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Boscawen | 27008 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 26 | EICS | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 29.7.1748 | EICS | |
| Home Port | London - Thames | EICS | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | EICS | |
| Shipyard | Blackwall - London | EICS | |
| Category | Merchant | EICS | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | EICS | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | EICS | |
| Sold for Break Up | 1765 | EICS | |
Commander: Benjamin Braund.
Ship: Boscawen.
Burden: 499 tons.
Crew: 101.
Owners: Samuel Braund, Andrew Harrison, John van Homert, Richard Crab, Charles Pole and others of London, merchants.
Lieutenant: Richard Parry.
Gunner: Edward George.
Boatswain: William Carr.
Carpenter: William Melson.
Surgeon: William Jones.
Cook: John Foot.
Armament: 26 carriage guns.
Folio: 109
BOSCAWEN,
499 Tons, 4 Voyage,
BOMBAY.
(Richard Crabb, Esq.)
Capt. Benjamin Braund
1 Arthur Morris
2 Thomas Phillips
3 John Riddell
4 Henry Pascall
Sur. William Shepherd
Pur. Evan Evans
Sailed Ports. 26 May, 1761
Arr. Downs, 28 May, 1765
Rated at 499 tons, 26 guns, 99 crew.
Principal Managing Owner: 4 Richard Crabb.
Voyages:
(1) 1748/9 Bombay. Capt Benjamin Braund. Downs 26 Mar 1749 - 5 Jul Johanna - 2 Aug Bombay - 22 Sep Surat - 17 Nov Bandar Abbas - 23 Dec Bombay - 11 Feb 1750 Mangalore - 17 Feb Tellicherry - 19 Mar Socotra - 29 Mar Mokha - 27 Aug Bombay - 16 Jan 1751 Cape - 17 Feb St Helena - 4 Jun Gravesend.
(2) 1752/3 Madras and China. Capt Benjamin Braund. Downs 27 Dec 1752 - 15 Mar 1753 Cape - 24 Jun Madras - 9 Sep Whampoa - 26 Dec Second Bar - 7 May St Helena - 22 Jul Erith.
(3) 1756/7 Madras, Bengal and China. Capt Benjamin Braund. Downs 30 Jan 1757 - 16 Jul Madagascar - 5 Sep Madras - 28 Nov Balasore - 20 Dec Calcutta - 29 Mar 1758 Ingeli - 5 Jul Madras - 21 Oct Whampoa 4 Feb 1759 - 15 May off St Helena, unable to call because of French ships - 7 Jun San Salvador - 27 Dec Cork - 2 Feb Plymouth - 27 Mar Erith.
(4) 1760/1 Bombay and Bengal. Capt Benjamin Braund. Portsmouth 26 May 1761 - 16 Aug Rio de Janeiro - 16 Dec Anjengo - 25 Dec Tellicherry - 9 Jan 1762 Goa - 19 Feb Bombay - 2 Mar Surat - 12 May Mokha - 14 Jun Jeddah - 22 Aug Mokha - 15 Sep Surat - 14 Oct Bombay - 19 Nov Cannanore - 22 Nov Calicut - 25 Nov Cochin - 30 Nov Anjengo - 1 Feb 1763 Kedgeree - 1 Apr Ingeli - 8 Jun Calcutta - 10 Feb 1764 Culpee - 9 Mar Barrabulla - 26 Jun Mauritius - 29 Dec Bourbon - 21 Jan 1765 Cape - 27 Feb St Helena - 31 May Blackwall.