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514:, as well as numerous other Indiamen and country ships, to serve as a transport in a planned attack on Manila. She was Diamond Harbour on 2 April, and Madras on 29 August. She sailed to Penang, where she arrived on 17 September. There she joined the other vessels. Between 2 September and 26 November
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reached Madras on 25 August and arrived at
Diamond Harbour on 19 September. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 7 February 1793 and reached St Helena on 22 May. She sailed from St Helena on 20 June and arrived at Long Reach on 24 August.
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The EIC inspected the East
Indiamen as they arrived and on 15 October fined Robertson and eight other captains £100 each for having not stowed their cargoes in conformance with the Company's orders. The money was to go to
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was at
Diamond Harbour on 5 July and Saugor on 10 August. She returned to Madras on 2 October, reached the Cape on 3 January 1799 and St Helena on 8 February, and arrived at Long Reach on 15 July.
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reached Madras on 11 September and arrived at
Diamond Harbour on 15 October. Homeward bound, She was at Saugor on 31 December. She reached Madras on 3 March 1795 and reached St Helena on 22 May.
398:. After France had invaded Holland earlier that year, instructions had gone out throughout the British colonies and Navy that Dutch vessels were to be detained. Between 3 June and 17 June an
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arrived on the scene in time to help board the Dutch vessels. There were no casualties on either side. The
British then brought their prizes into St Helena on 17 June.
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250:(EIC). She made seven voyages for the EIC before she was broken up. In June 1795, during her sixth voyage, she participated in the capture of eight vessels of the
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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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British Government cancelled the invasion following a peace treaty with Spain, it released the vessels it had engaged. On 9 December
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on 17 August 1793. However, he did not sail her on her sixth voyage. Captain Samuel
Maitland acquired a letter of marque on 21 December.
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The
British gathering at St Helena for convoy home found out that a large squadron of Dutch East Indiamen would be sailing from the
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There was a second assessment, on 30 July 1794 of a fine, but whether this was a restatement or a separate assessment is unclear.
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Captain John Dobrée acquired a letter of marque on 2 June 1796. He sailed from Portsmouth on 11 August 1796, bound for Bengal.
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reached Madras on 24 June and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 3 July. Homeward bound, she was at Cox's Island on 23 November and
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on 16 November, returned to Madras on 6 January 1788, reached St Helena on 2 March, and arrived at Long Reach on 29 April.
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to the Crown. Still, prize money, in the amount of two-thirds of the value of the Dutch ships amounted to £76,664 14
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s original voyage, plus £800 for table expenses. Dobrée sued for additional expenses but lost.
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Because the capture of the Dutch vessels had occurred before Britain had declared war on the
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on 14 December. She reached St Helena on 2 March 1790, and arrived at Long Reach on 1 May.
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Captain Robertson sailed from The Downs on 19 February 1787, bound for Madras and Bengal.
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was laid up after her return to England in 1799. She was sold in 1805 for breaking up.
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Captain Robertson sailed from The Downs on 7 March 1789, bound for Madras and Bengal.
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Captain Thomas Robertson sailed from The Downs on 15 March 1785, bound for China.
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370:(Mauritius). It gave up the plan and released the vessels in May 1794. It paid
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Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794)
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was returning from Bengal on her fifth voyage. Captain Robertson acquired a
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Transport vessels for the cancelled British attack on Manila (1797)
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on 24 September. She left China on 28 January 1786, reached
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The entire convoy Indiamen and prizes, all under escort by
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was under the command of Lieutenant Kempt (Royal Navy).
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returned to Madras and on 29 February 1798 arrived at
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695:"Letter of Marque, p.54 - accessed 25 July 2017"
295:on 2 May, and arrived at Long Reach on 10 July.
469:was distributed among the officers and crew of
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378:for having delayed her departure by 72 days.
155:116 ft 9 in (35.6 m) (keel)
770:Asiatic Annual Register for the Year 1805
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173:14 ft 9 in (4.5 m)
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215:1796: 26 × 4&9-pounder guns
16:British East Indiaman 1782–1805
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281:EIC voyage #2 (1785–1786):
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209:1793: 12 × 12-pounder guns
76:EIC voyage 7:Samuel Dobrée
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105:28 January 1782, or 1781
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402:squadron consisting of
118:General characteristics
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507:on 28 February 1798.
457:, the vessels became
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355:had broken out as
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248:East India Company
88:East India Company
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501:Cape of Good Hope
455:Batavian Republic
409:and the Indiamen
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289:Whampoa anchorage
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381:See also:
239:Bushbridge
186:Complement
178:Propulsion
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335:Busbridge
321:Busbridge
303:Busbridge
293:St Helena
285:Busbridge
275:The Downs
271:Busbridge
233:Busbridge
59:Busbridge
49:Busbridge
527:Calcutta
505:Kedgeree
374:1,365 12
204:Armament
191:1793: 85
126:771, 771
102:Launched
86:British
83:Operator
55:Namesake
487:Swallow
471:Sceptre
444:Sceptre
418:Manship
406:Sceptre
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132:⁄
94:Builder
28:History
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711:18 May
485:, and
459:Droits
400:ad hoc
325:Saugor
267:Madras
258:Career
147:Length
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571:Notes
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222:Notes
65:Owner
810:ISBN
791:ISBN
713:2018
560:Fate
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