Britannia

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 28th of May 2026 11:06

London, 7 May 1752: This morning the Hon East India Company received the agreeable news of the safe arrival in the Downs of the Caesar, Capt Court, from China. She left Canton in December last, when three more ships were ready to sail from thence for England. The Britannia sailed from St Helena a week before the Caesar came from thence. She left there the Anson and all the men of war. The True Briton she left at Prince’s Island. [Kentish Post, 9 May 1752]

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 27th of May 2026 20:19

London, 16 March 1752: By the Dragon, Capt Kent, arrived from the East Indies, there is advice that the Britannia, Capt Sumner, was to sail in a few days for London. The Dragon left St Helena about nine weeks ago; no ships there; Capt D’Auvergne, of he Scarborough, died at Bengal. The Duke of Dorset Captain Frognel was arrived at Bengal from Fort St George. [Kenish Post, 18 March 1752]

Posted by Jon Miller on Tuesday 26th of May 2026 06:49

London, 6 July 1751: Yesterday the Purser of the Prince Edward, Capt Haldane, came to the India-House with the agreeable news of the said ship’s arrival at Spithead from China, on Thursday last. She sailed from St Helena on the 11th of May. The Severn, Capt Dorrill, from Bengal, sailed from thence in company with her, and parted from her a few days after. The Grantham, Capt Oliver, and the York, Capt Ward, sailed from Canton the middle of January. The Grantham had met with some damage in the Streights of Sunda, and had put into Batavia to be repaired. The Warren, Capt Glover, and the Britannia, Capt Sumner, from Bombay for Bengal, lost their passage, and will not come home this year. The Walpole, Capt Fee, and the London, Capt Sedgwick, were to be dispatched a few days after the Severn from Bengal. [Kentish Post, 10 July 1751]

Posted by Jon Miller on Tuesday 26th of May 2026 06:48

London, 6 July 1751: Yesterday the Purser of the Prince Edward, Capt Haldane, came to the India-House with the agreeable news of the said ship’s arrival at Spithead from China, on Thursday last. She sailed from St Helena on the 11th of May. The Severn, Capt Dorrill, from Bengal, sailed from thence in company with her, and parted from her a few days after. The Grantham, Capt Oliver, and the York, Capt Ward, sailed from Canton the middle of January. The Grantham had met with some damage in the Streights of Sunda, and had put into Batavia to be repaired. The Warren, Capt Glover, and the Britannia, Capt Sumner, from Bombay for Bengal, lost their passage, and will not come home this year. The Walpole, Capt Fee, and the London, Capt Sedgwick, were to be dispatched a few days after the Severn from Bengal. [Kentish Post, 10 July 1751]

Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 25th of May 2026 08:15

London, 11 May 1751: Yesterday the Pursers of the Boscawen, Capt Braund, from Bombay, and the Fort St George, Capt Burdett, from Fort St George, came to the India-House, with the agreeable news, that the said ships arrived safe the 7th Instant off Plymouth. By the above ships there is advice that the Lord Anson, Capt Fowles, and the Shaftesbury, Capt Booky, were arrived at Bombay, and the Ilchester, Capt Tedd, at Persia. The Britannia, Capt Summer, is gone to Bengal; the Walpole, Capt Fee, lost her passage to India, and was returned to Bengal; Capt Low, who went out commander, is dead. The Warren, Capt Glover, is gone to Bengal; the Swallow, Capt Bell, was to be dispatched from Fort St David’s, the middle of January; and the Kent, Capt Robson, the London, Capt Sedgwick, and the Benjamin, Capt Meard, were to sail from Bengal in December. [Kentish Post, 15 May 1751]

Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 25th of May 2026 07:51

London, 11 May 1751: Yesterday the Pursers of the Boscawen, Capt Braund, from Bombay, and the Fort St George, Capt Booky, were arrived at Bombay, and the Ilchester, Capt Tedd, at Persia. The Britannia, Capt Summer, is gone to Bengal; the Walpole, Capt Fee, lost her passage to India, and was returned to Bengal; Capt Low, who went out commander, is dead. The Warren, Capt Glover, is gone to Bengal; the Swallow, Capt Bell, was to be dispatched from Fort St David’s, the middle of January; and the Kent, Capt Robson, the London, Capt Sedgwick, and the Benjamin, Capt Meard, were to sail from Bengal in December. [Kentish Post, 15 May 1751]