Career
EIC voyage #1 (1782–1785): Captain William Applegath (or Applegarth) sailed from Portsmouth on 11 September 1782, bound for Bombay. Europa reached Madras on 16 April 1783 and Anjengo on 21 October; she arrived at Bombay on 12 November. She then sailed to the Persian Gulf. She was at Muscat on 11 March 1784. She reached Bushire on 5 April and arrived at Basara on 29 May. On her way back to Bombay she returned to Bushire on 17 July and Muscat on 30 August, and arrived at Bombay on 12 September. Homeward bound, she was at St Helena on 7 April 1785. [3] Applegath died there on 21 April. His chief mate was Charles Gardyne.Europa reached Ascension on 2 May, and arrived at The Downs on 7 July. [3]
EIC voyage #2 (1786–1787): Captain Augustus Joseph Applegath sailed from The Downs on 20 February 1786, bound for Madras and China. Europa reached Johanna on 12 June and Madras on 15 July. She arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 15 November. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 18 February 1787, arrived at St Helena on 30 June, and arrived at The Downs on 19 September. [3]
EIC voyage #3 (1788–1790): Captain A.J. Applegath sailed from Portsmouth on 11 February 1789, bound for Madras and China. She reached Madras on 11 June and Penang on 9 August, and arrived at Whampoa on 26 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 3 January 1790, arrived at St Helena on 31 March, and arrived at The Downs on 2 June. [3]
EIC voyage #4 (1792–1793): Captain A.J. Applegath sailed from Torbay on 9 February 1792, bound for Bengal. Europa reached São Tiago on 7 March, and arrived at Madras on 30 June. She then arrived at Diamond Harbour on 5 August. She left Bengal in October and reached the Cape of Good Hope on 5 January 1793, and St Helena on 29 January. She arrived at The Downs on 17 April. [3]
EIC voyage #5 (1794–1795): War with France had broken out shortly before Europa had returned from her last voyage. Captain A.J. Applegarth acquired a letter of marque on 6 January 1794. [2]
The British government held Europa at Portsmouth, together with 38 other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on Île de France (Mauritius). It gave up the plan and released the vessels in May 1794. It paid £850 for having delayed her departure by 42 days.
Captain A.J. Applegath sailed from Portsmouth on 2 May, bound for Bengal and Bencoolen. Europa arrived at Diamond Harbour on 12 September. She then sailed for Bengal. She was at Saugor on 14 December and reached Madras on 23 January 1795. She arrived at Bencoolen on 14 April, reached St Helena on 30 July, and arrived at The Downs on 20 November. [3]
EIC voyage #6 (1796–1798): Captain Charles Jones acquired a letter of marque on 3 March 1796. [2] Europa sailed from Portsmouth on 17 May 1796, bound for Bengal and Bencoolen. Europa reached Madras on 10 September and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 24 September. She continued her voyage and was at Saugor on 8 November, Madras again on 3 February 1797, and arrived at Bencoolen on 5 May. She visited Manna on 14 June and returned to Bencoolen on 8 July. Homeward bound, she was at the Cape of 26 October and St Helena on 3 December; she arrived at The Downs on 31 January 1798. [3]
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.
Admiral Gardner was launched in 1797 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made five voyages for the EIC, during the fourth of which she participated in an inconclusive single-ship action with a French privateer. Admiral Gardner was wrecked in January 1809.
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.
Rockingham was launched as an East Indiaman in 1785. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1786 and 1802 before she was sold for breaking up.
Bridgewater was launched in 1785 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC), which engaged her for six voyages. She then made two more as an "extra ship", that is, under voyage charters, and was lost at sea homeward bound from Bombay on the eighth voyage.
Princess Amelia was launched in 1786 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made four voyages to India for the EIC and was lost in April 1798 to a fire off the Malabar Coast.
Sir Stephen Lushington was launched in 1796 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). During this period she took part as a transport in two military campaigns, the cancelled attack on Manila in 1797, and the capture of Mauritius in 1810. In 1812 she became a West Indiaman, thought around 1816 she made another voyage to India. Thereafter her ownership and trade becomes ambiguous: she either traded with Spain until 1822, or with South America until 1825.
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.
Melville Castle was launched in 1786 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was sold in 1802 to Dutch owners and wrecked with great loss of life later that year on her first voyage for them.
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.
Dublin was launched in 1784 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), to India and China. On her last voyage for the EIC she recaptured a country ship. Her owners sold Dublin in 1800 and she became a West Indiaman, but apparently was lost on her first voyage.
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.
Essex was launched in 1780 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). On her first voyage she was present at an inconclusive battle with the French, and later as a second inconclusive engagement with a French frigate.
Manship was launched in 1785 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages as a "regular ship" for the British East India Company (EIC). Her owners sold her in 1801 and she then made one voyage for the EIC as an "extra ship" on a voyage charter. Her owners sold her to the British government in 1803 for use as a powder hulk. In June 1795 Manship shared with several other Indiamen and the Royal Navy in the capture of eight Dutch East Indiamen off St Helena.
Deptford was launched in 1781 as an East Indiaman. She made six apparently uneventful voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was sold in 1807 for breaking up.
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.
Lady Carrington was launched at Bristol in 1809. In an apparently short and uneventful career, she made five voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was broken up in 1823.
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.
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