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Transport vessels for the British invasions of Île Bourbon and Île de France (1810)

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Reports and Papers on the Impolicy of Employing Indian Built Ships in the Trade of the East-India Company, and of Admitting Them to British Registry: With Observation on Its Injurious Consequences to the Landed and Shipping Interests, and to the Numerous Branches of Trade Dependent on the Building
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The data in the table below comes primarily from an 1814 report from a Select Committee of the House of Commons of the British Parliament, which provided the data only on country ships, giving the names of a large number of vessels, and their burthen
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Also, transliteration of non-English names shows no consistency across sources, making it extremely difficult to try to find more information about the vessels in question.
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of the cartel ships states that there was another vessel of unknown name that had also arrived at Morlaix as a cartel. The vessel was probably the transport
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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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In 1794 the British government had contemplated an invasion of Mauritius but had cancelled the plan in May. It had intended to use
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about to sail from England to India and China. One suspects that the logistics of such an operation proved too daunting.
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Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping
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to carry back to France the French troops that they had captured in these campaigns. An
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Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794)
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Sailed to Bengal, then back to Madras and Mauritius, and then to England
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of "1000 tons" (bm) was recaptured at Île de France on 3 December 1810.
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Returned to India and then participated in the invasion of Java (1811)
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had arrived at Plymouth. She had come as a cartel from Mauritius and
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The British government chartered some nine of these vessels as
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after the name in the table below designates the vessels.
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Storm and Conquest: The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1809
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Returned to Madras and then resumed journey to Britain
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Serving as a "Government armed ship", Captain Street.
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Yates died on shore on the first day of the invasion
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House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1814).
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Stationery Office. 988:Taylor (2007), pp.333-4. 251:Howrah (Calcutta), 1810 931:Asiatic Annual Register 663:invasion of Java (1811) 642:invasion of Java (1811) 603:invasion of Java (1811) 1074:Lists of sailing ships 933:(1811), Vol. 10, p.68. 744:The privateer captain 671:Sir Stephen Lushington 1008:Phipps, John (1840). 903:Phipps (1840), p.180. 860:Reports and Papers... 845:Reports and Papers... 830:Phipps (1840), p.139. 818:Phipps (1840), p.102. 806:Phipps (1840), p.141. 756:Sir William Burroughs 403:Sir William Burroughs 307:Lost at Fultah, 1817 233:Built at Chittagong; 974:, Vol. 19, pp.476-7. 912:Phipps (1840, p.176. 758:on 18 December 1807. 689:Non-European vessels 921:Phipps (1840), 141. 679:Captain James Hay 45:East India Company 1051:978-0-571-22467-8 956:2027/uc1.c2735025 944:"The Marine List" 888:2027/uc1.c2735025 876:"The Marine List" 794:2027/uc1.c2735025 782:"The Marine List" 686: 685: 505: 504: 417:William Burroughs 396:Last listed 1844 374:Chittagong, 1810 314:General Wellesley 153:Cape of Good Hope 33:transport vessels 1086: 1055: 1036: 1030: 1022: 1013: 989: 986: 975: 969: 960: 959: 940: 934: 928: 922: 919: 913: 910: 904: 901: 892: 891: 872: 863: 857: 848: 842: 831: 828: 819: 816: 807: 804: 798: 797: 778: 759: 742: 619:William Nesbitt 535: 182:Lord Castlereagh 77: 27:(Mauritius) the 1094: 1093: 1089: 1088: 1087: 1085: 1084: 1083: 1059: 1058: 1052: 1039: 1023: 1016: 1007: 997: 992: 987: 978: 970: 963: 942: 941: 937: 929: 925: 920: 916: 911: 907: 902: 895: 874: 873: 866: 858: 851: 843: 834: 829: 822: 817: 810: 805: 801: 780: 779: 772: 768: 763: 762: 743: 739: 734: 729: 716: 691: 658:Henry Sturrock 580:Philip Herbert 533: 415:Captured 1808; 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Index

Île Bourbon
Île de France
Bombay
Calcutta
East India Company
bm
cartels
asterisk
Anna
Calcutta
Bheemoolah
Lord Castlereagh
Cochin
Madras
Roads
Coromandel
Cornwall
Emma
General Wellesley
Lady Barlow
Marian
Portsea
Sir William Burroughs
Troubridge
HMS Culloden
Upton Castle
Venus
USS Peacock
Lloyd's List
Ranger

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