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was returning from Barbados and that it was feared that her cargo would be lost. The pilot had ignored the ship's officers who had warned that she drew too much water for the route he had chosen. Another major problem was that the Royal Navy had
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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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was bound for China and she reached Whampoa on 25 August. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 21 November, reached St Helena on 18 February 1790, and arrived at The Downs on 23 April.
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Proceedings Relative to Ships Tendered for the Service of the United East-India Company, from the Twenty-sixth of March, 1794, to the Sixth of January, 1795: With an Appendix
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arrived back in England, some of her officers mutinied against Captain Rodgers. One of the secondary mutineers was her surgeon, Charles Christian, elder brother of
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sailed on her ill-fated voyage to the South Pacific, Charles and Fletcher Christian had an opportunity to spend time with each other.
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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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became a total loss. Small craft, however, had saved part of her cargo of sugar and cotton. At an auction on 7 September at
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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 Rodgers sailed from The Downs on 12 April 1789 (more than a year after his return and suspension).
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Captain Rogers sailed from The Downs on 19 February 1786, again bound for Madras and China.
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on 19 March 1784, and arrived at Madras on 9 June. She sailed on to China and arrived at
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Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794)
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her hull sold for £270, and the remains of her cargo for £190.
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much of her crew when she returned, leaving her short-handed.
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Captain Rodgers sailed from Falmouth on 8 Feb 1792, bound for
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Adams & Barnard, Greenland Dock, Deptford, or Randall
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The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
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on 12 April 1785, and arrived at The Downs on 4 July.
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Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras
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Index

East India Company Ensign
Middlesex
bm
Full-rigged ship
East Indiaman
East India Company
The Downs
Madras
Cape of Good Hope
Whampoa anchorage
Second Bar
St Helena
Fletcher Christian
HMS Bounty
Bombay
Poplar Hospital
Île de France
£
s
d
Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794)
Hugh Cloberry Christian
St Lucia
Sir Ralph Abercromby
Saint Vincent
Grenada
Transport vessels for the British expedition to the West Indies (1795)
Erith
pressed
Lloyd's Coffee House

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