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Sandwich

27028
Nominal Guns26HCA26
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Launched1745HCA26
How acquiredPurpose builtHCA26
ShipyardUnknownHCA26
CategoryMerchantHCA26
Ship TypeEast IndiamanHCA26
Last known1762HCA26

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen499Tons BM 

Armament


9.12.1756Broadside Weight UnknownHCA26
Gun Deck26 Carriage Guns

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1756/12/09 - 1759
John LeggBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1759
,
Edmund GodfreyBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1759
,
Sir Charles Raymond (1st Baronet)British
Ship Owner
Merchant Sailor
Service 1735-1789
,
Henry CrabbBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1754-1759
HCA26

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
9.12.175699 HCA26

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1753 - 1759Captain (HEIC)
John PurlingBritish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Administrator
Service 1753-1790
HPO

Service History


DateEventSource
8.12.1756Issued with a Letter of MarqueHCA26


Notes on Ship


Letter of MarqueHCA26
HCA 26/6/119 1756 December 9

Commander: John Purling.

Ship: Sandwich.

Burden: 499 tons.

Crew: 99.

Owners: Henry Crabb Boulton, John Legg, Edmund Godfrey, Charles Raymond, Samuel Jones and Edward Reed of London, merchants.

Lieutenant: William Nixon.

Gunner: Rowland Drew.

Boatswain: Patrick Carraway.

Carpenter: Stephen Fletcher.

Surgeon: William Booth.

Cook: William Beard.

Armament: 26 carriage guns.

Folio: 122


VoyagesIORMAR

Rated at 499 tons, 99 crew, 28 guns.

(1) 1745/6 China. Capt John Petrie. Portsmouth 9 Apr 1746 - 24 Aug Malacca - 16 Oct Whampoa - 10 Feb 1747 Second Bar - 22 Jul St Helena - 21 Oct River Shannon - 13 Dec Downs.

(2) 1748/9 Fort St David and China. Capt John Petrie. Downs 26 Jan 1749 - 28 Jun Fort St David - 15 Aug Malacca - 17 Sep Whampoa - 6 Jan 1750 Second Bar - 3 May St Helena - 8 Jul Downs.

(3) 1752/3 Bombay. Capt John Purling. Downs 5 Apr 1753 - 8 Jul St Augustine's Bay - 15 Aug Bombay 28 Sep - Malabar coast - 9 Oct Bombay - 9 Nov Scindy - 15 Dec Bombay - 13 Jan 1754 Surat - 3 Mar Mokha - 13 Sep Bombay - 14 Feb 1755 Cape - 10 Mar St Helena - 8 Jun Downs.

(4) 1756/7 China. Capt John Purling. Portsmouth 10 Mar 1757 - 16 Sep Whampoa - 18 Feb 1758 Second Bar - 17 Jun St Helena - 3 Aug Fernando Noronha - 26 Oct Cork - 9 Feb 1759 Downs.

(5) 1759/60 Bombay, Madras and Bengal. Capt Andrew Quick. Portsmouth 24 Apr 1760 - 26 Aug Anjengo - 3 Sep Cuddalore - 8 Sep Madras - 13 Oct Culpee - 13 Dec Ingeli - 2 Jan 1761 Madras - 11 Jan Pondicherry - 28 Feb Tellicherry - 16 Mar Goa - 2 Apr Bombay - 4 May Onore - 12 May Tellicherry - 25 Aug St Helena - 16 Nov Portsmouth.



 
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