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210:(EIC). Her fourth voyage (in 1796–1798) was particularly notable as she participated in an encounter between six Indiamen and six French frigates in which the Indiamen succeeded in bluffing the French into withdrawing. During that voyage she also survived several typhoons. Her owners sold her in 1803 and her subsequent deployment and fate is currently unknown.
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was at Macao, and on 28 August she was again at
Whampoa. Again homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 16 December and was at Malacca on 17 January 1798. By 18 March she was at the Cape and by 15 April she was at St Helena. After the Fleet left St Helena it succeeded in capturing the Spanish
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On 28 January 1797 the
Indiamen had sailed through the Bali Strait in a squall and were off Java when they encountered six French frigates. Farquharson proceeded to organize a bluff. To give the impression that the convoy consisted of the powerful ships of the line that the Indiamen resembled,
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and several other vessels were still in the China Sea, a violent typhoon cost her her rudder and everyone of her masts. She turned back to China, which she reached on 29 June, but not before enduring three hurricanes and other dangers. After having been dismasted and having lost her rudder,
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reached Madras on 26 July. She was at Penang on 28 August and
Malacca on 10 September, before arriving at Whampoa on 28 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 16 December. She reached St Helena on 13 April, and then arrived at Long Reach on 12 June.
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arrived at
Whampoa on 30 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 25 December, reached Malacca on 18 January 1800 and St Helena on 11 April, and then arrived at Long Reach on 28 June. Captain Palmer then retired from the sea on doctor's orders.
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Farquharson ordered his ships to advance in line of battle. The French retreated, convinced they were facing a superior force. Actually, the French outgunned the East
Indiamen both in terms of the number of guns and the weight of shot per gun.
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reached Madras on 15 June and arrived at
Whampoa on 13 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 13 November, reached St Helena on 27 February 1792, and arrived at Long Reach on 24 April.
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for sale as a hulk. However the
British Government took her up as a troopship. Currently there is no readily available information about how long she served in that capacity or her final disposition.
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jury-rigged replacements. As she approached the Pearl River, the pilot saw that another typhoon was approaching and guided her into Tong-Huo Cove, on Tong-Hou Island. There she rode out the weather.
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was at Rio de
Janeiro on 4 July, and reached Madras on 7 September. She was at Penang on 5 October and Malacca on 15 October, and arrived at Whampoa on 31 January 1795. Homeward bound,
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Memoirs: comprising the navigation to and from China, by the China sea, and through the various straits and channels in the Indian archipelago; also the navigation of Bombay harbour
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crossed the Second Bar on 5 March, and reached
Malacca again on 26 April. She was at St Helena on 24 August. On 3 September she sailed from St Helena. She sailed together with
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British government held her at Portsmouth, together with a number of other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on
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Captain John Jones acquired a letter of marque on 18 February 1801. He sailed from Portsmouth on 31 March 1801, bound for Madras and China.
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The Indiamen sailed east and then up towards China. On 1 February the Fleet encountered a strong gale with violent squalls and rain.
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348:) acquired a letter of marque on 18 March 1796. He sailed from Portsmouth on 17 May 1796, bound for St Helena, Madras, and China.
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was at St Helena on 21 July and reached Madras on 1 October. From there she sailed to Colombo, which she reached on 30 November.
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again encountered a typhoon in the China Sea. Though she herself was unharmed, she was able to assist the country ship
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on 25 February 1791, bound for Madras and China. That day she narrowly escaped being wrecked on the Casket Rocks.
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reached Madras on 9 August. She was at Penang on 2 September and Malacca on 14 September. On 22 October
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Palmer had been fourth officer on her second voyage, and second officer on her third voyage.
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on board in their stead until Palmer could recruit replacements to help him bring
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on 14 April 1789 and arrived at Long Reach on 12 June.
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335:arrived back at Long Reach on 28 November.
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622:22°01′19″N
482:Friendship
478:Friendship
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326:HMS
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130:Sail plan
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