Ship Bengal

ID 440

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Built Rig Type Tons EIC Service
Period
EIC
Voyages
Crew Guns
1722 Galley 160 1722-1730 1 35 10
Shipbuilder
Where Built
Date of Launch  
Thomas Bronsdon London Jan 1722

 

      Dimensions & Construction

Ship History

1722Launched by Thomas Bronsdon for the East India Company.

1722Started East India Company service.

1722Employed as a guard ship and escort vessel to protect against pirates of the Malabar coast.

1730Captured 25 Nov 1730 by the fleet of pirate Angria off Bombay.

 
East India Company voyages and captains

Voyage

Started

 Ended

Captain's Name

11722 William Jordan

Ship Owners

  • East India Company 1722-1730   

References

  • Anthony J Farrington, Catalogue of East India Company Ships' Journals and Logs 1600-1834, 1999, British Library, 0712346465, p55
  • Rowan Hackman, Ships of the East India Company, 2001, World Ship Society, 0905617967, p66
  • Jean Sutton, Lords of the East: The East India Company and its Ships 1600-1874, 2000, Conway Maritime Press, 0851777864, p160

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