History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce, Volume 2 (of 4)

by W. S. Lindsay

80. That the part-owners or master do send in the ship the value of 500l. in foreign coins or bullion (the same to be weighed in and passed through the Company’s Bullion Office), to be made use of for extraordinary expenses during the voyage. Penalty, 20l. per cent.

81. The commander to be supplied with 200l. per month, by way of impress or provisions, while in India or China.

82. The Company to pay for the hire of Lascars, in the room of seamen employed in India.

[APPENDIX No. 9. Vol. ii. p. 458.]

Ships belonging to or in the service of the East India Company burnt, lost, taken, or otherwise destroyed, from the year 1700 to the year 1819.

Date.	Ships’ Names.	Tons.	By what Means.
1702	Queen	320	Taken.
1703	Neptune	275	Lost.
—	Dover	180	Taken.
1704	Hester	350	Lost.
—	Albemarle	320	Lost.
1705	Edward and Dudley	300	Taken.
—	Bombay	300	Blown up.
1707	Herbert	210	Taken.
—	Dispatch	110	Blown up.
1708	Godolphin	280	Lost.
—	New George	400	Taken.
1709	Sherborne	400	Lost.
1709	Dutchess	430	Taken.
—	Phɶnix	400	Lost.
1710	Jane	180	Taken.
1711	Blenheim	250	Burnt.
1715	Catherine	350	Lost.
1716	Success	250	Lost.
1718	Vansittart	480	Lost.
1719	St. George	480	Lost.
—	King George	450	Lost.
—	Cassandria	380	Taken.
—	Chandos	480	Lost.
1720	Addison	400	Lost.
—	Dartmouth	400	Lost.
1721	Nightingale	480	Lost.
1729	Berrington	440	Lost.
1731	Eyles	400	Lost.
1733	Oakham	480	Burnt.
1734	Derby	480	Taken.
1735	Pelham	480	Lost.
—	Compton	480	Burnt.
1736	Deckar	490	Lost.
—	Sussex	490	Lost.
—	Newcastle	495	Lost.
—	Devonshire	495	Lost.
1737	Resolution	495	Lost.
—	Anglesea	490	Lost.
1738	Normanton	495	Lost.
1741	Grantham	495	Lost.
1742	Princess Louisa	498	Lost.
1743	Nottingham	498	Lost.
—	Northampton	498	Lost.
1744	Prince of Orange	495	Lost.
—	Princess Mary	498	Taken.
1745	Princess Amelia	498	Taken.
1746	Heathcote	498	Lost.
—	Winchelsea	498	Lost.
—	Anson	499	Taken.
1747	Lincoln	498	Lost.
—	Dolphin	370	Lost.
1749	Duke of Cumberland	499	Lost.
—	Lynn	499	Lost.
1754	Doddington	499	Lost.
1756	Grantham	499	Taken.
—	York	499	Lost.
1756	Expedition	350	Taken.
1759	Streatham	499	Lost.
1760	Denham	499	Taken.
1761	Griffin	499	Lost.
1762	Walpole	499	Taken.
1763	Elizabeth	499	Burnt.
1764	Earl of Holderness	499	Lost.
—	Ajax	499	Lost.
—	Earl Temple	499	Lost.
—	Winchelsea	499	Lost.
1765	Albion	499	Lost.
1766	Falmouth	499	Lost.
1767	Lord Clive	499	Lost.
1768	Earl of Chatham	499	Lost.
1769	Lord Holland	499	Lost.
1771	Verelet	499	Lost.
1772	Duke of Albany	499	Lost.
1773	Lord Mansfield	499	Lost.
—	Royal Captain	499	Lost.
1774	Huntingdon	499	Lost.
1777	Marquis of Rockingham	758	Lost.
1778	Colebrooke	723	Lost.
—	London	723	Lost.
1779	Valentine	676	Lost.
—	Osterley	758	Taken.
—	Stafford	804	Lost.
1780	Royal George	758	} Taken by the combined Fleets of France and Spain, August 9th, 1780.
—	Hillsborough	723	}
—	Mountstuart	758	}
—	Gatton	758	}
—	Godfrey	716	}
1781	General Barker	758	Lost.
1782	Earl Dartmouth	758	Lost.
—	Grosvenor	729	Lost.
—	Fortitude	758	Taken.
—	Earl of Hertford	758	Lost.
—	Brilliant	703	Lost.
1783	Blandford	606	Taken.
—	Hitchinbrooke	528	Lost.
—	Duke of Athol	755	Burnt.
—	Fairford	755	Burnt.
—	Duke of Kingston	723	Burnt.
1784	Major	755	Burnt.
1785	Montague	755	Blown up.
1786	Halsewell	758	Lost.
1787	Hartwell	937	Lost.
—	Mars	696	Lost.
1789	Vansittart	828	Lost.
1791	Foulis	765	Never heard of.
1792	Winterton	771	Lost.
1793	Princess Royal	805	Taken.
1794	Pigot	765	Taken.
1796	Triton	800	Taken.
—	Dutton	761	} Lost on the West India Expedition.
—	Ganges	784	}
—	Middlesex	852	}
—	Pousborne	804	}
1797	Ocean	1189	Lost.
—	Martha	406	Lost.
1798	Princess Amelia	808	Burnt.
—	Raymond	793	Taken.
—	Woodcot	802	Taken.
—	Henry Addington	1200	Lost.
1799	Earl Fitzwilliam	803	Burnt.
—	Osterley	755	Taken and retaken.
1800	Queen	801	Burnt.
—	Kent	820	Taken.
—	Earl Talbot	1200	Foundered.
1803	Culland’s Grove	576	Taken.
—	Lord Nelson	820	Taken and retaken.
—	Hindostan	1248	Lost.
—	Prince of Wales	820	Foundered.
—	Admiral Aplin	558	Taken.
—	Comet	529	Taken.
1804	Princess Charlotte	610	Taken.
—	Brunswick	1200	Taken.
1805	Earl of Abergavenny	1200	Lost.
—	Warren Hastings	1200	Taken and retaken.
—	Ganges	1200	Lost.
—	Britannia	770	Lost.
1806	Lady Burges	820	Lost.
—	Fame	492	Taken.
—	Shelton Castle	584	Foundered.
1808	Lord Nelson	818	}
—	Glory	549	} Foundered.
—	Experiment	502	}
—	Walpole	820	Lost.
—	Travers	577	Lost.
1809	Britannia	1200	Lost.
—	Admiral Gardner	813	Lost.
—	Calcutta	819	} Foundered.
—	Jane, Duchess of Gordon	820	}
—	Bengal	818	}
—	Lady Jane Dundas.	820	}
1809	Europe	820	} Taken and retaken.
—	Streatham	819	}
—	Asia	820	Lost.
—	Windham	820	Taken and retaken.
—	United Kingdom	820	} Taken.
—	Charlton	818	}
—	True Briton	1198	Foundered.
1810	Earl Camden	1200	Burnt.
—	Ocean	1200	Foundered.
—	Ceylon	818	Taken and retaken.
1812	Harriet	549	Burnt.
1813	Euphrates	596	Lost.
—	Marquis Wellesley	820	Lost.
—	Earl Howe	876	Lost.
—	William Pitt	572	Foundered.
1814	Devonshire	820	Lost.
1815	Bengal	950	Burnt.
1817	Elphinstone	1200	Burnt.
1818	Cabalva	1200	Lost.

