1102:
1094:
1088:
1085:
1076:
1067:
1061:
1058:
1052:
1046:
1040:
1034:
1028:
1022:
1016:
1010:
999:
990:
967:
962:
953:
950:
933:
931:
930:
928:
927:
926:
921:
917:
914:
913:
912:
909:
899:
893:
882:
876:
852:
846:
840:
833:
827:
820:
814:
813:, on 28 October.
779:
772:
766:
759:
753:
743:
742:
738:
732:
612:
611:
609:
608:
607:
602:
598:
595:
594:
593:
590:
375:George Johnstone
333:
276:
186:Full-rigged ship
83:
80:
37:
34:
18:
1379:
1378:
1374:
1373:
1372:
1370:
1369:
1368:
1334:
1333:
1311:
1299:
1293:
1280:
1247:
1234:
1221:
1218:
1213:
1212:
1204:
1200:
1195:
1191:
1181:
1177:
1167:
1163:
1158:
1154:
1144:
1135:
1130:
1126:
1118:
1114:
1109:
1105:
1095:
1091:
1086:
1079:
1068:
1064:
1059:
1055:
1047:
1043:
1035:
1031:
1023:
1019:
1011:
1002:
991:
970:
963:
956:
951:
947:
942:
937:
936:
925:-3.083; 110.183
924:
922:
918:
915:
910:
907:
905:
903:
902:
900:
896:
883:
879:
872:Bombay Dockyard
853:
849:
838:
834:
830:
821:
817:
777:
773:
769:
760:
756:
740:
736:
735:
733:
729:
724:
713:
681:
669:
623:Karimata Strait
606:-1.617; 108.883
605:
603:
599:
596:
591:
588:
586:
584:
583:
541:
502:Shah Byram Gore
356:
331:
314:
284:
274:
81:
35:
12:
11:
5:
1377:
1375:
1367:
1366:
1361:
1356:
1351:
1349:Captured ships
1346:
1336:
1335:
1332:
1331:
1325:
1318:
1309:
1297:
1291:
1278:
1272:
1265:
1258:
1251:
1246:978-0700712366
1245:
1232:
1217:
1214:
1211:
1210:
1198:
1189:
1175:
1161:
1152:
1133:
1124:
1122:, p. 168.
1112:
1103:
1089:
1077:
1062:
1053:
1041:
1029:
1017:
1015:, p. 142.
1013:Hackman (2001)
1000:
968:
954:
944:
943:
941:
938:
935:
934:
894:
877:
847:
828:
815:
781:s companions.
767:
754:
726:
725:
723:
720:
712:
709:
680:
677:
668:
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537:Main article:
478:Highland Fling
440:, reached the
355:
352:
313:
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109:
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57:
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53:
49:
48:
43:
39:
38:
27:
26:
22:
21:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1376:
1365:
1362:
1360:
1357:
1355:
1352:
1350:
1347:
1345:
1342:
1341:
1339:
1330:
1326:
1323:
1319:
1315:
1310:
1306:
1305:
1298:
1294:
1292:0-905617-96-7
1288:
1284:
1279:
1277:
1273:
1270:
1266:
1263:
1259:
1256:
1252:
1248:
1242:
1239:. Routledge.
1238:
1233:
1229:
1225:
1220:
1219:
1215:
1207:
1202:
1199:
1193:
1190:
1187:
1185:
1179:
1176:
1173:
1171:
1165:
1162:
1156:
1153:
1150:
1148:
1142:
1140:
1138:
1134:
1128:
1125:
1121:
1120:Phipps (1840)
1116:
1113:
1107:
1104:
1101:
1099:
1093:
1090:
1084:
1082:
1078:
1075:
1073:
1066:
1063:
1057:
1054:
1050:
1045:
1042:
1038:
1033:
1030:
1026:
1021:
1018:
1014:
1009:
1007:
1005:
1001:
998:
996:
989:
987:
985:
983:
981:
979:
977:
975:
973:
969:
966:
961:
959:
955:
949:
946:
939:
929:
898:
895:
891:
887:
881:
878:
873:
869:
865:
861:
857:
851:
848:
844:
837:
832:
829:
825:
819:
816:
812:
808:
804:
800:
796:
792:
788:
784:
780:
771:
768:
764:
758:
755:
751:
747:
731:
728:
721:
719:
717:
710:
708:
705:
701:
697:
693:
691:
686:
678:
676:
674:
666:
664:
662:
657:
653:
649:
646:
642:
638:
634:
630:
626:
624:
620:
616:
610:
581:
577:
573:
569:
565:
561:
557:
552:
550:
546:
543:On 4 October
540:
535:
533:
529:
525:
521:
517:
513:
512:
507:
503:
499:
495:
494:
489:
485:
481:
479:
475:
471:
470:Bab-el-Mandeb
467:
466:
461:
457:
453:
452:
447:
443:
439:
435:
433:
429:
425:
421:
417:
416:
415:Hinchinbrooke
410:
406:
402:
398:
394:
390:
386:
382:
378:
376:
373:
369:
365:
361:
353:
351:
349:
346:The EIC took
344:
342:
338:
334:
327:
323:
319:
311:
309:
307:
303:
299:
298:
292:
289:
288:East Indiaman
281:
279:
277:
270:
266:
262:
258:
254:
251:
250:East Indiaman
247:
246:
234:
233:
