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
NameHope
OwnerCook & Co.[1]
BuilderHudson, Calcutta[1]
Launched8 March 1804[1]
FateCaptured in 1808.
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameHope
AcquiredJune 1808 by capture
CapturedDecember 1810
United Kingdom
NameHope
AcquiredDecember 1810 by capture
RenamedMadras Merchant
FateSold 1816
General characteristics
Tons burthen301,[1] or 3016494,[2] or 302[3] (bm)
PropulsionSail
Armament2 ×6-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades[3]

Career

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Hope, 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

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A 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

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References

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  • 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)