Northumberland was launched in 1805. She made six voyages as an extra ship of the British East India Company (EIC), between 1805 and 1818. In 1810 and 1811 she served as a transport in the British invasions of Mauritius and Java. She was sold for breaking up in 1819.
On 9 April 1805 Thomas Hardy received a contract for six voyages from the EIC. The freight rate was £15 9s per registered ton peacetime rate, plus £12 10s per ton for wartime contingencies as of the first voyage.[4]
EIC voyage #1 (1805–1807)
Captain George Raincock acquired a letter of marque on 20 June 1805.[3] He sailed from Cork on 31 August, bound for St Helena and Bengal. Northumberland reached Madeira on 29 September and St Helena on 13 December. There a passenger, the future explorer and naturalist William John Burchell left her. She was at the Cape of Good Hope on 27 February 1806, and Penang on 29 May. She parted from Euphrates off the Andaman Islands on 15 July.[5] Although Euphrates arrived at Calcutta on 18 July, Northumberland did not arrive at Calcutta on until 4 August.[2]
Northumberland was at Saugor on 13 September. She was again at Calcutta on 25 September. Homeward bound, albeit indirectly, she was at Saugor on 21 November, and Madras on 11 January 1807. By 20 February she was at Bombay. She reached Point de Galle on 5 April, the Cape on 5 June, and St Helena on 9 July. She arrived back at the Downs on 26 September.[2]
EIC voyage #2 (1808–1809)
Captain John Robinson Francklin (or Franklin) acquired a letter of marque on 11 March 1808. He sailed from Portsmouth on 15 April 1808, bound for Madras and Bengal. Northumberland was at Madeira on 1 May, and arrived at Madras on 19 September. On 5 November she was at Calcutta. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 29 December and Point de Galle on 7 February 1809.[2]
On 15 February she sailed from Point de Galle as part of a fleet of 15 East Indiamen under escort by HMSCulloden and HMSTerpsichore.[6]
On 14 March 1809, off Mauritius, a gale developed. Four of the ships, Bengal, Calcutta, Jane, Duchess of Gordon, and Lady Jane Dundas, parted company with the main convoy. They were never heard of again. Huddart was the last to vessel to see Bengal and Calcutta; Hugh Inglis was the last vessel to see Jane, Duchess of Gordon and Lady Jane Dundas.[7] The hull of one of the four missing vessels was sighted overturned off Mauritius the following October, but sank before it could be identified.[8]
Northumberland reached St Helena on 29 April. She arrived at the Downs on 13 July.[2]
EIC voyage #3 (1810–1812)
Captain Franklin left Portsmouth on 14 March 1810, bound for Madras and Bengal. She reached Madras on 8 July and arrived at Diamond Harbour 29 July. Outward bound, she was at Saugor at 30 August, and Mauritius on 29 November.[2] She may have been transporting troops or material to support the British invasion of Mauritius. She then returned to Diamond Harbor on 23 February 1811.[2]
Next, she sailed in support of the British invasion of Java. She was at Saugor on 17 March and Malacca on 4 May.[2]Northumberland was in the fourth division, which left Malacca on 17 June.[9]
On 4 August she was at Batavia. She returned to Calcutta on 23 October. Finally homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 26 January 1812, Madras on 4 February, and St Helena on 11 May. She arrived at the Downs on 21 July.[2]
EIC voyage #4 (1813–1814)
Captain Franklin sailed from Portsmouth on 2 June 1813, bound for Bengal. Northumberland was at Madeira on 22 June Madeira and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 8 November. She was at Calcutta on 25 December. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 29 January 1814, the Cape on 25 April, and St Helena on 19 May. She arrived at Woolwich on 12 June.[2]
EIC voyage #5 (1815–1816)
Captain Franklin sailed from the Downs on 3 April 1815, bound for Madras and Bengal. Northumberland reached Madeira on 18 April and Madras on 6 August. She arrived at Calcutta on 5 September. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 25 November, Madras on 29 December, Bencoolen on 1 February 1816, and St Helena on 10 May. She arrived at the Downs on 13 July.[2]
EIC voyage #6 (1817–1818)
Captain William Mitchell sailed from the Downs on 6 May 1817, bound for Bengal and Bencoolen. Northumberland reached Madeira on 21 May, and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 28 September. On 17 December she was at New Anchorage (Calcutta, near Diamond Harbour and Kedgeree.) On 27 February 1818 she was at Bencoolen. She reached St Helena on 3 July, and arrived at the Downs on 29 August.[2]
Retreat was launched in 1801 and briefly sailed as a West Indiaman between London and Jamaica. She then made five voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) as an "extra ship", that is, under charter. She was broken up in 1814.
Ann was launched at Rotherhithe in the River Thames in 1801. She made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) as an "extra ship", i.e., under charter, between 1801 and 1817. After 1817 she traded with India for some time and she was last listed in 1826.
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.
Preston was launched in 1798 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1805 and 1819. In 1810 and 1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. She was sold for breaking up in 1812 but instead became a transport and a West Indiaman. She disappeared after a gale in August 1815.
William Pitt was launched in 1805 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1805 and 1819. In 1810 and 1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. She was sold for breaking up in 1820.
Union was an East Indiaman that made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) between her launching in 1803 and her sale for breaking up in 1819.
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.
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.
Castle Eden was launched in 1800 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she became a transport in 1812 and disappears from online records.
Calcutta was launched in 1798 as an East Indiaman. She made four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and disappeared while homeward bound from Bengal on her fifth voyage.
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.
Harriet was a two-decker East Indiaman launched in 1802. She made five complete voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), as an "extra ship" i.e., under charter, and accidentally burnt as she was preparing to return to England from her sixth voyage.
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.
Surrey was launched in 1804 at Deptford as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was sold for breaking up in 1816.
Carmarthen was launched in 1802 as an East Indiaman. She made eight round voyages as an "extra" ship for the British East India Company (EIC). On her first voyage she participated in an experiment in bringing variolation to India and other British possessions to combat smallpox. After leaving the EIC's employment, she took one more voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the EIC. She was last listed in 1820.
Marquis Wellesley was launched at Rotherhithe in 1799. She made five complete voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was lost in 1813 on her sixth.
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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