Prince Edward

Posted by Jon Miller on Tuesday 26th of May 2026 06:39

London, 6 July 1751: Yesterday the Purser of the Prince Edward, Capt Haldane, came to the India-House with the agreeable news of the said ship’s arrival at Spithead from China, on Tursday last. She sailed from St Helena on the 11th of May. The Severn, Capt Dorrill, from Bengal, sailed from thence in company with her, and parted from her a few days after. The Grantham, Capt Oliver, and the York, Capt Ward, sailed from Canton the middle of January. The Grantham had met with some damage in the Streights of Sunda, and had put into Batavia to be repaired. The Warren, Capt Glover, and ghe Britannia, Capt Sumner, from Bombay for Bengal, lost their passage, and will not come hoe this year. The Walpole, Capt Fee, nd the London, Capt Sedgwick, were to be dispatched a few days after the Severn from Bengal. [Kentish Post, 10 July 1751]

Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 25th of May 2026 16:21

London, 22 May 1751: By the Union, arrived at Dover from China, bound for Gottenburgh, the India Company have advice, that the Augusta homeward bound, was well at New Island the 30th of December, and was to sail for England in a few days. The Portfield, Capt Legeyt; the Stafford, Capt Baker; the Prince Edward, Capt Halden [sic, should be Haldane]; the York, Capt Ward; and the Grantham, Capt Oliver, were arrived at China; the True Briton, Capt Bradley, was also arrived, and sailed for Bombay; the Suffolk, Capt Wilson, arrived at Batavia, the 24th of August. [Kentish Post, 25 May 1751]