| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Owner |
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| Operator | East India Company |
| Builder | Dudman, Deptford |
| Launched | 3 November 1804 [1] |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up in 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 819, [2] or 868, [3] or 86864⁄94 [1] (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 36 ft 5 in (11.1 m) |
| Depth of hold | 14 ft 9 in (4.5 m) |
| Complement | |
| Armament |
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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.
1st EIC voyage (1805–1806): Captain John Altham Cumberledge acquired a letter of marque on 31 January 1805. [3] He sailed from Portsmouth on 8 March, bound for Madras and Bengal. Surrey reached Madras on 17 July and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 9 August. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 31 December. She reached Point de Galle on 12 March 1806 and St Helena on 15 May, and arrived back at the Downs on 19 July. [2]
2nd EIC voyage (1807–1808): Captain Cumberledge sailed from Portsmouth on 18 April 1807, bound for Madras and Bengal. Surrey reached Madras on 10 September and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 29 November. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 9 January 1808, Point de Galle on 7 March, and St Helena on 12 June; she arrived back at the Downs on 14 August. [2]
3rd EIC voyage (1809–1810): Captain Cumberledge sailed from Portsmouth on 28 April 1809, bound for Madras and Bengal. Surrey reached Madeira on 8 May and Madras on 15 September, before arriving at Diamond Harbour on 23 October. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 6 December. She reached Vizagapatam on 31 December and Madras on 13 January 1810. She reached Point de Galle on 17 February and St Helena on 3 May, and arrived back at the Downs on 7 July. [2]
4th EIC voyage (1811–1813): Captain Samuel Beadle acquired a letter of marque on 5 April 1811. [3] He sailed from Torbay on 30 May 1811. Surrey reached Madeira on 20 June and arrived at Kedgeree on 18 November. To stop at Madras Surrey was at Saugor on 13 February 1812. She arrived at Madras on 13 June, and returned to Diamond Harbour on 5 August. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 12 October, reached St Helena on 14 February 1813, and arrived back at the Downs on 14 May. [2]
5th EIC voyage (1814–1815): Captain Beadle sailed from Portsmouth on 10 May 1814, bound for Madras and Bengal. Surrey arrived at Madras on 15 September. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 12 October, Point de Galle on 14 January 1815, the Cape on 27 March, and St Helena on 24 April. She arrived back at the Downs on 23 June. [2]
6th EIC voyage (1815−1816): Captain Beadle sailed from the Downs on 15 November 1815, bound for Madras and Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Surrey was at Madeira on 3 December and arrived at Madras on 8 April 1816. She reached Penang on 22 May and Malacca on 3 June, and arrived at Batavia on 26 June. She stopped at Indremayo on 10 July, before arriving back at Batavia on 14 August. Homeward bound, she reached St Helena on 19 October and arrived at the Downs on 15 December. [2]
In 1816 Surrey was sold for breaking up. [1]
Ocean was launched in 1802 at Quebec. She made five voyages under charter to the British East India Company (EIC) between 1804 and 1814. Her owners then sold her and she continued to sail between Britain and India under a license issued by the EIC. In 1815–1816 she made one voyage transporting convicts to Australia. She was last listed in 1825.
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.
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.
Lord Melville was launched in 1803 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made six voyages for the company before she was sold for a hulk in 1817.
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.
Phoenix was launched in 1804 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 broken up by 1821.
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.
Union was launched at Calcutta in 1801. She sailed to England and then made five voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1805 and 1814. She was wrecked in late 1815 or early 1816.
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.
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.
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.
Thomas Grenville was an East Indiaman launched at the Bombay Dockyard for the British East India Company (EIC), and one of only a handful of East Indiamen that it actually owned. She made 14 voyages for the EIC. It sold her in 1834 when it gave up its maritime activities. She was sold for a free trader and burnt in Bombay in June 1843 in a suspicious fire.
Tigris was launched in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1802. She made six voyages between 1803 and 1815 as an "extra ship" for the British East India Company (EIC). After her stint as an East Indiaman, Tigris became a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in December 1823.
Coldstream was launched in 1810. She may have sailed to the West Indies before becoming an extra ship for the British East India Company (EIC) and making nine voyages as an East Indiaman. After the end of the EIC's maritime activities Coldstream made one more voyage to India and China. She disappeared in 1835 while returning to Britain from China.
Devaynes was launched in 1802 and made six voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She then made one more round-trip to India, sailing under a license from the EIC. She was condemned at Bengal in 1817 on a second licensed voyage to Bengal.
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.
Asia was launched in 1811 on the River Thames as an East Indiaman. She made 10 voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She then continued to sail to India and China after the EIC gave up its trading activities in 1834. She was condemned and hulked in 1840.
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.
