Career
EIC voyage #1 (1812–1813): Captain Donald Macleod acquired a letter of marque on 19 March 1812. [2] He sailed from Portsmouth on 25 March 1812, bound for China. She reached Batavia on 8 August and arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 20 September. [1] Marquis of Huntly and Cirencester were reported to have been dismasted on their way to China. [4] However, it was not Marquis of Huntly that lost her masts but the frigate HMS Theban. [5] Homeward bound, Marquis of Huntly crossed the Second Bar on 16 December, reached St Helena on 27 March 1813, and arrived at the Downs on 5 June. [1]
EIC voyage #2 (1814–1815): Captain MacLeod sailed from Portsmouth on 22 February 1814, bound for Madras and China. Marquis of Huntly reached Johanna on 6 June and arrived at Madras on 4 July. She sailed on, reaching Penang on 21 Aug Penang, Malacca on 14 September, and Lintin on 20 October; she arrived at Whampoa on 30 November. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 9 January 1815, reached St Helena on 19 April and Ascension on 6 May, and arrived at the Downs on 23 June. [1]
EIC voyage #3 (1816–1817): On 17 January 1816 a strong wind caused Marquis of Huntly to part from her anchors and cables and drove her into Marquis of Ely, causing damage to Marquis of Ely. [6] Captain MacLeod sailed from the Downs on 23 January 1816, bound for Bombay and China. Marquis of Huntly reached Bombay on 16 May, Penang on 13 July, and Malacca on 26 July; she arrived at Whampoa on 19 August. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 20 October, reached St Helena on 2 March 1817, and arrived at the Downs on 4 May. [1]
EIC voyage #4 (1817–1819): Captain MacLeod sailed from the Downs on 31 December 1817, bound for Bombay and China. Marquis of Huntly reached Bombay on 12 May and Malacca on 5 August; she arrived at Whampoa on 26 August. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 11 November, reached the Cape on 1 February 1819 and St Helena on 23 February 1817, and arrived at the Downs on 5 May. [1]
EIC voyage #5 (1820–1821): Captain MacLeod sailed from the Downs on 5 March 1820, bound for Bombay and China. Marquis of Huntly reached Johanna on 21 May, and Bombay on 7 June. She sailed up to Bengal, reaching the New Anchorage on August. She reached Penang on 6 November and Singapore on 21 November; she arrived at Whampoa on 7 February 1821. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 8 March, reached St Helena on 18 July, and arrived at the Downs on 9 September. [1]
EIC voyage #6 (1822–1823): Captain John Small Henry Fraser sailed from the Downs on 30 April 1822, bound for China. Marquis of Huntly arrived at Whampoa on 13 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 17 November, reached the Cape on 4 February 1823 and St Helena on 2 March, and arrived at the Downs on 28 April. [1]
EIC voyage #7 (1824–1825): Captain Fraser sailed from the Downs on 2 May 1824, bound for China. Marquis of Huntly reached Singapore on 22 August and arrived at Whampoa on 24 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 7 January 1825, reached St Helena on 10 April, and arrived at the Downs on 25 May. [1]
EIC voyage #8 (1826–1827): Captain Fraser sailed from the Downs on 11 March 1826, bound for Madras and China. Marquis of Huntly reached Madras on 24 June, Penang on 26 August, and Singapore on 20 September; she arrived at Whampoa on 31 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 27 December, reached the Cape on 26 March 1827 and St Helena on 22 April, and arrived at her moorings on 5 June. [1]
EIC voyage #9 (1828–1829): Captain Fraser sailed from the Downs on 8 February 1828, bound for Bengal and China. Marquis of Huntly reached the New Anchorage on 28 May, Penang on 3 September, and Singapore on 16 September. She arrived at Whampoa on 22 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 21 December, reached St Helena on 23 March 1829, and arrived at the Downs on 15 May. [1]
Her owners sold Marquis of Huntly for breaking up, but she instead made two more voyages.
EIC voyage #10 (1831–1832): Captain John Hine sailed from the Downs on 24 January 1831, bound for Bombay and China. Marquis of Huntly reached Bombay on 21 May, Penang on 16 August, Malacca on 27 August, and Singapore on 1 September. She arrived at Whampoa on 3 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 4 December, reached the Cape on 1 April 1832 and St Helena on 28 April. She arrived at the Downs on 16 June. [1]
On 25 July 1832 the EIC chartered Marquis of Huntly for one voyage to China as a "dismantled ship". The EIC chartered her at a rate of £12 14s 11d per ton, for 1348 tons.
EIC voyage #11 (1833–1834): Captain Hine sailed from the Downs on 17 January 1833, bound for Bombay and China. Marquis of Huntly reached Bombay on 15 May, Penang on 15 July, and Singapore on 29 July. She arrived at Whampoa on 16 August. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 16 November, reached the Cape on 2 February 1834 and St Helena on 26 February. She arrived at the Downs on 29 April. [1]
Cabalva was an East Indiaman, launched in 1811. She made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was wrecked in 1818 on the outbound leg of her fourth voyage.
Charles Grant was built at Bombay 1810. Between 1810 and 1833 she made 12 voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). Her owners sold her in 1834. She then sailed for new owners until 1838 when they had her broken up. Alternatively, she may have been sold to India and burnt there in 1847 at Bombay.
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.
Wexford was launched in 1802 as an East Indiaman in the service of the British East India Company (EIC). She made seven voyages to India, Persia, and China for the EIC, on the first of which she participated in the battle of Pulo Aura. Her last voyage ended in 1817 and she was broken up c. 1819.
Taunton Castle was launched on the River Thames in 1790 as an East Indiaman. She made nine voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was broken up in 1803. In 1797, on her third trip, she was one of a fleet of six East Indiamen that bluffed a squadron of six French frigates into fleeing.
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.
Bridgewater was launched in 1812 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made eight voyages to India and China for the EIC. A hurricane dismasted her as she was homeward bound on her ninth voyage. She was surveyed at Calcutta in 1830, condemned, and sold for breaking up in 1831.
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.
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.
Nottingham was launched in 1787 as an East Indiaman. She made only eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) in the 23 years before she was sold for breaking up.
Winchelsea was launched in 1803 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made 11 voyages for the EIC before she was broken up in 1834.
Atlas was launched at Kingston upon Hull in 1812 as an East Indiaman. She made nine voyages to India or China for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was sold in 1831 for breaking up.
Surat Castle was launched at Surat in 1788 as a country ship, that is, a vessel that traded around and from India, staying east of the Cape of Good Hope. She originally was intended for the cotton trade with China. From 1796 to 1817 she made nine voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She then made one more voyage under a license from the EIC. She made one more voyage to India, this time under a licence from the EIC and then disappeared from easily accessible online sources after her sale in 1819.
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.
Glatton was launched in Rotherhithe in 1796. Between 1796 and 1815 she made eight voyages to South-East Asia, China, and India as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). In 1815 her owners sold her for use as a hulk.
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.
Castle Huntly was launched at Calcutta in 1812. She then made 11 voyages for the British East India Company (as an Indiaman. After the EIC ceased its shipping business in 1833, new owners continued to sail her between the United Kingdom and China until October 1845 when she was wrecked in the South China Sea.
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