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Britannia | 29111 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | Unknown | EICS | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 1777 | EICS | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | EICS | |
| Shipyard | Bombay Dockyard - Bombay | EICS | |
| Category | Merchant | EICS | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | EICS | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | EICS | |
| Wrecked | 4.12.1805 | EICS | |
Company's own ship, built in India, launched 1775, 3 decks, 5in bottom, length 137ft 4in, keel 110ft ½in, breadth 36ft 3½in, hold 14ft 7in, wing transom 22ft 1in, port cell 26ft, waist 1ft 2½in, between decks 5ft 10in & 6ft 5in, roundhouse 6ft 5in, deck range 72ft, 770 tons.
Voyages:
(1) From India 1780. Capt George Hutchinson. Calcutta 1 Sep 1779 - 18 Nov Ingeli - 28 Dec Cochin - 1 Jan 1780 Tellicherry - 13 Jan Onore - 27 Jan Bombay - 5 Feb Surat - 15 Feb Mangalore - 9 May Tellicherry - 20 May Madras - 19 Jul Malacca - 5 Sep Whampoa - 13 Dec Second Bar - 19 May 1781 St Helena - 21 Oct Downs.
(2) 1781/2 St Helena and Benkulen. Capt Edward Cumming. Portsmouth 5 May 1782 - 24 Jul St Helena - 27 Nov Benkulen - 12 Jan 1783 Pring - 11 Feb Pulau Pisang - 7 Mar Benkulen - 12 Jul St Helena - 6 Oct Downs.
(3) 1784/5 Madras and China. Capt Edward Cumming. Portsmouth 29 Dec 1784 - 27 Mar 1785 Cape - 28 May Madras - 3 Aug Malacca - 15 Sep Whampoa - 2 Jan 1786 Second Bar - 5 Apr St Helena - 24 Jun Downs.
(4) 1786/7 Bengal. Capt Edward Cumming. Downs 6 Jan 1787 - 18 Jan Madeira - 3 Apr Cape - 11 Jun Diamond Point - 14 Jan 1788 Cox's Island - 25 Apr St Helena - 7 Jul Downs.
(5) 1788/9 St Helena and China. Capt Edward Cumming. Portsmouth 11 Feb 1789 - 7 May St Helena - 3 Sep Batavia - 28 Nov Whampoa 2 Feb 1790 - 30 May St Helena - 18 Aug Downs.
(6) 1790/1 Bombay and China. Capt Edward Cumming. Torbay 2 Feb 1791 - 1 Jun Bombay - 22 Sep Whampoa - 14 Nov Second Bar - 25 Feb 1792 St Helena - 22 Apr Downs.
(7) 1792/3 Madras and Bengal. Capt Thomas Cheap. Portsmouth 5 Apr 1793 - 14 Aug Madras - 8 Sep Diamond Harbour - Saugor 5 Dec - 29 Dec Malacca - 26 Jan 1794 Batavia - 4 Mar Benkulen - 2 Jun Batavia - 16 Jul Malacca - 5 Aug Penang - 3 Sep Achen - 25 Sep Diamond Habour - 29 Nov Saugor - 18 Mar 1795 St Helena - 25 Jul Downs 22-23 Jan 1794 captured French ship Le Vengeur.
(8) 1795/6 West Indies. Capt Thomas Barrow. Portsmouth 29 Jan 1796 - 14 Apr Barbados - 24 Apr Martinique - 28 Apr St Lucia - 5 Jun Martinique - 13 Jun St Pierre - 8 Aug Downs.
(9) 1796/7 St Helena, Madras and Bengal. Capt Thomas Barrow. Plymouth 22 Feb 1797 - 8 May St Helena - 1 Aug Madras - coastal cruise - 30 Sep Madras - 5 Nov Diamond Harbour - 13 Mar 1798 Saugor - 19 Jun Cape - 5 Aug St Helena - 25 Oct Downs.
(10) 1798/9 Madras, Bengal, Bombay and China. Capt Thomas Barrow. Portsmouth 24 Apr 1799 - 26 Aug Madras - 2 Oct Vizagapatam - 22 Oct Diamond Harbour - 19 Dec Saugor - 13 Feb 1800 Colombo - 5 Mar Bombay - ship overcrowded, returned - 18 Sep Bombay - 5 Oct Mangalore - 13 Oct Cannanore - 28 Nov Tellicherry - 13 Mar 1801 Whampoa - 7 Jul Bocca Tigris - 21 Sep St Helena - 2 Dec Downs.
(11) 1801/2 Madras. Capt Thomas Barrow. Downs 5 May 1802 - 1 Sep Madras 20 Oct - 24 Oct Madras - 15 Jan 1803 St Helena - 22 Mar Downs
(12) 1803/4 St Helena and Madras. Capt Jonathan Birch. Portsmouth 26 Oct 1803 - 5 Mar 1804 St Helena - 5 Oct Madras - 31 Dec St Helena - 19 Mar 1805 Downs.
(13) 1804/5 Madras and Bengal. Capt Jonathan Birch. Portsmouth 27 Jul 1805 - 27 Aug Cork - 29 Sep Madeira - lost 'off the Brazils' 4 Dec.