Ponsborne was launched in 1779 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made six voyages for the EIC before she was wrecked in...
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owners then sailed her between Lisbon and Goa. Ponsborne (1779 EIC ship) made six voyages for the EIC before she was wrecked in 1796 after having landed...
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1780 at Deptford. She made five voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), the last one transporting convicts to Port Jackson as one of the vessels...
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East Indiaman (category Ship types)
East Indiamen chartered by the British East India Company (EIC) were known as clippers. The EIC held a monopoly granted to it by Elizabeth I in 1600 for...
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HMS Bombay Castle (1782) (category United Kingdom ship of the line stubs)
British East India Company (EIC) funded the construction of Bombay Castle as a contribution to the war effort. Similarly, the EIC also paid for the construction...
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