Career
1st EIC voyage (1796–1798): Captain Charles Drummond acquired a letter of marque on 30 June 1796. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 11 August, bound for China. [1] She captured a Dutch prow in the Straits of Flores in 1796, [4]
Glatton reached Amboina on 7 January 1797 and arrived at Whampoa on 19 March. Homeward bound she left China on 15 June and was at Whampoa on 27 August. She crossed the Second Bar on 31 December. She was at the Cape on 17 March 1798 and St Helena on 15 April. She was at Cork and arrived back at Gravesend on 11 July. [1]
2nd EIC voyage (1799–1801): Captain Drummond sailed from Portsmouth on 2 April 1799, bound for St Helena, Bencoolen, and China. Glatton was at St Helena on 5 July, reached Bencoolen on 24 October, and arrived at Whampoa on 23 March 1800. [1]
Glatton captured the ship Copenhagen in 1799. [5]
Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 26 May, and was at Bouro on 25 August and Sambava on 14 September. She reached St Helena on 5 December and arrived at Gravesend on 17 April. [1]
3rd EIC voyage (1802–1803): Captain William Macnamara sailed from the Downs on 29 March 1802. She left during the Peace of Amiens and so Macnamara did not require a letter of marque. Glatton reached St. Salvadore on 10 May and arrived at Whampoa on 10 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 8 November, reached St Helena on 16 February 1803, and arrived at Gravesend on 24 April. [1]
4th EIC voyage (1804–1805): War with France had resumed in 1803 so Captain Charles Drummond acquired a letter of marque on 23 January 1804. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 13 February 1804, bound gor Bombay and China. Glatton returned to her moorings on 12 September 1805. [1]
5th EIC voyage (1806–1808): Captain James Halliburton acquired a letter of marque on 3 April 1804. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 14 May, bound for China. Glatton reached Penang on 15 October and arrived at Whampoa on 19 January 1807. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 23 February, reached the Cape on 19 September and St Helena on 13 October, and arrived at the Downs on 28 December. [1]
6th EIC voyage (1809–1810): Captain Halliburton acquired a letter of marque on 24 February 1809. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 5 April, bound for China. Glatton reached Penang on 23 July, and arrived at Whampoa on 6 November. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 21 December, reached St Helena on 22 May 1810, and arrived at the Downs on 28 July. [1]
7th EIC voyage (1812–1813): Captain Halliburton sailed from Portsmouth on 25 March 1812, bound for China. Glatton reached Penang on 25 July and Malacca on 25 August, and arrived at Whampoa on 20 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 15 December, reached St Helena on 27 March 1813, and arrived at Long Reach on 7 June. [1]
8th EIC voyage (1814–1815): Captain Halliburton sailed from Portsmouth on 22 February 1814, bound for St Helena, Bencoolen, and China. Glatton reached St Helena on 2 May, Bencoolen on 10 August, and Penang on 30 August. She arrived at Whampoa on 2 December. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 21 January 1815, reached St Helena on 21 May, and arrived at Long Reach on 22 August. [1]
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.
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.
Scaleby Castle was launched in 1798 at Bombay. She made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) under charter. At the end of the first she changed to British Registry. Her owners sold her in 1806 to William Moffat, who then entered into a four-voyage contract with the EIC as a regular ship. The EIC purchased Scaleby Castle outright in 1816. She proceeded to make 10 more voyages for the EIC. In all, she made 17 voyages for the EIC, a record. In 1833-35 the EIC ended its commercial activities and sold its vessels. New owners continued to sail Scaleby Castle to China and India. She was last listed in 1841. In 1847 her owners sold her as a hulk.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Duke of Buccleugh was an East Indiaman launched in 1788. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was sold in 1802.
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.
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.
London was launched in 1779 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1780 and 1798. She was sold for breaking up in 1799.
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.
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.
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