Ponsborne (ship)

Last updated May 02, 2019

Two ships named Ponsborne served as East Indiamen for the British East India Company (EIC):

The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, Company Bahadur, or simply The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies, and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonised parts of Southeast Asia, and colonised Hong Kong after a war with Qing China.

Ponsborne (1764 EIC ship) made four voyages for the EIC before her owners sold her in 1775 to Portuguese owners then sailed her between Lisbon and Goa.
Ponsborne (1779 EIC ship) made six voyages for the EIC before she was wrecked in 1796 after having landed troops at Grenada.

Ponsborne was launched in 1779 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made six voyages for the EIC before she was wrecked in 1796 at Grenada after having landed troops there.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

Related Research Articles

Many vessels have been named Minerva for the mythological figure Minerva:

A number of sailing ships have been named Ocean.

At least four ships with the name Ocean served the Honourable East India Company as an East Indiaman between 1788 and 1810:

Three ships with the name Osterley served the British East India Company (EIC) as an East Indiaman between 1758 and 1800:

A number of ships with the name Asia served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen:

A number of ships with the name Essex served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen:

Numerous British vessels that have served the British East India Company (EIC) have borne the name Prince of Wales, after the then current Prince of Wales, the title borne by the heir-presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom.

Three ships with the name Warren Hastings, named for Warren Hastings, served the Honourable East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen between 1781 and 1834:

Two vessels named Baring served in the 19th Century as East Indiamen for the British East India Company (EIC):

Five ships named Houghton, the first for Houghton Hall, the family home of Sir Robert Walpole, served the British East India Company between 1724 and 1799:

Two vessels served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen named Alfred:

Three ships named Ceres, for Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen:

Numerous vessels have borne the name Fame:

Several ships have been named Northumberland after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland:

Several ships have been named Brunswick.

Several ships been named Royal George after various members of the House of Hanover.

Four vessels named Devonshire for the British county of Devon, served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen:

Four vessels named True Briton have sailed as East Indiamen for the British East India Company (EIC):