Hope was launched in 1804 at Calcutta. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). She continued to trade around India until a French frigate captured her in 1808. She apparently returned to English hands and was renamed Madras Merchant. She was then sold in 1816 at Manila.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Hope |
| Owner | Cook & Co.[1] |
| Builder | Hudson, Calcutta[1] |
| Launched | 8 March 1804[1] |
| Fate | Captured in 1808. |
 France | |
| Name | Hope |
| Acquired | June 1808 by capture |
| Captured | December 1810 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Hope |
| Acquired | December 1810 by capture |
| Renamed | Madras Merchant |
| Fate | Sold 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 301,[1] or 30164⁄94,[2] or 302[3] (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament | 2 ×6-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades[3] |
Career
editHope, Captain J. Cook, sailed from Bengal on 22 August 1805.[1] She was serving as a packet for the EIC. She reached Saint Helena on 12 November and arrived at the Downs on 2 January 1806.[4]
Hope was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 15 March 1806.[2] She appears in the Register of Shipping with J. Cook, master and owner, and trade London–India.[5] Similarly, the Register of Shipping for 1809 shows Hope with J. Cook, master and owner, and trade London–India.[3]
Fate
editA letter from Madras dated 17 December 1808 reported that a French frigate, possibly Caroline, captured the brig Jane, Bennet, master, off Pedang, and Hope, Cook, sailing to Bengal.[6] By another report, capitaine de frègate Jean Dornal de Guy, in Manche, captured her in June 1808 at Bencoolen, and sent her to Mauritius.[7]
According to one report Hope returned to British hands and was renamed Madras Merchant.[8] She was sold at Manila in 1816.[9] It is possible that Hope was the French ship "Le Hope, of 400 Tons", that was among the many vessels that the British captured on 3 December 1810 when they captured Mauritius.[10]
A Madras Merchant visited Java several times in 1814 with masters F. Strant and Charles Eaton.[11]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d e Hackman (2001), pp. 235.
- ^ a b House of Commons (1814), p. 87.
- ^ a b c RS 1809, №589.
- ^ British Library: Hope (5).
- ^ Register of Shipping (1806), supple. pages.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4354.
- ^ Austen (1935), pp. 126–7.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 139.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 101.
- ^ Lloyd's List, 15 February 1811, №4537.
- ^ Java Almanac (Arrivals and departures 1814) - accessed 4 November 2017.
References
edit- Austen, Harold Chomley Mansfield (1935). Sea Fights and Corsairs of the Indian Ocean: Being the Naval History of Mauritius from 1715 to 1810. Port Louis, Mauritius: R.W. Brooks.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta) (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1814). Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping. H.M. Stationery Office.
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