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Delaware | 28133 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 20 | HCA26 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 1747 | HCA26 | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | HCA26 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | HCA26 | |
| Category | Merchant | HCA26 | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | HCA26 | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | HCA26 | |
| Last known | 1760 | HCA26 | |
Commander: James Quallett.
Ship: Delawar.
Burden: 425 tons.
Crew: 85.
Owners: Lord Anson, Admiral Charles Stevens, John Hyde, Charles Pole, John Tomlinson and Captain William Stevens.
Lieutenant: Alexander Wilson.
Gunner: Stephen Bentley.
Boatswain: William Fork.
Carpenter: Aaron Peters.
Surgeon: Richard Staveley.
Cook: Rayner Smith.
Armament: 20 carriage guns.
Folio: 156
Rated at 499 tons, 90 crew, 26 guns.
Voyages:
(1) 1747/8 Fort St David and China. Capt William Stevens. Downs 28 Sep 1747 - 13 Dec Madeira - 12 Jan 1748 São Tiago - 27 Mar Cape - 23 Jun Mauritius - 27 Jul Fort St David - 19 Nov Tellicherry - 14 Dec Colombo - 25 Mar 1749 Tamborneo - 25 May Batavia - 11 Jul Whampoa - 11 Nov Second Bar - 21 Feb 1750 Cape - 17 Mar St Helena - 30 May Blackwall.
(2) 1751/2 Madagascar, Madras and Benkulen. Capt Abraham Dominicus. Downs 26 Nov 1751 - 13 Apr 1752 St Augustine's Bay - 1 Sep Madras - 25 Sep Fort St David - 8 Oct Madras - 18 Nov Point de Galle - 6 Apr 1753 Benkulen - 20 Apr Batavia - 3 Jul Benkulen - 15 Aug Madras - 1 Sep Fort St David - 6 Sep Madras - 14 Jan 1754 Cape - 15 Feb St Helena - 15 May Blackwall. 26 Jun 1752 slave mutiny quelled.
(3) 1755/6 Madras and Bengal. Capt Thomas Winter. Downs 21 Oct 1755 - 26 Jan 1756 Cape - 8 May Madras - 4 Aug Fulta - 23 Feb 1757 Kedgeree - 1 Jul St Helena - 16 Aug Ascension - 27 Aug Fernando Loronho - 30 Nov Downs.
(4) 1758/9 St Helena and Benkulen. Capt William Larkins. Downs 24 Mar 1759 - 8 Jul St Helena - 7 Oct Benkulen - 29 Apr 1760 St Helena - 22 Sep Downs.