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Brunswick | 29118 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | Unknown | EICS | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 18.9.1792 | EICS | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | EICS | |
| Shipyard | Blackwall Yard - Blackwall | EICS | |
| Constructor | John Perry (1743-1810) | EICS | |
| Category | Merchant | EICS | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | EICS | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | EICS | |
| Captured | 11.7.1805 | EICS | |
Fleets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Fleet | Fleet Commander | Source | 5.1795-9.1795 | British invasion of the Dutch Cape Colony |
Built by Perry, launched 1792, 3 decks, 4in bottom, keel 130ft, breadth 42ft, 1244 tons.
Principal Managing Owner: Thomas Newte.
Voyages:
(1) 1792/3 Bombay and China. Capt Allen Cooper. Downs 14 Jan 1793 - 14 May Bombay - 22 Aug Malacca - 17 Sep Whampoa - 1 Nov Second Bar - 12 Apr 1794 St Helena - 20 Jul Galway - 27 Aug Downs.
(2) 1794/5 Bombay and China. Capt Thomas Palmer Acland. Portsmouth 24 May 1795 - 7 Jul San Salvador - 4 Sep Simons Bay - 1 Oct Cape - 21 Dec Cochin - 5 Jan 1796 Bombay - 27 Feb Mahim - 16 Mar Bombay - 16 Jun Malacca - 7 Jul Whampoa - 11 Nov Second Bar - 27 Jan 1797 Penang - 4 Apr Cape - 29 Apr St Helena - 28 Jul Long Reach.
(3) 1797/8 Bombay and China. Capt James Ludovic Grant. Portsmouth 17 Feb 1798 - 4 Jun Bombay - 11 Sep Malacca - 13 Oct Whampoa - 21 Dec Second Bar - 17 May 1799 St Helena - 1 Aug Long Reach.
(4) 1799/1800 Madras and China. Capt James Ludovic Grant. Portsmouth 17 Mar 1800 - 13 Jul Madras - 23 Aug Penang - 19 Sep Malacca - 30 Oct Whampoa - 16 Jan 1801 Second Bar - 15 Apr St Helena - 17 Jun Long Reach.
(5) 1801/2 China. Capt Philip Hughes. Downs 29 Mar 1802 - 10 May San Salvador - 7 Sep Whampoa - 25 Oct Second Bar - 14 Feb 1803 St Helena - 25 Apr Long Reach.
(6) 1803/4 Ceylon and China. Capt James Ludovic Grant. Portsmouth 20 Mar 1804 - captured by the French 11 Jul 1805 off Point de Galle, ran ashore in Simons Bay, Cape, 2 Sep 1805.