Chesterfield

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 27th of May 2026 15:26

London, 1 February 1752: The Chesterfield, Carter, outward-bound for India, put into Portsmouth on the 19th past, by contrary winds. [Kentish Post, 5 February 1752]

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 27th of May 2026 06:52

London, 2 January 1752: Yesterday at a Court of Directors of the India Company, Capt Edwin Carter, of the Chesterfield, and Capt Roger Waring, of the Colchester, took their leaves for their voyages for Coast and Bay. [Kentish Post, 4 January 1752]

Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 25th of May 2026 20:51

London, 13 June 1751: Yesterday the following ships were taken up into the service of the India Company, viz, a new ship in the room of the Houghton; a new ship, Capt Peck; the Colchester, Capt Roger Manwaring; the Oxford, Capt Robert Stevens; the Exeter, Capt William Firnele; a new ship, Capt Benjamin Fisher; the Bombay Castle; the Godolphin, Capt John Stevens; the Dorrington, Capt Drake; the Admiral Vernon, Capt Edmund Cooks; the Dodington, Capt Norton Hutchinson; the Chesterfield, Capt Edwin Carter; the Pelham, Capt George Linsey; and the Rhoda, Capt John McNamara. [Kentish Post, 15 June 1751]