British Merchant east indiaman 'Winchelsea' (1752)

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Winchelsea
Nominal Guns	20	HCA26
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	East India Company
Launched	1752	HCA26
First Commissioned	14.6.1757	HCA26
Home Port	London - Thames	HCA26
How acquired	Purpose built	HCA26
Shipyard	Unknown	HCA26
Category	Merchant	HCA26
Ship Type	East Indiaman	HCA26
Wrecked	30.3.1764	HCA26

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen600Tons BM

Armament

14.6.1757Broadside Weight UnknownHCA26
Gun Deck20 Carriage Guns

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1757/06/14 - 1757, HCA26

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
14.6.175740 HCA26

2 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1761 - 29.3.1764Surgeon (HEIC)ref:20361761 - 30.3.1764Surgeon (HEIC)ref:2036

Service History

DateEventSource
14.6.1757Issued with a Letter of Marque as a 20 gun PrivateerHCA13

Notes on Ship

Letter of MarqueHCA26

HCA 26/7/150 1757 June 14

Commander: John Long.

Ship: Winchilsea.

Burden: 600 tons.

Crew: 40.

Owners: John Henniker and John Major of London, merchants.

Lieutenant: Benjamin Batterby.

Gunner: John Welch.

Boatswain: John Read.

Carpenter: Daniel Friend.

Surgeon:

Cook: John Hodgman.

Armament: 20 carriage guns.

Folio: 154

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

HCA13 Archive

HCA26Authority, Web Site

ref:2036 Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 27th of May 2026 16:00

London, 22 February 1752: Thursday was launched from Well’s Dock at Deptford, the Winchelsea, Capt Baron, a twenty gun ship in the service of the East India Company; at which were present several persons of distinction. [Kentish Post, 26 February 1752]

Posted by AvM on Friday 18th of July 2025 21:46

SHIPS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
Rowan Hackman

WINCHELSEA. Ship. 1753-1764.
625 bm.
13.2.1752: Launched by Wells & Stanton, Deptford, for Abraham Hume. Captain Christopher Barron.
1) 5.1.1753 - 15.9.1755: Coromandel Coast and Bengal.
2) 7.3.1758 - 14.12.1760: Coromandel Coast and China. Captain Thomas Howe.
3) 25.3.1762 - 20.3.1764: Bombay direct.
20.3.1764: Wrecked on the Gasper Sands, River Hooghly, after being diverted to Calcutta to pick up a cargo.

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