True Briton

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 28th of May 2026 11:07

London, 7 May 1752: This morning the Hon East India Company received the agreeable news of the safe arrival in the Downs of the Caesar, Capt Court, from China. She left Canton in December last, when three more ships were ready to sail from thence for England. The Britannia sailed from St Helena a week before the Caesar came from thence. She left there the Anson and all the men of war. The True Briton she left at Prince’s Island. [Kentish Post, 9 May 1752]

Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 25th of May 2026 16:15

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; 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]

Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 24th of May 2026 17:41

London, 13 March 1751: The India Company have received advice that the True Briton, Capt Bradley, for China, was heard of well in the Streights of Banca; and that the Swallow, Captain Bell, with slaves from Madagascar, was arrived at Fort St David’s. [Kentish Post, 16 March 1751]

Posted by S Watkins on Monday 3rd of July 2023 19:35

The East Indiaman, True Briton (1790), did sink. On 20 Jan 1810, The Bombay Courier carried a report from Madras that there had been two severe typhoons in Sep/Oct 1809, and the True Briton had not been heard of since.

Posted by Andeas von Mach on Wednesday 28th of June 2023 17:43

Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Monday 17 December 1764

The Ship True Briton, Captain Thomas Harrison, very richly laden from the Havannah to London, failed from thence the 12th Day of September last, and after meeting with extreme bad Weather, and violent Storms, foundered at Sea on the 28th Day of October, about 400 Leagues to the Westward of Scilly. Fourteen of the Crew perished, among whom was the Chief Mate ; the Captain and 43 Men were saved by a French Snow, bound from Martinico to Nantes, who landed them at Vrivero, in Spain. She had near 60,000 L. in Specie on Board, and was reckoned worth 120,000.

Posted by Andeas von Mach on Wednesday 28th of June 2023 17:39

Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal - Wednesday 17 March 1762

Extra& of a Letter from Capt. Thomas Harrifon, of the Ship True Briton, arrived at Guadalupe, from London and Cork, dated the of January 1762

Posted by Andeas von Mach on Wednesday 28th of June 2023 17:35

Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal - Saturday 07 June 1760

We hear the Owners of the Britannie, Capt. Harrifon, lately arrived from Guadalouse, who're his Passage engaged and best of a large French Privateer, have purchased the True Briton East India Ship of 5oo Tons, and given the Command of her to the said Capt. Harrison, as a Reward for his gallant Behaviour. She mounts twenty tour Guns. six and nine Pounders, aod is now fitting out in Mess. Wells's Dock at Deptford for Gusdaloupt and Antigua.

Posted by Andeas von Mach on Wednesday 28th of June 2023 17:29

Hackman

TRUE BRITON. Ship. 1746-1760.
400 bm.
20.11.1746: Launched by Greville & Whetstone, Rotherhithe, for Robert Baillie. Captain Henry Broadley.
1) 25.4.1747 - 24.8.1749: Coromandel Coast and Bengal.
2) 2.4.1750 - 21.5.1752: China direct.
3) 28.12.1753 - 22.8.1755: Coromandel Coast and China.
4) 20.5.1758 - 19.2.1760: Bombay direct.
1760: Sold for breaking up.

Posted by David Ponder on Wednesday 28th of June 2023 00:44

Which True Briton sunk? Is it the 1790 EIC boat?