229:
226:
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221:
220:
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216:
215:
209:
208:
204:
201:
200:
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166:
165:
161:
158:
154:
153:
149:
146:
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141:
140:
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136:
135:
130:
126:
123:
122:
118:
115:
114:
110:
107:
106:
103:
100:
97:
96:
93:
90:
87:
86:
82:Great Britain
79:
74:
70:
67:
66:
62:
59:
58:
54:
51:
50:
47:
44:
41:
40:
33:
28:
23:
19:
16:
1328:
1321:
1313:
1302:
1282:
1275:
1269:Hier Suffren
1268:
1261:
1254:
1236:
1227:
1223:
1205:
1201:
1192:
1184:Lloyd's List
1183:
1178:
1170:Lloyd's List
1169:
1164:
1155:
1147:Lloyd's List
1146:
1127:
1115:
1106:
1098:Lloyd's List
1097:
1092:
1072:Lord Holland
1071:
1065:
1056:
1048:
1044:
1036:
1032:
1024:
1020:
994:
948:
897:
889:
880:
867:
863:
859:
855:
850:
835:
831:
823:
818:
810:
806:
802:
798:
795:Two Brothers
794:
790:
786:
782:
775:
770:
757:
745:
730:
715:
714:
703:
699:
695:
694:
689:
684:
682:
672:
670:
651:
650:
644:
640:
636:
628:
627:
618:
614:
575:
571:
567:
563:
559:
555:
553:
544:
542:
531:
527:
523:
519:
509:
501:
497:
492:
487:
483:
482:
464:
459:
455:
450:
437:
436:
434:on 21 July.
423:
419:
414:
388:
380:
379:
367:
359:
357:
347:
345:
340:
337:Lord Holland
336:
330:Lord Holland
329:
326:Lord Holland
325:
321:
317:
315:
305:
301:
296:
290:
285:
272:
260:
252:
244:
243:
242:
231:
230:
223:
222:
206:
205:
198:
197:
163:
162:
151:
150:
143:
142:
137:Tons burthen
91:
45:
15:
1344:1770s ships
1230:(1): 26–31.
1149:, no. 1483.
923: /
661:Vizagapatam
631:arrived at
604: /
511:Pourvoyeuse
366:and China.
286:The French
1338:Categories
1216:References
856:Byram Gore
700:Walsingham
683:Baird and
645:Anna Maria
637:Anna Maria
534:withdrew.
532:Pouvoyeuse
257:Royal Navy
192:Complement
174:Propulsion
159:); Voy. #1
102:Locko Park
940:Citations
860:Byramgore
783:Alexander
633:St Helena
428:Mauritius
420:Fortitude
407:) in the
385:São Tiago
372:Commodore
297:Porcupine
295:HMS
259:captured
235:: 26 guns
227:: 26 guns
182:Sail plan
1316:. Scott.
1304:commerce
911:110°11′E
890:Osterley
811:Carnatic
793:, while
654:reached
592:108°53′E
580:Caremata
576:Osterley
560:Osterley
547:reached
520:Osterley
498:Osterley
465:Osterley
217:Armament
116:Acquired
98:Namesake
68:Captured
60:Launched
52:Namesake
1051:(1839).
776:Modeste
744:ths of
739:⁄
446:Johanna
318:Modeste
306:Modeste
302:Modeste
291:Modeste
282:Capture
261:Modeste
253:Modeste
224:Modeste
199:Modeste
155:: 922 (
144:Modeste
46:Modeste
25:History
1289:
1243:
807:Mentor
803:Gaston
787:Tartar
589:1°37′S
562:, and
496:, and
462:, and
456:Latham
424:Edward
364:Bombay
63:c.1777
55:Modest
36:France
995:Locko
908:3°5′S
875:guns.
843:Qeshm
839:'
824:Locko
799:Henry
791:Ferme
778:'
746:Locko
722:Notes
716:Locko
704:Locko
696:Locko
690:Locko
685:Locko
673:Locko
652:Locko
641:Locko
629:Locko
615:Locko
572:Essex
568:Locko
556:Locko
545:Locko
528:Essex
524:Locko
493:Essex
484:Locko
460:Locko
438:Locko
405:Praia
389:Locko
381:Locko
368:Locko
360:Locko
348:Locko
341:Locko
332:'
322:Locko
275:'
273:Locko
245:Locko
232:Locko
207:Locko
177:Sails
164:Locko
152:Locko
108:Owner
92:Locko
1287:ISBN
1241:ISBN
1074:(2).
868:Shaw
864:Shah
836:Asia
797:and
785:and
711:Fate
656:Cork
619:Asia
617:and
574:and
564:Asia
526:and
488:Asia
451:Asia
442:Cape
210:: 95
202:: 99
124:Fate
88:Name
71:1778
42:Name
866:or
1340::
1226:.
1136:^
1080:^
1003:^
971:^
957:^
741:16
625:.
558:,
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458:,
454:,
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157:bm
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