Norfolk

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 3rd of June 2026 12:11

London, 6 February 1750: Capt Drake, of the Mercury man of war, writes from Plymouth, that, on the 27th of last month, the Norfolk Indiaman had got twenty leagues to the westward of Scilly, when a south-west wind set in, and continued to blow very hard; and on Thursday last, at the close of the evening, he lost sight of the said Indiaman, it being very dark, and blowing extremely hard: Scilly then bore east about twelve leagues. [Kentish Post, 10 February 1750]

Posted by AvM on Friday 18th of July 2025 21:40

SHIPS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
Rowan Hackman

NORFOLK. Ship. 1748-1760.
635 bm.
30.9.1745: Launched by Carter, Limehouse, for Simon Rogers. Captain Nathaniel Hancock.
1) 27.8.1746 - 23.7.1748: Madras, Bencoolen and Bengal.
2) 22.1.1750 - 26.8.1751: Coromandel Coast and Bengal.
3) 1752 - 26.6.1755: Coromandel Coast and Bengal. Captain Pinson Bonham.163
4) 29.1.1757 - 1759: Coromandel Coast and China.
1760: Purchased by the East India Company as a storeship and renamed COLONEL CLIVE, but reverted to her former name.
17.5.1761: Sailed for India under the command of Captain John McConochie.
1.8.1762: Death of Captain McConochie. Ship sold in India to a Mr. Hardwick.