Come and ask, answer or inform.
Asia | 28978 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | Unknown | EICS | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 11.1780 | EICS | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | EICS | |
| Shipyard | Blackwall Yard - Blackwall | EICS | |
| Constructor | John PerryBritish Ship Builder Service 1775-1810 | EICS | |
| Category | Merchant | EICS | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | EICS | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | EICS | |
| Sold | 1802 | EICS | |
Built by Perry, launched 1780, 3 decks, 4in bottom, length 143ft 6½in, keel 116ft, breadth 36ft 5in, hold 14ft 11½in, wing transom 23ft 11in, port cell 26ft 6½in, between decks 6ft 2in & 6ft 4in, roundhouse 6ft 6in, ports 13 middle & upper, 816 tons.
Principal Managing Owner: Thomas Newte.
Voyages:
(1) 1780/1 Bombay and China. Capt Robert Maw. Portsmouth 13 Mar 1781 - 10 Apr São Tiago - 21 Jul Cape - 3 Sep Johanna - 5 Dec Qishm - 4 Mar 1782 Bombay - 5 Oct Whampoa - 'towards England' 6 Jan 1783 - 17 Jun St Helena - 28 Oct Downs.
(2) 1784/5 Benkulen and China. Capt John Davy Foulkes. Portsmouth 10 Mar 1785 - 2 Jul Benkulen - 5 Aug Padang - 19 Aug Benkulen - 30 Oct Whampoa 5 Mar 1786 - 24 Jun St Helena - 20 Sep Blackwall.
(3) 1787/8 Bombay and China. Capt John Davy Foulkes. Portsmouth 5 Apr 1783 - 6 Jul Johanna - 26 Jul Bombay - 25 Nov Batavia - 8 Feb 1789 Whampoa - 25 Jun St Helena - 3 Sep Blackwall.
(4) 1790/1 Madras and Bengal. Capt John Davy Foulkes. Downs 26 Apr 1791 - 9 May Madeira - 10 Sep Madras - 8 Nov Diamond Harbour - 3 Mar 1792 Madras - 18 Apr Benkulen - 26 Aug St Helena - 2 Nov Blackwall.
(5) 1793/4 Madras and Bengal. Capt John Davy Foulkes. Portsmouth 2 May 1794 - 11 Sep Madras - 15 Oct Diamond Harbour - 16 Dec Saugor - 31 Jan 1795 Madras - 24 May St Helena - 14 Jun off St Helena took part in capture of seven Dutch ships - 18 Jun St Helena - 13 Sep River Shannon - 27 Oct Blackwall.
(6) 1795/6 Madras, Bengal, Bombay and China. Capt John Davy Foulkes. Portsmouth 12 Apr 1796 - 21 Jul Simons Bay - 16 Nov Madras - 20 Dec Trincomalee - 4 Jan 1797 Madras - 1 Feb Kedgeree - 17 Apr Anjengo - 30 Apr Mahé - 7 Jun Bombay - 3 Sep Penang - 20 Dec Whampoa - 5 Aug 1798 St Helena - 9 Nov Blackwall.