Vansittart (East Indiaman)

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Four ships named Vansittart, the first probably for Peter van Sittart (father of Henry Vansittart), served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen:

Water colour of the "Honourable Company's Ship Vansittart, painted by Danish artist Jacob Petersen between 1814 and 1817. In the collections of Bornholms Museum, Denmark. Reg. nr. 1288x00022. VANSITTART 1288x00022 BORNHOLMS MUSEUM.jpg
Water colour of the "Honourable Company's Ship Vansittart, painted by Danish artist Jacob Petersen between 1814 and 1817. In the collections of Bornholms Museum, Denmark. Reg. nr. 1288x00022.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vansittart (1813 EIC ship)</span>

Vansitart was launched at Calcutta in 1813 for the India to China trade. However, she then became an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made 11 voyages for the EIC. Her owners then sold her and her new owners continued to sail her to China from London, the EIC's monopoly having ended. She carried opium from India to Canton. In 1839 she assumed a Danish name and registry as a short-lived subterfuge to evade Chinese governent restrictions on the opium trade. By September 1840 she reverted to her original name and British registry. A fire of questionable origin destroyed her at Bombay in 1842.