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History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce, Volume 2 (of 4)

APPENDIX No. 9. Vol. ii. p. 458.

Ships belonging to or in the service of the East India Company burnt, lost, taken, or otherwise destroyed, from the year 1700 to the year 1819.

Date. Ships’ Names. Tons. By what Means.
1702 Queen 320 Taken.
1703 Neptune 275 Lost.
— Dover 180 Taken.
1704 Hester 350 Lost.
— Albemarle 320 Lost.
1705 Edward and Dudley 300 Taken.
— Bombay 300 Blown up.
1707 Herbert 210 Taken.
— Dispatch 110 Blown up.
1708 Godolphin 280 Lost.
— New George 400 Taken.
1709 Sherborne 400 Lost.
1709 Dutchess 430 Taken.
— Phɶnix 400 Lost.
1710 Jane 180 Taken.
1711 Blenheim 250 Burnt.
1715 Catherine 350 Lost.
1716 Success 250 Lost.
1718 Vansittart 480 Lost.
1719 St. George 480 Lost.
— King George 450 Lost.
— Cassandria 380 Taken.
— Chandos 480 Lost.
1720 Addison 400 Lost.
— Dartmouth 400 Lost.
1721 Nightingale 480 Lost.
1729 Berrington 440 Lost.
1731 Eyles 400 Lost.
1733 Oakham 480 Burnt.
1734 Derby 480 Taken.
1735 Pelham 480 Lost.
— Compton 480 Burnt.
1736 Deckar 490 Lost.
— Sussex 490 Lost.
— Newcastle 495 Lost.
— Devonshire 495 Lost.
1737 Resolution 495 Lost.
— Anglesea 490 Lost.
1738 Normanton 495 Lost.
1741 Grantham 495 Lost.
1742 Princess Louisa 498 Lost.
1743 Nottingham 498 Lost.
— Northampton 498 Lost.
1744 Prince of Orange 495 Lost.
— Princess Mary 498 Taken.
1745 Princess Amelia 498 Taken.
1746 Heathcote 498 Lost.
— Winchelsea 498 Lost.
— Anson 499 Taken.
1747 Lincoln 498 Lost.
— Dolphin 370 Lost.
1749 Duke of Cumberland 499 Lost.
— Lynn 499 Lost.
1754 Doddington 499 Lost.
1756 Grantham 499 Taken.
— York 499 Lost.
1756 Expedition 350 Taken.
1759 Streatham 499 Lost.
1760 Denham 499 Taken.
1761 Griffin 499 Lost.
1762 Walpole 499 Taken.
1763 Elizabeth 499 Burnt.
1764 Earl of Holderness 499 Lost.
— Ajax 499 Lost.
— Earl Temple 499 Lost.
— Winchelsea 499 Lost.
1765 Albion 499 Lost.
1766 Falmouth 499 Lost.
1767 Lord Clive 499 Lost.
1768 Earl of Chatham 499 Lost.
1769 Lord Holland 499 Lost.
1771 Verelet 499 Lost.
1772 Duke of Albany 499 Lost.
1773 Lord Mansfield 499 Lost.
— Royal Captain 499 Lost.
1774 Huntingdon 499 Lost.
1777 Marquis of Rockingham 758 Lost.
1778 Colebrooke 723 Lost.
— London 723 Lost.
1779 Valentine 676 Lost.
— Osterley 758 Taken.
— Stafford 804 Lost.
1780 Royal George 758 } Taken by the combined Fleets of France and Spain, August 9th, 1780.
— Hillsborough 723 }
— Mountstuart 758 }
— Gatton 758 }
— Godfrey 716 }
1781 General Barker 758 Lost.
1782 Earl Dartmouth 758 Lost.
— Grosvenor 729 Lost.
— Fortitude 758 Taken.
— Earl of Hertford 758 Lost.
— Brilliant 703 Lost.
1783 Blandford 606 Taken.
— Hitchinbrooke 528 Lost.
— Duke of Athol 755 Burnt.
— Fairford 755 Burnt.
— Duke of Kingston 723 Burnt.
1784 Major 755 Burnt.
1785 Montague 755 Blown up.
1786 Halsewell 758 Lost.
1787 Hartwell 937 Lost.
— Mars 696 Lost.
1789 Vansittart 828 Lost.
1791 Foulis 765 Never heard of.
1792 Winterton 771 Lost.
1793 Princess Royal 805 Taken.
1794 Pigot 765 Taken.
1796 Triton 800 Taken.
— Dutton 761 } Lost on the West India Expedition.
— Ganges 784 }
— Middlesex 852 }
— Pousborne 804 }
1797 Ocean 1189 Lost.
— Martha 406 Lost.
1798 Princess Amelia 808 Burnt.
— Raymond 793 Taken.
— Woodcot 802 Taken.
— Henry Addington 1200 Lost.
1799 Earl Fitzwilliam 803 Burnt.
— Osterley 755 Taken and retaken.
1800 Queen 801 Burnt.
— Kent 820 Taken.
— Earl Talbot 1200 Foundered.
1803 Culland’s Grove 576 Taken.
— Lord Nelson 820 Taken and retaken.
— Hindostan 1248 Lost.
— Prince of Wales 820 Foundered.
— Admiral Aplin 558 Taken.
— Comet 529 Taken.
1804 Princess Charlotte 610 Taken.
— Brunswick 1200 Taken.
1805 Earl of Abergavenny 1200 Lost.
— Warren Hastings 1200 Taken and retaken.
— Ganges 1200 Lost.
— Britannia 770 Lost.
1806 Lady Burges 820 Lost.
— Fame 492 Taken.
— Shelton Castle 584 Foundered.
1808 Lord Nelson 818 }
— Glory 549 } Foundered.
— Experiment 502 }
— Walpole 820 Lost.
— Travers 577 Lost.
1809 Britannia 1200 Lost.
— Admiral Gardner 813 Lost.
— Calcutta 819 } Foundered.
— Jane, Duchess of Gordon 820 }
— Bengal 818 }
— Lady Jane Dundas. 820 }
1809 Europe 820 } Taken and retaken.
— Streatham 819 }
— Asia 820 Lost.
— Windham 820 Taken and retaken.
— United Kingdom 820 } Taken.
— Charlton 818 }
— True Briton 1198 Foundered.
1810 Earl Camden 1200 Burnt.
— Ocean 1200 Foundered.
— Ceylon 818 Taken and retaken.
1812 Harriet 549 Burnt.
1813 Euphrates 596 Lost.
— Marquis Wellesley 820 Lost.
— Earl Howe 876 Lost.
— William Pitt 572 Foundered.
1814 Devonshire 820 Lost.
1815 Bengal 950 Burnt.
1817 Elphinstone 1200 Burnt.
1818 Cabalva 1200 Lost.