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EIC voyage #1 (1781–1783)
Captain James Elkington sailed from Plymouth on 26 June 1781, bound for Madras and Bengal. Deptford was at Annabon on 10 September and St Helena on 17 October. She reached Madras on 31 March 1782 and arrived at Kedgeree on 27 May. Homeward bound, she left Bengal on 26 December, reached St Helena on 29 March 1783, and arrived at Long Reach on 28 August. [2]
EIC voyage #2 (1785–1786)
Captain John Gerrard sailed from Portsmouth on 17 April 1785, bound for Madras and Bengal. Deptford was at Johanna on 7 August, reached Madras on 11 September and Diamond Creek on 14 October, and arrived at Kedgeree on 26 December. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 6 March 1786, reached St Helena on 13 June, and arrived at Gravesend on 15 August. [2]
EIC voyage #3 (1787–1789)
Captain Gerrard sailed from The Downs on 21 December 1787, bound for Bombay and China. Deptford reached Bombay on 28 May and arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 17 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 25 January 1789, reached St Helena on 10 June, and arrived at Long Reach on 25 August. [2]
EIC voyage #4 (1791–1792)
Captain Gerrard sailed from The Downs on 16 April 1791, bound for Madras, Bencoolen, and Bengal. Deptford reached Madras on 4 July and Bencoolen on 11 September; she arrived at Diamond Harbour on 1 November. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 25 December and Madras on 2 January 1792, reached St Helena on 30 March, and arrived at Purfleet on 21 May. [2]
EIC voyage #5 (1793–1794)
War with France had broken out so Captain John Gerrard acquired a letter of marque on 18 May 1793. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 7 July 1793, bound for Bengal. Deptford arrived at Diamond Harbour on 18 November. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 20 February 1794, reached St Helena on 1 May and Galway Bay on 20 July, and arrived at Long Reach on 1 September. [Note 1]
EIC voyage #6 (1795–1797)
Captain William Macnamara acquired a letter of marque on 15 April 1795. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth 24 May 1795, ultimately bound for China. [2] Deptford was part of a convoy of Indiamen that were bringing General Alured Clarke and his troops for the invasion of the Cape Colony.
Deptford and the fleet arrived at St Salvadore on 7 July. [2]
Deptford sailed on 13 July, together with the other Indiamen, and under the escort of Sphinx. However, Sphinx ran into Warren Hastings and both vessels returned to port, Exeter accompanying them. [4]
Deptford and the fleet reached Simon's Bay on 3 September. Deptford was at the Cape on 2 October. [2]
After her service at the Cape was over, Deptford resumed her voyage and reached Whampoa on 6 March 1796. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 21 June, reached St Helena on 20 November, and arrived at Long Reach on 15 February 1797. [2]
Henry Dundas was an East Indiaman launched in 1786 that made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was broken up in 1804.
Northumberland was launched in 1805. She made six voyages as an extra ship of the British East India Company (EIC), between 1805 and 1818. In 1810 and 1811 she served as a transport in the British invasions of Mauritius and Java. She was sold for breaking up in 1819.
Northumberland was launched in 1780 to serve as a regular ship of the British East India Company (EIC). She made six voyages for the EIC between 1780 and 1797. She was sold in 1797 for breaking up.
Airly Castle, was launched in 1787. She made eight voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1788 and 1808. In 1795 she participated in the capture of seven Dutch East Indiamen near St Helena. After her eight voyages she may have served briefly as a general transport before she was sold for breaking up in 1810. She was not broken up but instead served as a transport for several years.
Lord Keith was launched in 1804 by and for Peter Everitt Mestaer. He chartered her to the East India Company (EIC) for six voyages, and she then went on to make another two voyages for the EIC. On her second voyage, and unusually for an East Indiaman, she participated in the proceeds for the recapture of a former British Royal Navy brig and possibly in a skirmish with a French ship. On her third voyage she participated in a notable action. She was broken up c.1820.
Bengal was launched in 1799 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made four complete voyages but foundered in 1809 with no trace while homeward bound from the fifth.
Lord Castlereagh was launched on the Thames in 1802 as an East Indiaman She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was sold in 1820. She then may have sailed one or twice to Bombay under license from the EIC. Her subsequent disposition is currently obscure.
Lord Camden was launched in 1783 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company. She made five voyages for the EIC before her owner sold her.
Lord Hawkesbury was launched in 1787 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made eight voyages for the EIC before she was sold in 1808 for breaking up.
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.
Valentine was launched in 1780 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and was a transport for one military campaign. On her first voyage she was present at an inconclusive battle with the French, but did not take an active part. She was sold in 1796 for breaking up.
Ganges was launched in 1778 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and one voyage as a transport for a naval expedition.
Castle Eden was launched in 1800 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she became a transport in 1812 and disappears from online records.
Calcutta was launched in 1798 as an East Indiaman. She made four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and disappeared while homeward bound from Bengal on her fifth voyage.
Lady Jane Dundas was launched in 1800 as an East Indiaman. She made four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) and was lost in 1809 on the homeward-bound leg of her fifth voyage. She and three other Indiamen parted from the homeward-bound convoy during a gale on 18 March 1809 and were never seen again.
Lady Castlereagh was launched in 1803. She made six apparently uneventful voyages to India and one to China for the British East India Company (EIC). She left the EIC's service and made one voyage transporting convicts to Australia. She was returning from having delivered her convicts to Port Jackson and Van Diemen's Land when she was damaged in October 1818 a gale at Madras. She was surveyed there, condemned, and 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) and was sold for breaking up in 1799.
Kent was launched in Deptford in 1781. She made six voyages to India, China, and South East Asia for the British East India Company (EIC), and participated as a transport in one military campaign. She was sold for breaking up in 1797.
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