British Merchant east indiaman 'Marchioness of Exeter' (1801)

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Marchioness of Exeter
Nominal Guns	Unknown	EICS
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	East India Company
Acquired	1801	EICS
Shipyard	Unknown	EICS
Category	Merchant	EICS
Ship Type	East Indiaman
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last known	1817	EICS

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EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 27th of July 2026 19:27

Portsmouth, 6 February 1802: The total number of officers and troops belonging to His Majesty’s Regiments serving in the East Indies, will be embarked at this port, on board the Company’s ships, in the following proportion, viz, for Bengal by the Lady Burges, Lady Jane Dundas, Marquis Wellesley, and Baring, 29 officers and 475 men; for Madras, per Perseverance, Alnwick Castle, Cirencester, and Marchioness of Exeter, 19 officers and 825 men, making a total of 1300 non commissioned officers and privates. [Hampshire Telegraph, 8 February 1802]

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Monday 27th of July 2026 19:34	Jon Miller	Sir Charles BrisbaneBritish Naval Sailor Service 1779-1819
Monday 27th of July 2026 19:33	Jon Miller	William CumberlandBritish Naval Sailor Service 1790-1825
Monday 27th of July 2026 19:31	Jon Miller	Henry Edward Reginald BakerBritish Naval Sailor Service 1794-1814
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Monday 27th of July 2026 19:27	Jon Miller	British Merchant east indiaman 'Marchioness of Exeter' (1801) (Unknown) 1801-1817 British Unknown Gun Merchant East Indiaman

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