Ship
Caernarvon
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ID
460
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Summary
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Built |
Rig |
Type |
Tons
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EIC Service
Period |
EIC
Voyages |
Crew |
Guns |
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1755 |
Ship |
Reg |
660 |
1755-1766 |
3 |
99 |
30 |
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Shipbuilder
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Where Built
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Date of Launch
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Wells |
London |
29 Sep 1755 |
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Ship History
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| 1755 | Launched at Deptford for John Hallett.
| | 1755 | Also known as Marquis of Caernarvon.
| | 1756 | Taken up for East India Company service.
| | 1758 | Captured by a French warship.
| | 1758 | Recaptured immediately by HM ship Somerset and brought into Milford Haven.
| | 1765 | Ended East India company service.
| | 1766 | Sold for breaking up.
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Voyage
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Captain's Name
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| 1 | 1756 | 1758 | Norton Hutchinson | | 1 | 1756 | 1758 | William Smith | | 2 | 1760 | 1762 | Norton Hutchinson | | 3 | 1764 | 1765 | Norton Hutchinson |
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Ship Owners
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References
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- Anthony J Farrington, Catalogue of East India Company Ships' Journals and Logs 1600-1834, 1999, British Library, 0712346465, pp92-93
- Rowan Hackman, Ships of the East India Company, 2001, World Ship Society, 0905617967, p75
- Jean Sutton, Lords of the East: The East India Company and its Ships 1600-1874, 2000, Conway Maritime Press, 0851777864, p150
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