British Merchant east indiaman 'Earl St Vincent' (1800)

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Earl St Vincent
Nominal Guns	Unknown	EICS
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1800	EICS
Shipyard	Unknown	EICS
Category	Merchant	EICS
Ship Type	East Indiaman
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last known	1802	EICS

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentEICS
Burthen281Tons BM

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
21.11.1800 - 10.2.1802Captain (HEIC)IORMAR

Notes on Ship

EIC JournalIORMAR

Voyages:

(1) 1800/1 Bengal. Capt Richard Williams. Spithead 30 Dec 1800 - 24 May 1801 Calcutta - 8 Aug Saugor - 26 Jan 1802 Downs.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 3rd of June 2026 05:48

London, 29 January 1802: We have the pleasure to announce the safe arrival in the Downs of the ship Earl St Vincent, Captain Richard Williams, one of the ships licensed by the East India Company last season to bring home rice; she is the fifth vessel which has arrived of the 32 which sailed from hence for grain. Th Earl St Vincent left the Presidency in the mjddle of August. [Hampshire Chronicle, 1 February 1802]

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