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Essex | 27941 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 6 | HCA26 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 1757 | HCA26 | |
| First Commissioned | 1758 | HCA26 | |
| Home Port | London - Thames | HCA26 | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | HCA26 | |
| Shipyard | Limehouse - London | HCA26 | |
| Constructor | Edward GreavesBritish Ship Builder Service 1782 | HCA26 | |
| Category | Merchant | HCA26 | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | HCA26 | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | HCA26 | |
| Last known | 1769 | HCA26 | |
499 Tons, 2 Voyage,
CoAST AND CHINA.
(Edmund Godfrey, Esq.)
Capt. George Jackson
1 Francis Reed
2 George Hepburn
3 James Mitchell
4 Wm. Graham Dickenson
Sur. James Anderson
Pur. Marcus Clark
Sailed Ports. 5 Feb. 1762
Arr. Downs, 10 Oct. 1763
Commander: George Jackson.
Ship: Essex.
Burden: 499 tons.
Crew: 99 men.
Owners: Thomas, Peter, Edmund and Joseph Godfrey of London, merchants.
Lieutenant: Francis Read.
Gunner: Henry Hankey.
Boatswain: William Conkergood.
Carpenter: William Cornish.
Surgeon: Robert Monro.
Cook: William Read.
Armament: 6 carriage guns.
Folio: 71
China
(Edmund Godfrey, Esq.)
Captain Francis Reed
1 David Gravier
2 James Mitchell
3 William Dickinson
4 James Brayne
Sur. James Moffatt
Pur. Marcus Clarke
Sailed Downs, 16 Dec. 1764
Arr, ditto, 16 July, 1766
MADRAS AND BOMBAY.
(Peter Godfrey, Esq.)
Capt. Francis Reed
1 James Mitchell
2 John Gravier
3 Henry Grueber
4 James Brayne
Sur. James Moffatt
Pur. Ralph Milbank
Sailed Downs, 6 April, 1768
Arrived ditto, 25 Nov. 1769
Built by Greaves, launched 1757, 3 decks, 3in bottom, 632 tons.
Voyages:
(1) 1758/9 Madras and China. Capt George Jackson. Portsmouth 21 Jan 1759 - 14 Jul Madras - 2 Oct Whampoa - 7 Feb 1760 Second Bar - 4 Mar Madura - 16 Jun St Helena - 22 Sep Downs.
(2) 1761/2 Madras and China. Capt George Jackson. Portsmouth 24 Jan 1762 - 28 Feb Madeira - 11 Jul Madras - 24 Sep Manila - 20 Nov Whampoa - 25 Jan 1763 Second Bar - 14 Feb Manila - 20 Mar Malacca - 23 Jul St Helena - 10 Oct Downs.
(3) 1764/5 China. Capt Francis Reed. Downs 8 Dec 1764 - 24 Jan 1765 São Tiago - 28 Jul Whampoa - 25 Jan 1766 Second Bar - 15 May St Helena - 16 Jul Downs.
(4) 1767/8 Madras and Bombay. Capt Francis Reed. Downs 5 Apr 1768 - 8 May São Tiago - 11 Oct Madras - 7 Nov Colombo - 24 Nov Cochin - 8 Dec Calicut - 11 Dec Tellicherry - 18 Dec Alguarda - 1 Jan 1769 Bombay - 30 Apr Tellicherry - 25 Aug St Helena - 25 Nov Downs.