- East
Indiaman was a
general name for any
sailing ship
operating under charter or
licence to any of the East
India trading companies of the
major European...
- Götheborg of
Sweden is a
sailing replica of the
Swedish East
Indiaman Götheborg I,
launched in 1738 (not to be
confused with the
larger Götheborg II built...
- West
Indiaman was a
general name for any
merchantman sailing ship
making runs from the Old
World to the West
Indies and the east
coast of the Americas...
-
Several vessels have
borne the name Cornwallis, for
Charles Cornwallis, 1st
Marquess Cornwallis: Two have an ****ociation with
British East
India Company...
- The
Halsewell was an East
Indiaman that was
wrecked on 6
January 1786 at the
start of a
voyage from
London to Madras. She lost her
masts in a
violent storm...
- The
wreck of the Grosvenor, an East
Indiaman,
occurred on 4
August 1782 on the
Pondoland coast of
South Africa,
north of the
Umzimvubu River. The shipwreck...
-
Liefde was a
Dutch sailing ship that ran
aground and sank
during a
storm in the
North Sea off the
Shetland Islands,
Great Britain,
while she was on her...
- In 1775 a
vessel variously named Rockingham,
Castle Rockingham, or
Marquis of
Rockingham wrecked on the
Irish coast with loss of life. Some
records refer...
- Some four
ships have
borne the name Earl of
Mornington (or Earl Mornington),
named for one or
another Earl of Mornington, and two of
these ships made voyages...
- Two
vessels served the
British East
India Company (EIC) as East
Indiamen named Alfred: Alfred (1772 EIC ship) was
launched in 1772 and made four voyages...
