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for 1800 with William Wilson as captain and Gillet & Co. as owners, destination Botany Bay, and her age is given as 23 years old. She appears among the list of vessels sailing for the EIC, but as a separate listing from the above. She also does not appear in the Hardy & Hardy (1811) list of
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on 7 August, and returning to Madras on 28 August. She was again at Negapatam on 12 October, and Anjengo on 9 December, Tellicherry on 15 December, Bombay on 31 December, Tellicherry again on 30 April 1782, and Bombay for the last time on this voyage on 28 May. From there she reached St Helena on 31
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She left Port Jackson on 23 March, bound for China. She reached the Barrier Islands on 21 April and left them on 17 June, reaching Tahiti on 10 July. From there she sailed on 2 August, the reaching Whampoa on 23 August. For her return to Britain, she crossed Second Bar on 22 December, reaching the
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sailed to Tellicherry, arriving 25 November, and to Anjengo, arriving on 9 December, before returning to Bombay, which she reached on 29 December. She then sailed to China via Malacca, which she reached on 13 June 1785, before arriving on 8 July at
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left Portsmouth on 3 June 1780. She reached Rio de Janeiro on 28 August, Anjengo on 16 January 1781, Goa on 29 January, and Bombay on 14 February. She then spent months on the coasts of India and in the Indian Ocean. On 8 May she was at
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for her next three voyages. She left the Downs on 17 April 1790 and arrived at Whampoa on 26 August. She crossed Second Bar on 31 January 1791, reached the Cape on 9 April, St Helena seventeen days later, and the Downs on 26 June.
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issued to Wilson on 10 February 1800. She was carrying 300 male convicts. She was also carrying 11 missionaries and had undertaken to deliver them to the South Sea islands after having delivered her convicts.
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The reason for the to-and-fro, was that the British government planned to mount an expedition against Manila in 1797–8. (One of the Royal Navy vessels involved appears to have been
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The captains involved sued the EIC for expenses, though Fellowes did not. The court further ordered that the officers of the vessels involved receive some payment.
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on her eighth voyage, and received a letter of marque on 8 June 1796. She left Portsmouth on 11 August 1796 and reached the Cape on 18 November. She arrived at
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sailed her from Portsmouth on 27 April 1778. She reached Madeira on 27 May, the Cape of Good Hope (Cape) on 24 August,
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in January 1779, and finally Bombay on 7 February. On the return trip she was back at Madeira on 21 August, and in
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Huddart left the Downs on 26 March 1784, reaching St Helena on 8 June, and Bombay on 19 September. From Bombay
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in 1807, still with Wilson as captain, Gillet & Co. as owner, and London-Botany Bay as her destinations.
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with stores and back to Bengal. A peace treaty with Spain resulted in the British cancelling the expedition.
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reached Saugor on 27 January 1798, the Cape on 28 May, St Helena on 29 June, and the Downs on 18 October.
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on 7 October 1792. Ten male and two female convicts had died during the voyage; four children were born.
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on 28 February 1797 and Diamond Harbour on 21 March. On 1 July she was again at Kedgeree, on 21 July at
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left Plymouth on 14 August. She reached Madeira on 5 September, the Cape on 28 November, and
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to Gillett & Co., of Calcutta. Gillett and Co. wanted her for the local trade in India.
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vessels serving the EIC between 1760 and 1810, indicating that the EIC had sold her.
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arrived at Whampoa on 14 January 1793. On the return trip to Britain she reached
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on 18 October, reached St Helena on 17 February 1786, and the Downs on 27 April.
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had been at Rio de Janeiro, having sailed in company with several ships of the
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on 18 March and St Helena on 16 June, and arrived at the Downs on 21 August.
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Cape on 30 March 1802. She stopped at St Helena on 30 April, and arrived at
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was almost rebuilt in 1794. Her next voyage, the seventh, began during the
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on 12 August, St Helena on 7 November, and the Downs on 16 March 1796.
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First letter of marque: 26 × 9- & 6-pounder guns + 2 × 12-pounder
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on 12 March, and Madras on 22 May. Her next stop, on 27 July, was
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appears to have spent less time than that. The owners claimed
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on 13 November, bound for China. After leaving Port Jackson
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on 20 February 1795. On her homeward bound leg she reached
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Second letter of marque: 26 × 9- & 6-pounder guns
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Third letter of marque: 24 × 9- & 6-pounder guns
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Index

Royal Admiral (East Indiaman)

East India Company

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letter of marque
carronades
East Indiaman
River Thames
East India Company
convicts
England
Australia
Joseph Huddart
Anjengo
the Downs
Tellicherry
Cuddalore
Negapatam
Masulipatam

reverse glass painting
Whampoa
Second Bar
Trindade
Penang
Torbay
Pitt
Thomas Watling
Port Jackson

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