Eventful Voyages – Ships Letter A
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.
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ID |
Ship Name |
Tons |
Lost |
How |
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811 | Abberton | 451 | 1855 | Abandoned at sea on voyage from London to Hobart. Tasmania. | ||
812 | Abercrombie Robinson | 1331 | 1842 | Stranded on Salt River Bank. Cape Town. 28 Aug 1842. | ||
1261 | Abercromby | 615 | 1812 | Wrecked in the Karimata Passage. Dutch East Indies. | ||
1262 | Achilles | 508 | 1801 | Taken by a French privateer on passage from Honduras for London. | ||
1311 | Active | 350 | 1793 | Captured by a French privateer in May 1793 and taken to Morlaix. | ||
1312 | Active | 496 | 1800 | Taken in prize. | ||
421 | Addison | 490 | 1722 | Wrecked in a gale at the Cape of Good Hope. | ||
813 | Admiral Aplin | 558 | 1804 | Captured by French pirate Robert Surcouf between Madras and Bengal. | ||
814 | Admiral Barrington | 527 | 1782 | French West Indiaman taken in prize and sold by her captors. | ||
814 | Admiral Barrington | 527 | 1791 | Driven from her anchorage at Bombay and totally wrecked on Malwan Island. | ||
1263 | Admiral Gambier | 500 | 1817 | Wrecked on a coral reef in the Mozambique Channel on 20 Jun 1817. | ||
815 | Admiral Gardner | 816 | 1809 | Lost on Goodwin Sands off South Foreland 25 Jan 1809. | ||
1268 | Admiral Rainier | 887 | 1806 | Taken by a French corvette. | ||
1268 | Admiral Rainier | 887 | 1806 | Recaptured by the Dover Castle on 30 Dec 1806 and sent to Calcutta. | ||
1271 | Adventure | 1657 | Destroyed by fire off Surat. | |||
2 | Advice | 350 | 1619 | Abandoned at Masulipatam Sep 1619. | ||
426 | Ajax | 655 | 1761 | Captured on 6 Mar 1761 by French warship Proteus off Scilly Isles and taken to Brest. | ||
137 | Albemarle | 330 | 1708 | Wrecked 9 Dec 1708 at Polperro. Cornwall. | ||
427 | Albemarle | 520 | 1779 | Captured by HMS Albion while acting as a transport for the French Army. | ||
427 | Albemarle | 520 | 1793 | Captured by a French privateer in May 1793 and taken to Morlaix. | ||
1238 | Albion | 668 | 1765 | Wrecked outward bound 15 Jan 1765 off North Foreland. | ||
1267 | Albion | 430 | 1807 | Destroyed by fire at Calcutta. | ||
817 | Albion | 961 | 1816 | Lost at sea. | ||
4 | Aleppo Merchant | 350 | 1658 | Wrecked off Padstow. on passage from Smyrna to London. | ||
1278 | Alexander | 444 | 1789 | Captured by the French. | ||
1313 | Alexander Hamilton | 270 | 1805 | Wrecked at the entrance to the Gironde on 29 Jan 1805. | ||
1281 | Alligator | 345 | 1820 | Wrecked on 13 May 1820 two miles below L'Islet. River St. Lawrence. | ||
822 | Almorah | 416 | 1832 | Foundered in the North Atlantic. | ||
1282 | Althea | 807 | 1804 | Taken by French frigates Belle Poule and Atalante on 17 Apr 1804. | ||
1282 | Althea | 807 | 1810 | Retaken on 3 Dec 1810 at the capture of Mauritius by the British. | ||
1283 | Amazon | 440 | 1775 | Taken in prize. | ||
1314 | Amelia | 266 | 1787 | Taken in prize. | ||
1314 | Amelia | 266 | 1796 | Captured by a French squadron and sent into Corunna. | ||
429 | Anglesea | 490 | 1738 | Wrecked north of Goa in a violent storm. | ||
430 | Ankerwyke | 679 | 1782 | Foundered at sea. | ||
826 | Ann & Amelia | 587 | 1833 | Wrecked at Berck. near Boulogne. on 1 Sep 1833. | ||
144 | Anna | 350 | 1709 | Disappeared after leaving Bengal at end of Jan 1709. | ||
1287 | Anna | 899 | 1816 | Lost at sea. | ||
5 | Anne | 700 | 1617 | Lost on maiden voyage. | ||
6 | Anne | 230 | 1660 | While at Trincomalee. the crew were taken prisoner by the King of Kandy. | ||
145 | Anne | 120 | 1689 | Wrecked at Madagascar. | ||
7 | Anne Royal | 750 | 1620 | Cast away 20 Mar 1620 between London and Gravesend. | ||
431 | Anson | 479 | 1747 | Captured off Bombay on 2 Sep 1747 by French frigates Apollo and Anglesea. | ||
432 | Anson | 657 | 1779 | Wrecked in the St Lawrence River. | ||
147 | Antelope | 400 | 1673 | Captured by the Dutch off Nizapatam. | ||
147 | Antelope | 400 | 1673 | Foundered after being damaged in action with the Dutch. | ||
827 | Antelope | 170 | 1783 | Wrecked 20 July 1783 on the Pelew Islands while surveying. | ||
1292 | Antelope | 268 | 1805 | Taken in prize. | ||
1294 | Apollo | 652 | 1823 | Wrecked at Green Point. Cape of Good Hope. | ||
1295 | Archduke Charles | 521 | 1816 | Wrecked near Green Island. River St Lawrence. 29 June 1816. | ||
1315 | Armenia | 518 | 1800 | Captured in the Bay of Bengal by the French privateer Clarisse. | ||
829 | Arniston | 1433 | 1815 | Foundered 30 May 1815 after striking rocks in England Bay. Cape Aguilhas. | ||
1298 | Arran | 735 | 1809 | Wrecked in the Persian Gulf. on passage from Bengal to Bussorah. | ||
9 | Ascension | 260 | 1609 | Wrecked on the Malacca Banks at the mouth of the Amlicka River. | ||
151 | Asia | 460 | 1701 | Foundered on 17 Apr 1701 in the Bay of Bulls. Newfoundland. | ||
831 | Asia | 819 | 1809 | Wrecked on a sandbank in the River Hooghly. | ||
1309 | Assada Merchant | 250 | 1655 | Sent out to India on a private voyage on which she foundered. | ||
11 | Attendant | 100 | 1618 | Captured by the Dutch and taken to Japan. | ||
11 | Attendant | 100 | 1622 | Handed back. but later abandoned. | ||
1306 | Auspicious | 404 | 1798 | 18 July 1798 totally destroyed by fire at Calcutta. | ||
1307 | Automatia | 928 | 1799 | Captured by HMS Naiad and HMS Ethalion on 16 Oct 1799. | ||
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