Career
1st EIC voyage (1787–1788): Captain David Tolmé sailed from the Downs on 12 March 1787, bound for China. Marquis of Lansdown arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 28 August. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 10 January 1788, reached St Helena on 22 April, and arrived back at the Downs on 10 July. [1]
2nd EIC voyage (1790–1791): Captain Tolmé sailed from Plymouth on 3 March 1790, bound for St Helena and China. Marquis of Lansdown reached St Helena on 12 May and arrived at Whampoa on 23 August. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 17 November, reached the Cape on 10 April 1791 and St Helena on 27 April, and arrived back at the Downs on 30 June. [1]
3rd EIC voyage (1793–1794): War with France had broken out shortly before Marquis of Lansdown sailed on her third voyage. Captain Joseph Boulderson acquired a letter of marque on 2 April 1793. [2] He sailed from Portsmouth on 22 May, bound for Madras and Bengal. Marquis of Lansdown reached Madras on 16 September and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 4 November. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 11 January 1794, reached St Helena on 18 June, and arrived at the Downs on 7 September. [1]
4th EIC voyage (1795–1796): Captain Boulderson sailed from Portsmouth on 18 June 1795, bound for Bengal. Marquis of Lansdown arrived at Diamond Harbour on 27 October. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 9 January 1796, reached the Cape on 18 April and St Helena on 5 May, and arrived at the Downs on 2 August. [1]
5th EIC voyage (1797–1798): Captain Boulderson sailed from Portsmouth on 6 April 1797, bound for Madras. Marquis of Lansdown reached Madras on 27 July. From there she arrived at Negapatam on 26 August and Pondicherry on 29 August, before returning to Madras on 2 September. Homeward bound, she was at the Cape on 24 December, and reached St Helena on 5 February 1798. She stopped at Cork on 24 July and arrived at Long Reach 11 July. [1]
6th EIC voyage (1799–1800): Captain William Tryon White acquired a letter of marque on 19 February 1799. [2] He sailed from Portsmouth on 2 April, bound for Madras and Bengal. Marquis of Lansdown reached Madras on 31 July and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 23 August. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 5 December and Madras again on 15 January 1800. She reached Point de Galle on 2 February, St Helena on 27 April, and Cork on 29 June. She arrived back at the Downs on 5 July. [1]
When Marquis of Lansdown returned from this voyage the EIC viewed her as worn out, so her owners sold her.
Marquis of Lansdown appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1800. [5]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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| 1800 | Atkinson | Horncastle | London–Suriname | LR |
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As Marquis of Lansdown was returning to England from Jamaica, on 23 June 1802 she sighted a large vessel wrecked on the west end of the Isle of Pines. A sloop from the Grand Caymanes reported that the wrecked vessel was Diana, Williams, master, which had been sailing from Jamaica to Liverpool. A wrecker had visited Diana and salvaged 100 pipes of Madeira wine, which she had taken to Caymanes. Captain Williams had died after leaving Jamaica. Marquis of Lansdown arrived at Gravesend on 9 August. [6]
Marquis of Lansdown did make one voyage to the Baltic. In November 1803 Lloyd's List reported that Marquis of Lansdown, Atkinson, master, had grounded on the Skaw on her way back from Petersburg. [7] On 20 October she was reported to be safe at Obesure, some 40 miles from Gothenburg.
Lord Keith was launched in 1804 by and for Peter Everitt Mestaer. He chartered her to the East India Company (EIC) for six voyages, and she then went on to make another two voyages for the EIC. On her second voyage, and unusually for an East Indiaman, she participated in the proceeds for the recapture of a former British Royal Navy brig and possibly in a skirmish with a French ship. On her third voyage she participated in a notable action. She was broken up c.1820.
Huddart was launched in 1803 as an East Indiaman. She made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1803 and 1818. In 1810-1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. In 1818 new owners deployed her in sailing to Canada. She was wrecked there in 1821.
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.
City of London was launched in 1800 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1800 and 1814 when she was taken up as a troopship for one voyage. She made one more voyage to India under a license from the EIC and then was broken up circa 1817.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Manship was launched in 1785 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages as a "regular ship" for the British East India Company (EIC). In June 1795 Manship shared with several other Indiamen and the Royal Navy in the capture of eight Dutch East Indiamen off St Helena. 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.
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.
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.
Sovereign was launched at Rotherhithe in 1800 as a West Indiaman. The British East India Company (EIC) then took her up as an "extra" ship on several contracts; in all she made seven voyages as an East Indiaman for the EIC. After she left the EIC's service in 1817 she continued to trade with India, but under a license from the EIC. She was broken up in 1822.
Walthamstow was launched in December 1799 in Rotherhithe. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was sold in 1814 for breaking up.
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.
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.
Prince Regent was launched at Blackwall in 1811. She made ten voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1811 and 1834 to India and China. She made one more voyage to China after the end of the EIC's trading activities in 1833, and was broken up in 1838.
Marchioness of Exeter was launched in 1801 as an East Indiaman of the British East India Company (EIC). She made seven complete voyages for the EIC. She then made one more voyage to Java, sailing under a license from the EIC. Her last voyage ended in 1819.
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