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Bridgewater (1785 EIC ship)

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Captain Skottowe sailed from Portsmouth on 29 April 1798, bound for China. She reached Rio de Janeiro on 6 July, and arrived at Whampoa on 3 December. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 22 January 1799, reached Malacca on 22 February and St Helena on 17 May, and arrived at Long Reach on 31
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A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Hon. the United East India Company, from the Union of the Two Companies, in 1707, to the Year 1760: Specifying the Number of Voyages, Tonnage, Commanders, and Stations. To which is Added, from the Latter Period to the Present Time, the Managing
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Captain George Lukin acquired a letter of marque on 9 December 1800. Messrs Princip & Saunders had tendered her to the EIC to bring back rice from Bengal. She was one of 28 vessels that sailed on that mission between December 1800 and February 1801.
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reached Bombay on 4 September and arrived at Whampoa on 26 February 1795. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 22 April and was in Macao on 22 May. She reached Batavia on 5 August and St Helena on 16 October, and arrived at
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on 29 March. On 29 May she was again at Madras. Finally bound for China, she reached Penang on 14 July and Malacca on 1 September, before arriving at Whampoa on 19 September. Captain Lewin died two days before
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left for England. Her chief mate was Robert Reay. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 12 November, reached St Helena on 19 February 1793, and arrived at Long Reach on 22 April.
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reached Madras on 10 September and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 21 October. Homeward bound, she passed Saugor on 2 January 1797. She was at Colombo on 2 February and
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reached Madras on 21 May and left on 14 August. On 10 October she was reported sailing 'towards England'. She arrived back in England on 4 January 1802.
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Captain John Skottowe acquired a letter of marque on 20 April 1796. He sailed from Portsmouth on 17 May 1796, bound for Madras and Bengal.
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arrived at Port Jackson on 12 May 1803, having brought provisions. She left on 10 August, bound for China. She left in company with
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sailed from Bombay for England in 1805 and disappeared without a trace. She was believed to have foundered with all hands.
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on 18 November, and arrived at Whampoa on 4 February 1789. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 2 March, was at
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at Portsmouth, together with several other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on
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Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping
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on 25 March. She reached the [{Cape of Good Hope on 12 July and St Helena on 11 September, and arrived at
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Captain Gregory Moffat Lewin sailed from Portsmouth on 25 May 1791, bound for Madras, Bengal, and China.
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sailed on and later reported both ships lost with no survivors. Almost all the crew and passengers of
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Captain E. H. Palmer sailed from England on 1 August 1802, bound for Botany Bay and China.
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on 21 March, and reached St Helena on 28 June. She arrived back in England on 1 September.
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were able to land on a sandbank as both ships broke up; the survivors were later rescued.
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Transport vessels for the British Government's importation of rice from Bengal (1800–1802)
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On 17 August the three ships got caught near a sandbank, 157 north and 51 miles east of
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grounded. Both ships beat on the sharp coral, with the result that they sank quickly.
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Captain Parker sailed from Portsmouth on 2 May 1794, bound for Bombay and China.
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Captain William Parker sailed from Portsmouth on 14 April 1786, bound for China.
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on 13 September, before returning to Madras on 4 October. She reached
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Lukin sailed from The Downs on 24 January 1801, bound for Madras.
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on 7 February. She returned to Madras on 16 February, and reached
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British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859
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Index

Bridgewater (East Indiaman)
East India Company Ensign
East India Company
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Full-rigged ship
East Indiaman
East India Company
Bombay
Whampoa Anchorage
Second Bar
Sunda Strait
Ranger
St Helena
The Downs
Madras
Masulipatam
Batavia
Macao
Diamond Harbour
Saugor
Vizagapatam
Nagore
Bombay
France declared war
letter of marque
Île de France
£
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Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794)

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