Carnatic was launched in 1787. She made six voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She was sold for breaking up in 1802.
EIC voyage #1 (1788–1789): Captain John Corner sailed from The Downs on 29 January 1788, bound for Madras and China. Carnatic was at Madeira on 3 March, reached Madras on 26 June, was at Penang on 24 August, and arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 15 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 26 January 1789, reached St Helena on 18 March, and arrived at Long Reach on 3 July.[3]
EIC voyage #2 (1791–1792): Captain Corner sailed from Portsmouth on 3 February 1791, bound for Madras and China. Carnatic reached Madras on 30 May and Malacca on 22 August. She arrived at Whampoa on 22 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 12 December, reached Batavia on 19 January 1792 and St Helena on 7 April; she arrived at Long Reach on 10 June.[3] Captain Corner brought several Camellia japonica 'Alba Plena' back with him for Gilbert Slater.[4]
EIC voyage #3 (1794–1795):War with France had broken out in 1793. Captain James Jackson acquired a letter of marque on 30 November 1793.[2]
The British government held Carnatic at Portsmouth, together with 38 other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on Île de France (Mauritius). The government gave up the plan and released the vessels in May 1794. It paid £3,440 for having delayed Carnatic's departure by 129 days.
Captain Jackson sailed from Portsmouth on 2 May, bound for Madras and China. Carnatic reached Madras on 11 September and Penang on 23 October.[3] On 25 December she sighted Pulo Anna, from which it can be inferred that she sailed to China via the Pacific rather than the South China Sea. She arrived at Whampoa on 21 January 1795. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 5 March, and reached Malacca on 26 April and St Helena on 31 August. She was at Finish Roads, Ireland, on 13 November, and arrived at Long Reach on 27 December.[3]
EIC voyage #4 (1796–1798): Captain Jackson sailed from Portsmouth on 11 August 1796. Carnatic reached St Helena and 16 October and Amboina on 8 January 1797. She reached Whampoa on 18 March. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 28 April.[3] On 3 August she was in company with Thames and again sighted Pulo Anna. On 23 October she reached the Cape of Good Hope and on 3 December St Helena. She arrived at Long Reach on 4 February 1798.[3]George Palmer, later commander of Boddam, made his first voyage on this trip.[5]
EIC voyage #5 (1798–1800): Captain Jackson sailed from Portsmouth on 31 December 1798, bound for Bombay and China. Carnatic reached the Cape of Good Hope on 25 March 1799, Johanna on 12 May, and Bombay on 11 June. She reached Malacca on 14 September and arrived at Whampoa on 30 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 22 December, and reached Malacca on 18 January 1800. She reached St Helena on 11 April and arrived at Long Reach on 26 June.[3]
EIC voyage #6 (1801–1802): Captain Horatio Beevor acquired a letter of marque on 10 December 1800. He sailed from Portsmouth on 9 January 1801, bound for St.Helena, Bencoolen and China. Carnatic reached St Helena on 4 April and Bencoolen on 12 July. She was at Penang on 26 August and Malacca on 10 September. She arrived at Whampoa on 29 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 8 December, reached St Helena on 12 April 1802, and arrived at Long Reach on 14 June.[3]
Fate
In 1802 her owners sold Carnatic for breaking up.[1]
Warley, launched in 1796, was one of the British East India Company's (EIC), larger and more famous East Indiamen. She made nine voyages to the East between 1796 and 1816, most direct to China. In 1804 she participated in the Battle of Pulo Aura. In 1816, the company sold her for breaking up.
Coutts was launched in 1797 and made eight voyages to India and China for the British East India Company (EIC). She participated in two notable engagements, the action of 4 August 1800, and the battle of Pulo Aura. She was broken up in 1815.
Perseverance was launched in 1801 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), before she was sold in 1819 for breaking up.
Alfred was launched in 1790 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made eight voyages for the EIC before she was sold. She participated in two notable incidents in which East Indiamen bluffed superior French naval forces from engaging. In January 1797, on her third voyage, in the Bali Strait Alfred and five other Indiamen sent off a French squadron of six frigates without a shot being fired. In February 1804, at Pulo Aura, during her sixth voyage she participated in a notable engagement with a French squadron. After her last voyage for the EIC Alfred served as a storeship and a hulk.
Henry Addington was launched in 1800 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made seven voyages for the EIC before she was sold in 1815 for breaking up. She was one of the vessels at the Battle of Pulo Aura in 1804.
Wexford was launched in 1802 as an East Indiaman in the service of the British East India Company (EIC). She made seven voyages to India, Persia, and China for the EIC, on the first of which she participated in the battle of Pulo Aura. Her last voyage ended in 1817 and she was broken up c. 1819.
Hope was launched in 1797 on the Thames River. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was sold for breaking up in 1816. She was one of the East Indiamen at the battle of Pulo Aura.
Boddam was built by William Barnard at Barnard's Thames Yard at Deptford and was launched on 27 December 1787 on the River Thames. She made six voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). Her fourth voyage was particularly notable as she participated in an encounter between six Indiamen and six French frigates in which the Indiamen succeeded in bluffing the French into withdrawing. During that voyage she also survived several typhoons. Her owners sold her in 1803 and her subsequent deployment and fate is currently unknown.
Taunton Castle was launched on the River Thames in 1790 as an East Indiaman. She made nine voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was broken up in 1813. In 1797, on her third trip, she was one of a fleet of six East Indiamen that bluffed a squadron of six French frigates into fleeing.
Ceres was launched in 1797 as an East Indiaman. She made nine voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), before she was hulked in 1816.
Lord Macartney was launched in 1782 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC0 before she was sold in 1798. She then traded across the Atlantic to North America and was last listed in 1811.
Earl of Wycombe was launched in 1786 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). In 1800 she became a general trader, trading across the Atlantic to the West Indies and Canada. She was lost without a trace c.1803.
Europa was launched in 1781 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was probably broken up in 1798.
Nottingham was launched in 1787 as an East Indiaman. She made only eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) in the 23 years before she was sold for breaking up.
Worcester was launched in 1785 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made eight voyages to India and China for the EIC and participated as a transport in two naval expeditions before she was sold in 1809 for breaking up.
Walpole was launched on the Thames in 1779. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). On the sixth voyage, on her way to China, her captain discovered an island that he named Walpole Island. She was sold for breaking up in 1799.
Walmer Castle was launched in 1796 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made nine voyages for the EIC before she was sold in 1815 to sail as a troopship and supply ship for the British Army. She was broken up in 1821.
Thames was launched on the Thames in 1796 as an East Indiaman. She made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was sold for breaking up in 1816.
Glatton was launched in Rotherhithe in 1796. Between 1796 and 1815 she made eight voyages to South-East Asia, China, and India as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). In 1815 her owners sold her for use as a hulk.
Cirencester was launched in 1795 at Rotherhithe. Between 1795 and 1813 she made eight voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She was sold in 1813 for a hulk.
References
Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN0-905617-96-7.
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