Career
1st EIC voyage (1795–1796): Captain Martin Lindsay acquired a letter of marque on 22 March 1795. [3] When Captain Lindsay found himself unable to procure any lime-juice prior to Cirencester's departure, he converted a part of his own apartments into a garden that he managed with considerable success. Consequently, her surgeon, John Livingston, reported that this saved the lives of many crew members. Captain Lindsay sailed from Portsmouth on 9 July, bound for China. Cirencester arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 28 December. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar, reached St Helena on 30 July and Crookhaven on 26 November; she arrived at Long Reach on 16 December. [1]
2nd EIC voyage (1797–1798): Captain Thomas Robertson acquired a letter of marque on 28 March 1797. [3] On 5 June he sailed from Portsmouth, bound for China. Cirencester arrived at Whampoa on 17 December. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 14 February 1798, reached St Helena on 5 August, and arrived at Long Reach on 23 October. [1]
3rd EIC voyage (1800–1801): Captain Robertson sailed from Portsmouth on 7 January 1800, bound for Bombay and China. Cirencester reached Joanna on 3 May and arrived at Bombay on 26 May. She then sailed on, reaching Malacca on 21 September and arrived at Whampoa on 5 November. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 29 December, reached St Helena on 15 April 1801, and arrived Long Reach on 17 June. [1]
4th EIC voyage (1802–1803): Captain Robertson sailed from Portsmouth on 25 February 1802, bound for Madras and China. Cirencester reached Madras on 15 June, Penang on 1 August, and Malacca on 25 August; she arrived at Whampoa on 17 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 22 November, reached St Helena on 23 February 1803, and arrived at Long Reach on 26 April. [1]
5th EIC voyage (1804–1805): Captain Thomas Robertson acquired a letter of marque on 22 December 1803. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 13 February 1804, bound for Bombay, Madras, and China. Cirencester reached Bombay on 26 May, Madras on 19 August, and Malacca on 13 September; she arrived at Whampoa on 18 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 16 December and reached Penang on 21 January 1805. [1] At Penang she took on board as a passenger Captain Peter Heywood of the Royal Navy, who had surrendered his command of HMS Dedaigneuse for reasons of ill-health and family issues. Cirencester reached St Helena on 2 April and arrived at Northfleet on 15 September. [1]
6th EIC voyage (1806–1808): Captain Henry Halkett acquired a letter of marque on 27 February 1806. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 14 May 1806, bound for China. Cirencester reached the Cape on 7 August and Penang on 21 October, and arrived at Whampoa on 18 January 1807. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 23 February, reached Penang on 30 June, the Cape on 19 September, St Helena on 13 October, and Crookhaven on 17 December. She arrived at Long Reach on 12 January 1808. [1]
7th EIC voyage (1810–1811): Captain Halkett sailed from Portsmouth on 13 April 1810, bound for St Helena, Penang, and China. Cirencester reached St Helena on 9 July, Penang on 1 October, and Malacca on 28 October. She arrived at Whampoa on 25 January 1811. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 23 February, reached St Helena on 11 July, and arrived at Long Reach on 30 September. [1]
8th EIC voyage (1812–1813): Captain Halkett sailed from Portsmouth on 23 March 1812, bound for China. Cirencester was at Madeira on 20 April, reached Batavia on 11 August, and arrived at Whampoa on 22 September. Cirencester and Marquis of Huntly were reported to have been dismasted on their way to China. [5] However, it was not Marquis of Huntly that lost her masts but the frigate HMS Theban. [6] Homeward bound, Cirencester crossed the Second Bar on 16 December, reached St Helena on 28 March 1813, and arrived at Long Reach on 7 June. [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.
Albion was an East Indiaman of the British East India Company (EIC). She made eight voyages for the EIC before she was sold to the British government in 1810 for service as a troopship. She was lost at sea in 1816.
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.
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.
Boddam was launched in 1787 on the 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 1803. 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.
Bridgewater was launched in 1812 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made eight voyages to India and China for the EIC. A hurricane dismasted her as she was homeward bound on her ninth voyage. She was surveyed at Calcutta in 1830, condemned, and sold for breaking up in 1831.
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.
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.
True Briton was launched in 1790 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was lost without a trace in 1809 during her eighth voyage.
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.
Atlas was launched at Kingston upon Hull in 1812 as an East Indiaman. She made nine voyages to India or China for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was sold in 1831 for breaking up.
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.
Essex was launched on 7 February 1803 by Perry, Blackwell as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) until on 20 August 1821 her register was cancelled as she had been demolished.
David Scott was launched on the Thames in 1801 as an East Indiaman. Between 1801 and 1816 she made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was sold in 1816 for hulking.
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.
Marquis of Huntly was launched at Rotherhithe in 1811. She made 11 voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1812 and 1834, when she was broken up.
Castle Huntly was launched at Calcutta in 1812. She then made 11 voyages for the British East India Company (as an Indiaman. After the EIC ceased its shipping business in 1833, new owners continued to sail her between the United Kingdom and China until October 1845 when she was wrecked in the South China Sea.
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