British Merchant west indiaman 'Betsy' (1793)

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Georgiana (Unknown) 1791-1813
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
(1791)
United Kingdom (Unknown) 1801-1809
British Unknown Gun
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(1801)
Walthamstow (Unknown) 1799-1814
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(1799)
Betsy (Unknown) 1793-1802
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(1793)
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Merchant Sailor
Service 1796-1802
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(1789)
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Betsy
Nominal Guns	Unknown	EICS
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Launched	1793	EICS
How acquired	Purpose built	EICS
Shipyard	Lancaster - Lancashire	EICS
Category	Merchant	EICS
Ship Type	West Indiaman	EICS
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	EICS
Last Mentioned	1802	EICS

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentEICS
Burthen220Tons BM

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1793 - 1802EICS

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
11.12.1800 - 24.3.1802Captain (HEIC)EICS

Notes on Ship

EIC JournalIORMAR

Voyages:

(1) 1800/1 Bengal. Capt Charles Hooper. Falmouth 24 Jan 1801 - 19 Apr Cape - 7 Jul Calcutta - Kedgeree 19 Sep - 31 Dec St Helena - 12 Mar 1802 Gravesend.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

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Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Tuesday 28th of July 2026 16:01

London, 16 March 1802: We are happy to announce the safe arrival in the Downs of the ship Betsy, Captain Charles Hooper, from Bengal, which Presidency she left early in September last. The Betsey is one of those ships which were licensed by the Honourable East India Company last year to proceed to Bengal for rice, and is the fourteenth ship which has arrived this year with grain. Letters have been received by this ship dated the 31st of August, which state that the Government had extended the permission to load rice for Europe till the month of October, in consequence of the great rise of the rivers, the result of heavy rains, which impede the cargoes being completed within the prescribed period. [Morning Chronicle, 16 March 1802]

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