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Sandwich | 27028 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 26 | HCA26 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Launched | 1745 | HCA26 | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | HCA26 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | HCA26 | |
| Category | Merchant | HCA26 | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | HCA26 | |
| Last known | 1762 | HCA26 | |
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
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.