Princess Royal (1794 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Princess Royal |
| Owner | Simms & Co., London[1] |
| Builder | Jacob Preston, Great Yarmouth[1] |
| Launched | 23 September 1794[1] |
| Fate | Leaves Lloyd's Register in 1840 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 405[1][2] (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 34[2] |
| Armament |
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Princess Royal was launched at Great Yarmouth in September 1794 and for the next three years traded with the West Indies. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) in 1797-8. On her return she resumed general trading. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1840.
- EIC voyage
Captain Peter Foubister received a letter of marque on 20 December 1796.[Note 1] Lloyd's Register for 1797 gives the captain's name as "Forbuster" and her trade as London-Jamaica, changing to London-India.
Foubister sailed Princess Royal from Falmouth on 16 February 1797, bound for Madras and Bengal. She reached the Cape on 16 May and arrived at Madras on 11 July. She was at Pondicherry on 11 August, and then returned to Madras 16 August. She reached Penang on 6 September, before returning to Madras on 11 December. Princess Royal arrived at Calcutta on 28 January 1798. She left Diamond Harbour on 8 March, reached Simons Bay on 14 June and St Helena on 6 August, and arrived at The Downs on 18 October.[4]
Lloyd's Register for 1799 gives her master's name as Forbuster, changing to M'Donald, and her trade as London-India, changing to London-Jamaica.
Notes, citations, and references
- Notes
- ^ Hackman appears to have mixed up the names of the captains on Princess Royal of 405 tons (bm), and on Princess Royal of 805 tons (bm).[1] Registers of Letters of marque and entries in Lloyd's Register provide the evidence for the occurrence of a mix-up.
- Citations
- References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7