Hastings (East Indiaman)

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Four vessels with the name Hastings have served the East India Company (EIC), one on contract as an East Indiaman, one brig of the Bombay Pilot Service, one ship of the line, and one frigate of the Company's Bombay Marine.

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  1. 1 2 Hackman (2001), p.123.
  2. ↑ National Archives: Hastings (1), – accessed 23 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Hackman (2001), p.332.
  4. ↑ Low (1877), pp. 298–9, & 411.
  5. ↑ Phipps (1840), pp. 165 & 168.

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