Eventful Voyages – Ships Letter C
Ships which were lost, wrecked, captured or missing
Note that in some cases these incidents occurred before or after the vessel was in service with the East India Company.
Records 68 |
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ID |
Ship Name |
Tons |
Lost |
How |
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869 | Cabalva | 1257 | 1818 | Wrecked off Cargados on 7 Jul 1818. | ||
460 | Caernarvon | 660 | 1758 | Captured by a French warship. | ||
460 | Caernarvon | 660 | 1758 | Recaptured immediately by HM ship Somerset and brought into Milford Haven. | ||
870 | Caesar | 626 | 1833 | Wrecked on Grand River Reef. Mauritius. on passage from London to Bengal. | ||
871 | Calcutta | 768 | 1799 | Captured by French frigate Syrene off Madeira. | ||
871 | Calcutta | 768 | 1799 | Recaptured by HMS L'Aimable and returned to London. | ||
871 | Calcutta | 768 | 1807 | Wrecked on the coast of New Guinea on passage from Botany Bay to Canton. | ||
1352 | Calcutta | 819 | 1809 | Parted company off Mauritius and not heard of again. | ||
1355 | Caledonia | 808 | 1803 | Destroyed by fire on passage from Balasore roads to Bombay. | ||
1357 | Camden | 432 | 1836 | Wrecked in the Straits of Madura. Dutch East Indies. | ||
175 | Canterbury | 340 | 1703 | Captured on 9 Dec 1703 by two French ships in the Straits of Malacca. | ||
1362 | Carlebury | 252 | 1821 | Abandoned sinking in position 51.13N. 26.06 W. | ||
1293 | Carn Brea Castle | 589 | 1829 | Wrecked at Atherfield. Isle of Wight. outward bound for Calcutta. | ||
1366 | Carron | 1072 | 1811 | Wrecked off Madras on 2 May 1811. | ||
1367 | Cartier | 391 | 1803 | Captured by the French. | ||
1367 | Cartier | 391 | 1809 | Recaptured by HMS Fox while on passage from Sourabaya to Batavia. | ||
468 | Cassandra | 380 | 1720 | Captured by pirates while at Comoro Islands. | ||
1369 | Catherine | 350 | 1716 | Wrecked 17 Jun 1716 after striking a rock in the Straits of Sunda. | ||
882 | Catherine | 523 | 1843 | Lost at sea. | ||
1370 | Cato | 430 | 1803 | Wrecked on passage from Botany Bay to Canton. | ||
1371 | Cecilia | 575 | 1804 | Wrecked at Madeira. | ||
884 | Ceres | 1180 | 1793 | Flotilla captured French vessel Le Franc on 24 Jun 1793. | ||
884 | Ceres | 1180 | 1799 | Set on fire after stranding near Woolwich and became a total loss. | ||
885 | Ceylon | 818 | 1810 | Captured by the French on 3 Jul 1810 and taken to Mauritius. | ||
885 | Ceylon | 818 | 1810 | Recaptured by the British and sent on her voyage. | ||
178 | Chambers Frigate | 350 | 1709 | Foundered at sea 11 Jan 1709. | ||
1377 | Chance | 1799 | Captured off Balasore Roads by French frigate La Forte and sent to Mauritius. | |||
1377 | Chance | 1799 | Recaptured 25 Apr 1799 by HMS Jupiter and sent on her voyage to England. | |||
1377 | Chance | 1799 | Wrecked near St Mary's Bay. Madagascar in May 1799. | |||
471 | Chandos | 440 | 1722 | Wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. | ||
19 | Charles | 1083 | 1633 | Accidentally destroyed by fire at Surat in Jan 1633. | ||
181 | Charles | 370 | 1685 | Sailed from England and not heard of again. | ||
889 | Charles Mills | 563 | 1822 | Foundered in a hurricane in 50.00N. 88.00 E. | ||
1378 | Charlotte | 707 | 1851 | Wrecked near Bombay. | ||
890 | Charlton | 818 | 1809 | Captured by the French on 18 Nov 1809 and taken to Mauritius. | ||
890 | Charlton | 818 | 1810 | Recaptured by the British at Mauritius. | ||
890 | Charlton | 818 | 1812 | Wrecked in the Red Sea. | ||
1376 | Chichester | 362 | 1811 | Wrecked in a violent gale in Madras Roads. | ||
891 | Childe Harold | 463 | 1850 | Lost at sea. | ||
1383 | Chiswick | 380 | 1798 | Captured and taken in prize almost immediately. | ||
1383 | Chiswick | 380 | 1808 | Wrecked at Aux Cayes. West Indies. on 19 Jul 1808. | ||
894 | Claudine | 452 | 1849 | Driven ashore near Ramsgate in a storm and became a total loss. | ||
1385 | Clyde | 602 | 1807 | Captured by the French privateer L'Interprenante off Sumatra. | ||
896 | Coldstream | 693 | 1837 | Lost at sea. | ||
476 | Colebrooke | 739 | 1778 | Wrecked entering False Bay. South Africa. | ||
897 | Comet | 529 | 1803 | Captured by the French north of Madeira on 1 Jul 1803. | ||
897 | Comet | 529 | 1803 | Recaptured by the British. | ||
897 | Comet | 529 | 1816 | Lost at sea. | ||
24 | Comfort | 200 | 1638 | Captured by pirates off Malabar coast on 16 Jan 1638. | ||
24 | Comfort | 200 | 1638 | Burnt and sunk. | ||
1389 | Commodore Hayes | 678 | 1826 | Destroyed by fire at Calcutta when loaded and ready to sail for London. | ||
478 | Compton | 480 | 1737 | Destroyed by fire at Bencoolen. | ||
25 | Concord | 213 | 1616 | Scuttled at Batavia. | ||
189 | Convertine | 240 | 1666 | Captured by the Dutch Navy on 4 Jun 1666. | ||
899 | Cornwall | 798 | 1859 | Wrecked 14 Jul 1859 on the French coast. | ||
1393 | Coromandel | 522 | 1805 | Captured by the French privateer Henriette and sent to Mauritius. | ||
1393 | Coromandel | 522 | 1810 | Recaptured by the British at Mauritius and returned to her owners. | ||
1393 | Coromandel | 522 | 1814 | Captured by the American privateer on 2 Aug 1814 when on passage from Batavia to london. | ||
1393 | Coromandel | 522 | 1814 | Recaptured by HMS Eridanus. | ||
1393 | Coromandel | 522 | 1821 | Foundered in Indian waters on 6 Feb 1821. | ||
1394 | Countess of Sutherland | 1509 | 1803 | Captured by French squadron off Sumatra. | ||
1395 | Coverdale | 579 | 1806 | Foundered in a gale on passage from Jamaica to London. | ||
1398 | Crescent | 238 | 1798 | Captured by French privateer Mercure. | ||
1398 | Crescent | 238 | 1798 | Recaptured almost immediately by HMS Caroline. | ||
1398 | Crescent | 238 | 1807 | Foundered off Patagonia on 8 Mar 1807. | ||
191 | Crown | 250 | 1671 | Wrecked on the Paracels. on passage from Bantam to Taiwan. | ||
905 | Cullands Grove | 576 | 1803 | Captured on 22 Jul 1803 by a French privateer from Bordeaux. | ||
906 | Cumberland | 1260 | 1821 | Wrecked in the Bay of Chorillos. Chile in August 1821. |
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