British Merchant packet 'Fox' (1781)

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Fox
Nominal Guns	8	IORMAR
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	East India Company
Acquired	1781	EICS
Shipyard	Unknown	EICS
Category	Merchant	IORMAR
Ship Type	Packet
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last known	1786	EICS

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentEICS
Burthen240Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
178128 IORMAR

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
25.7.1781 - 20.7.1783Captain (HEIC)IORMAR27.10.1783 - 31.8.1786Captain (HEIC)IORMAR

Notes on Ship

EIC JournalIORMAR

Company's packet, 240 tons, 28 crew, 8 guns.

Voyages:

(1) 1780/1 St Helena, China and Bengal. Capt Jonathan Court. Bristol 22 Jul 1781 - 12 Oct St Helena - 9 Mar 1782 Macao - 8 May Sulu Roads - 12 Aug Ingeli 13 Feb 1783 - 8 May St Helena - 20 Jul Downs.

(2) 1783/4 Madras and Bengal. Capt John Corner. Falmouth 3 Mar 1784 - 16 Dec Carrick Roads - 20 Mar 1785 Cape - 23 Apr Johanna - 2 Jun Madras - 21 Jul Calcutta - 12 Feb 1786 Kedgeree - 25 Mar Mauritius - 8 May Bourbon - 25 Jun St Helena - 23 Aug Blackwall

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

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