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219:(EIC). She made five voyages for the EIC. Towards the end of the second of these some of her officers unsuccessfully mutinied. In 1795 she participated as a transport in the British military expedition to the West Indies. She stranded and became a total loss in 1796 as she returned from the expedition.
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Captain
Rodgers sailed from Portsmouth on 2 May, bound for China. She arrived at Whampoa on 14 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 28 December, reached St Helena on 14 April 1795, and arrived at The Downs on 23 July.
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reached the Cape on 26 April and Bombay on 15 June; she arrived at
Whampoa on 19 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 26 November, reached St Helena on 23 March 1793, and arrived at The Downs on 16 June.
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The EIC inspected the East
Indiamen as they arrived and on 15 October fined Rodgers 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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1795 expedition to the West Indies. The expedition sailed on 6 October, 16 November, and 9 December, but weather forced the vessels to put back. The fleet finally successfully sailed on 20 March to invade
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reached Madras on 16 July, and arrived at
Whampoa on 19 November. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 17 February 1787, reached St Helena on 27 June, and arrived at The Downs on 19 September.
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arrived back in
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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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200:Three decks
160:14 ft
113:852, or 852
1072:1783 ships
1066:Categories
933:Impatiente
847:Andromaque
724:Shipwrecks
653:1861760302
630:. Penguin.
620:References
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362:See also:
257:Second Bar
179:Propulsion
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923:Cormorant
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901:Séduisant
880:Narcissus
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867:HMS
858:Undaunted
837:Trompeuse
835:HMS
826:Middlesex
804:HMS
795:Greyhound
764:Ponsborne
521:Middlesex
472:Citations
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430:Middlesex
418:Middlesex
379:Middlesex
341:Middlesex
322:Middelsex
308:Middlesex
294:Middlesex
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261:St Helena
245:Middlesex
237:The Downs
208:Middlesex
187:Sail plan
59:Middlesex
49:Middlesex
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974:Old Dick
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89:Launched
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964:Neptune
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891:Malabar
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435:pressed
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400:Grenada
169:⁄
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28:History
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744:Dutton
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563:№2790.
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298:Bounty
289:Bounty
241:Madras
223:Career
134:Length
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