Prince Frederick (1795 ship)

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Flag of the Dutch East India Company.svg Dutch Republic
NamePrinz Fredrik
Owner Dutch East India Company
BuilderAmsterdam Dockyard [1]
Launched1793
FateSeized December 1795
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NamePrince Frederick
OwnerJ. Scougall
Acquired1795 by purchase of a prize [2]
Captured5 December 1797
FateFoundered shortly thereafter
General characteristics
Tons burthen
  • Dutch: 1150 (Dutch) [1]
  • English:916 [2] (bm)
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Complement173 seamen + 19 soldiers (Dutch)
Armament20 × 9-pounder + 2 × 4-pounder guns (British)

Prince Frederick was launched at Amsterdam in 1793 for the Dutch East India Company as Prinz Fredrik. Captain Daniel Correch stopped at The Downs, where she was detained. [1] In December 1795, the British Government confiscated the ship.

J. Scougall purchased her and anglicised her name. Prince Frederick appears in Lloyd's Register in 1796 with Ramage, master, J. Scougal, owner, and trade London–Cape of Good Hope. [3]

Captain Peter Ramage sailed her to Bengal on a voyage as an "extra ship" for the British East India Company (EIC). As Prince Frederick was returning from Madras and Bengal, the French frigate Insurgente captured her on 5 December 1797. [2] Prince Frederick was so badly damaged in the engagement that she sank soon afterwards. Her people, however, were saved. [4] The EIC put a value of £59,981 on the cargo that it had lost. [5]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 The Dutch East India Company's shipping between the Netherlands and Asia 1595-1795.
  2. 1 2 3 Hackman (2001), p. 240.
  3. Lloyd's Register "P" Supple. pages.
  4. Lloyd's List №2797.
  5. House of Commons (1830), p. 979.

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