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Britannia may refer to any one of a large number of ships:
Boddington, sometimes referred to as Boddingtons, was a merchant ship launched in 1781 on the River Thames. For the first decade of her career she sailed as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage in 1792 transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. For her return trip she also made one voyage for the East India Company from Asia to Britain. She wrecked in 1805 on the Thames River.
A number of sailing ships have been named Ocean.
A number of vessels have been named Alexander:
A number of ships have been named Friendship:
Numerous ships with the name Phoenix, for the constellation or the mythical bird, have sailed for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1680 and 1821:
Numerous vessels have borne the name Coromandel, named for the Coromandel Coast.
A number of ships have been named Duke of York after numerous holders of the title of Duke of York :
A number of ships with the name Asia served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen:
A number of sailing ships have been named Eliza.
Numerous vessels have borne the name Fame:
Several ships have borne the name Caledonia for Caledonia:
Paragon was launched at Whitby in 1800. Between 1803 and 1805 she served as an armed defense ship protecting Britain's coasts and convoys. She then served as a transport on the 1805 naval expedition to capture the Cape of Good Hope. Next, she returned to mercantile service and in 1814 a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her the next day. She sailed to India in 1818 under a license from the British East India Company (EIC), and was wrecked in March 1819 while inbound to Calcutta.
Stirling was built in 1812 at Montreal, Quebec. She apparently traded out of Liverpool as a West Indiaman. There is little evidence that she traded as an East Indiaman. She was last listed in 1821 and a vessel named Sterling, sailing out of Quebec, was wrecked in November 1821.
Several vessels have been named Princess Charlotte for one of the many Princesses Charlotte:
Several ships have been named Euphrates for the Euphrates River:
Several ships have been named Thetis for Thetis:
Several sailing vessels have been named Indus, after the Indus River, or the constellation Indus:
Several vessels have been named Prince Regent for George IV, of England, who was Prince regent from 1811 to his accession to the throne in 1826:
References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7
