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History
Great Britain
NameBritannia
Owner
  • 1794:H. Jackson[2]
  • 1799:Timperon[3]
BuilderThomas Pitcher, Northfleet[1]
Launched27 August 1794[1]
Captured1798, and recaptured
FateLost c.1801
General characteristics
Tons burthen384[2][4](bm)
PropulsionSails
Sail planBrig
Complement32[4]
Armament
  • 1795:10 × 4-pounder guns[4]
  • 1796:12 × 6-pounder guns[4]
  • 1800:10 × 6-pounder guns[3]

Britanniawas launched in 1794 at Northfleet. She made two voyages as an "extra ship" for the BritishEast India Company(EIC). On her second voyage a French privateer captured her, but the BritishRoyal Navyrecaptured her shortly thereafter. She then became a West Indiaman and was lost c.1801.

Career

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1st EIC voyage

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Captain Thomas Nixon jnr. received aletter of marqueforBritanniaon 22 August 1795.[4]He left Yarmouth on 20 September 1795, bound for Bengal. She arrived atCalcuttaon 22 February 1796.

There she loaded rice on behalf of the British government which was importing grain to address high prices for wheat in Britain following a poor harvest.

See also:Transport vessels for the British Government's importation of rice from Bengal (1795–1796)

Homeward bound,Britanniawas at Culpee on 31 March,[a]and atSaugoron 19 April. She reachedSt Helenaon 22 July, and arrived atThe Downson 15 September.[5]

2nd EIC voyage

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Captain James Stewart received a letter of marque on 17 December 1796. He left Britain on 3 January 1797. The French privateerHuron(orHerion) capturedBritanniaon 22 August 1798 as she returned to Britain.[b]HMSEndymionandAmaranthewere in company when they recaptured her on 27 August at46°20′N12°55′W/ 46.333°N 12.917°W/46.333; -12.917.[8]They took her intoCork.[9]She reached home on 8 October.

Subsequent career

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In 1799 Timperon purchasedBritannia.Captain J. Mann replaced Stewart and her trade became London-Grenada.[10]She was last listed inLloyd's Registerin 1804, but theRegister of Shippingfor 1801 has the notation "LOST".[11]Lloyd's Listfor 25 September 1801 reported thatBritannia,fromJamaicato London, was lost atOld Harbour,Jamaica.[12]

Notes

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  1. ^Culpee (or Coulpy or Kulpi) was an anchorage towards Calcutta, and just belowDiamond Harbour.
  2. ^The privateer may have beenHuron,named for theWyandot people,who were allies of the French against the British in North America. A possible candidate isHuron,of Bordeaux, probably commissioned in 1793, 300 tons (French; of load), 18 to 20 guns, with 9 officers and between 112 and 180 men. She was under Captain Pierre Destebetcho in 1793 (dates not clear), Captain Harismedy circa late 1797–1798, Destebetcho (first name not clear) from July 1798 to 1799, and Captain Saint Guiron from 1799 in Bordeaux to May 1800 in Mauritius.[6]HMSMagiciennecapturedHuroncirca January 1801 in the Channel asHuronwas returning from Mauritius.[7]

Citations

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  1. ^abHackman (2001),p. 225.
  2. ^abLloyd's Register(1796), Seq. №B351.
  3. ^abLloyd's RegisterSeq. №B289.
  4. ^abcdeLetter of Marque,[1]Archived2016-10-20 at theWayback Machinep.54 – accessed 25 July 2017.
  5. ^British Library:Britannia(6).
  6. ^Demerliac (2004),p. 266, №2338.
  7. ^"No. 15333".The London Gazette.31 January 1801. pp. 140–141.
  8. ^"No. 15143".The London Gazette.4 June 1799. p. 557.
  9. ^Lloyd's List№3029.
  10. ^Lloyd's Register(1799), Seq. №B264.
  11. ^Register of Shipping(1801), Seq. №B375.
  12. ^Lloyd's List№4189.

References

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  • Demerliac, Alain (2004).La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815(in French). Éditions Ancre.ISBN2-903179-30-1.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001).Ships of the East India Company.Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society.ISBN0-905617-96-7.
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