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EIC voyage #1 (1787-1788)
Captain Angus McNab sailed from Portsmouth on 21 February 1787, bound for Madras and Bengal. Henry Dundas reached Madras on 12 June, and arrived at Diamond Creek on 23 June. She left Culpee on 19 December, reached St Helena on 16 May 1788, and arrived at the Downs on 10 July. [1]
EIC voyage #2 (1790-1791)
Captain McNab left the Downs on 31 March 1790, bound for Bombay and China. Henry Dundas arrived at Bombay on 31 July. She was at Tellicherry on 2 October, and Batavia on 30 October, before she arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 20 January 1791. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 7 March, reached St Helena on 7 July, and arrived at the Downs on 5 September. [1]
EIC voyage #3 (1793-1794)
As war with France had broken out, Captain McNab acquired a letter of marque on 8 May 1793. Captain Walter Carruthers replaced McNab and he acquired a new letter of marque on 30 May. [3]
Captain Carruthers sailed from Portsmouth on 7 July 1793, bound for China. Henry Dundas reached Batavia on 27 October and arrived at Whampoa on 4 January 1794. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 28 February, reached St Helena on 18 June, and arrived at the Downs on 7 September. [1]
EIC voyage #4 (1795-1797)
In March 1795 insurance was taken out on three Indiamen - Rodney, Oxford and Henry Dundas - in each instance for £8,000. Of this sum £6,000 was for the vessel, £1,000 for 'Stores, Tackle and Furniture' and £1,000 for sails. [4]
Captain John Campbell acquired a letter of marque on 29 May 1795. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 9 July 1795, bound for Madras and Bengal. Henry Dundas was at Rio de Janeiro on 6 September, reached Madras on 16 December, and Karakaul 23 December, before returning to Madras on 14 January 1796. She arrived at Madras - 24 Feb Kedgeree on 24 February. Homeward bound, she was at Madras on 4 July, the Cape of Good Hope on 3 November, and St Helena on 5 December. She arrived at the Downs on 8 February 1797. [1]
EIC voyage #5 (1797-1799)
Captain Walter Carruthers acquired a letter of marque on 21 June 1797. [3] He sailed from Torbay on 22 September, bound for Madras and Bengal. Henry Dundas reached Madras on 3 February 1798, and Kedgeree on 10 March. She was at Saugor on 28 April and Madras again on 28 May. She returned to Diamond Harbour on 11 July. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 22 August, Madras on 22 September, the Cape on 3 January 1799, and St Helena on 9 February. She arrived at the Downs on 13 July. [1]
EIC voyage #6 (1801-1802)
Captain Carruthers sailed from Portsmouth on 23 April 1801, bound for Bengal. Henry Dundas reached Madeira on 9 May. [1] There two crewmen stole the ship's cutter, for which they were punished. [5]
She made an unplanned stop at St Augustine's Bay on 5 August. Many of the crew and passengers were sick and Henry Dundas needed to replenish her water and provisions. [5]
On 10 September she reached Colombo, leaving on 2 October. [5] On 22 October she arrived at Kedgeree. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 15 February 1802, reached St Helena on 31 May, and arrived the Downs on 27 July. [1]
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.
Earl Talbot was launched as an East Indiaman in 1778. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1779 and 1793. She was sold for breaking up in 1793.
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.
Hugh Inglis was launched in 1799 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1800 and 1817. In 1810 and 1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. She was sold for breaking up in 1817.
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.
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.
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.
Rose was launched in 1786 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages between 1787 and 1800 for the British East India Company (EIC). She also participated as a transport for a military expedition to the West Indies. She then made one more voyage for the EIC, bringing rice back to England from Bengal. Next she sailed as a general trader, but also made one voyage seal hunting. She was last listed in 1820.
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 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.
Lord Walsingham was launched in 1786 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was sold for breaking up in 1802.
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.
Warren Hastings was launched in 1781 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made six voyages for the EIC before being sold in 1797 for breaking up.
Lord Duncan was launched on the River Thames in 1798 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was sold in 1813 for breaking up.
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