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John Reddie


NationalityBritish 
RolesMerchant Sailor 
First Known Service1805EICS
Last Known Service1807EICS

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
18051807
Calcutta (Unknown) 1798-1809
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
, Captain (HEIC), and Commanding Officer
EICS

Notes on Officer


EIC JournalIORMAR

Built by Wells, launched 1798, 3 decks, 4in bottom, length 146ft 2¼in, keel 118ft 9in, breadth 36ft 2¼in, hold 14ft 9¼in, wing transom 23ft 4in, port cell 26ft 9in, waist 3ft 11in, between decks 6ft 2in & 6ft 4in, roundhouse 6ft 6in, ports 13 middle & upper, deck range 85ft, 819 tons.

Principal Managing Owners:

1-2 Robert Charnock

3-5 Henry Bonham.

Voyages:

(1) 1797/8 St Helena, Bengal, Bombay and Madras. Capt William Maxwell. Portsmouth 8 Jun 1798 - 19 Aug St Helena - 21 Dec Diamond Harbour - 28 Jan 1799 Saugor - 7 Mar Cannanore - 26 Apr Bombay - 4 Jul Madras - 18 Aug Diamond Harbour - 23 Sep Saugor - 21 Oct Madras - 31 Dec Cape - 27 Jan 1800 St Helena - 2 Jun Long Reach.

(2) 1800/1 Madras and Bengal. Capt William Maxwell. Portsmouth 31 Mar 1801 - 26 Jul Madras - 20 Aug Diamond Harbour - 13 Jan 1802 Saugor - 7 Feb Madras - 14 May St Helena - 19 Jul Long Reach.

(3) 1802/3 Madras and Bengal. Capt William Maxwell. Portsmouth 12 Apr 1803 - 4 Aug Madras - 22 Aug Vizagapatam - 29 Aug Diamond Harbour - 24 Sep Kedgeree - 14 Oct Saugor - 24 Dec Kedgeree - 22 Jan 1804 Saugor - 28 Jun St Helena - 16 Oct Long Reach.

(4) 1804/5 St Helena, Bengal and Madras. Capt John Reddie. Portsmouth 8 Mar 1805 - 5 Jun St Helena - 27 Sep Diamond Harbour - 29 Oct Saugor - 22 Dec Benkulen - 13 May 1806 Diamond Harbour - 18 Jun Calcutta - 30 Aug Saugor - 7 Oct Madras - 18 Oct Trincomalee - 30 Dec Cape - 23 Jan 1807 St Helena - 15 Apr Long Reach.

(5) 1807/8 Madras and Bengal. Capt William Maxwell. Portsmouth 5 Mar 1808 - parted company off Mauritius 14 Mar 1809, not heard of again.



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Posted by Jon Miller on Tuesday 28th of July 2026 10:30

London, 20 February 1802: Yesterday John Reddie, Esq, attended at the India House, and was sworn by the Court of Directors of the East India Company into the command of the ship Neptune, consigned to China this season, in the room of Captain Spens, deceased. The Neptune is one of the last ships to be dispatched this season, and is ordered by the Court to be afloat on the 4th of March, and in the Downs on the 23d of April. [Morning Chronicle, 20 February 1802]


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