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 |
||||||
ID |
Ship Name |
Tons |
Lost |
How |
||
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. | ||
top 
go to Voyages