[APPENDIX No. 10. Vol. ii. p. 462.]

A list of Ships belonging to or chartered by the East India Company, in 1820, where built, tonnage, and number of guns and men.

Ship’s Name.	Where and when built.		Tonnage.	Guns.	Men.
Apollo	Paul	1812	693	12	65
Asia	Barnard’s	1811	1012	26	115
Astell	Mestaer’s	1810	871	26	100
Atlas	Paul	1812	1291	26	130
Bombay	Bombay	1809	1246	26	130
Bridgewater	Brent’s	1812	1339	26	130
Buckinghamshire	Bombay	1816	1369	26	130
Canning	Wigram’s	1817	1326	26	130
Carnatic	Perry’s	1808	863	26	102
Castle Huntly	Bengal	1812	1274	26	130
Charles Grant	Bombay	1810	1252	26	130
Cornwall	Bengal	1811	798	12	75
Dorsetshire	Barnard’s	1799	1268	16	110
Duke of York	Wigram’s	1817	1327	26	130
Dunira	Barnard’s	1817	1325	26	130
Earl of Balcarras	Bombay	1815	1417	26	130
Essex	Perry’s	1812	1352	26	130
General Harris	Brent’s	1812	1339	26	130
General Hewitt	Bengal	1811	894	26	110
General Kyd	Bengal	1813	1327	26	130
Herefordshire	Bombay	1813	1342	26	130
Inglis	Penang	1811	1321	26	130
Kellie Castle	Wigram’s	1818	1350	26	130
Lady Campbell	River	1816	684	12	65
Lady Melville	Wigram’s	1813	1321	26	130
Larkins	India	1807	676	12	60
London	Pitcher’s	1817	1352	26	130
Lord Castlereagh	Randall’s	1802	847	26	110
Lowther Castle	Pitcher’s	1811	1507	26	130
Marchioness of Ely	Well’s	1802	1016	26	115
Marquis Camden	Pitcher’s	1812	1329	26	130
Marquis of Ely	Perry’s	1801	1316	12	115
Marquis of Huntly	Brent’s	1811	1348	26	130
Marquis of Wellington	Barnard’s	1812	1033	26	115
Matilda	India	1803	774	12	75
Minerva	Bombay	1813	976	26	115
Moffatt	India	1804	846	12	75
Orwell	Ipswich	1817	1335	26	130
Prince Regent	Barnard’s	1811	1036	26	115
Perseverance	Pitcher’s	1801	1335	26	130
Phɶnix	Barnard’s	1814	887	26	102
Princess Amelia	Barnard’s	1808	1319	26	130
Princess Charlotte of Wales	Dudman’s	1812	1016	26	115
Regent	Bengal	1811	910	12	90
Rose	Well’s	1811	1024	26	115
Streatham	Dudman’s	1804	861	26	110
Scaleby Castle	India	1798	1237	26	130
Thames	Barnard’s	1819	1360	26	130
Thomas Coutts	Wigram’s	1817	1334	26	130
Thomas Grenville	Bombay	1809	923	26	107
Vansittart	Bengal	1813	1313	26	130
Warren Hastings (Rawes)	Perry’s	1793	1356	26	130
Warren Hastings | (Larkins)	Barnard’s	1802	1004	26	120
Waterloo	Wigram’s	1816	1325	26	130
Winchelsea	River	1803	1310	12	115
Windsor	Barnard’s	1818	1332	26	130
William Pitt	Barnard’s	1804	857	26	110

[APPENDIX No. 11, Vol. ii. p. 464.]