British Merchant east indiaman 'Cassandra' (1719)

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Cassandra
Nominal Guns	26	EICS
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	East India Company
Launched	10.1719	EICS
How acquired	Purpose built	EICS
Shipyard	Bronsdon's Yard - Deptford	EICS
Constructor	Thomas BronsdonBritish Ship Owner Ship Builder Service 1730-1733	EICS
Category	Merchant	EICS
Ship Type	East Indiaman
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Captured	7.8.1720	EICS
Becomes	Pirate Sixth Rate ship 'Cassandra' (1720) (26) 1720-1723 Pirate 26 Gun 6th Rate Ship

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentEICS
Burthen380Tons BM

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1719 - 1720/08/07IORMAR

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
10.171976 EICS

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1720 - 7.8.1720Captain (HEIC)IORMAR

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
10.1719 - 7.8.1720Carpenter Transferedref:675

Notes on Ship

EIC JournalIORMAR

380 tons, 26 guns, 76 crew.

Voyages:

(1) 1719/20 Bombay. Capt James MacRae. Portsmouth 21 Mar 1720 - captured by pirates at Johanna 7 Aug 1720.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

IORMAR Archive

ref:675David F. Marley, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Friday 22nd of May 2026 16:15

London, 15 February 1722: There is a report, that the Cassandra an English East-India man, formerly taken by the pirates, and made a pirate ship, hath been lately retaken by the Faulkland man of war, Captain Harris, after an obstinate fight; wherein the former lost 158 men, and the latter 100, which tis hoped will come confirmed. [Caledonian Mercury, 22 February 1722]

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