Britannia (1772 EIC ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Britannia (ship).

History
East India Company EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameBritannia
Owner
  • 1772:Watson
  • 1775: East India Company
BuilderBombay Dockyard
Launched1772
FateWrecked November 1805
General characteristics
Tons burthen747,[1] or 770,[2][3][4] or 77087⁄94,[5] (bm)
Length
  • Overall:137 ft 4 in (41.9 m)[2]
  • Keel:110 ft 0+1⁄2 in (33.5 m)[2]
Beam36 ft 3+1⁄2 in (11.1 m)[2]
Depth of hold14 ft 7 in (4.4 m)[2]
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
Armament
  • 1793 (1): 26 × 12&9&6-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns[3]
  • 1793 (2):26 × 12&9&6-pounder guns[3]
  • 1795:26 × 12&6-pounder guns + 9 swivel guns[3]
  • 1803: 40 × 12-pounder guns[3]
NotesThree decks

Britannia was launched by the Bombay Dockyard in 1772, and was rebuilt in 1778. The British East India Company (EIC) apparently acquired her in 1775. Between 1779 she made eleven complete voyages as an East Indiaman for the EIC. She also participated in three naval campaigns, during the first of which she was deployed as a cruiser off Sumatra. There she engaged and captured a French ship. In the other two she served as a transport. She set out for her twelfth EIC voyage but was lost in 1805 during the third naval campaign.

  1. ^ Phipps (1840), p.164.
  2. ^ a b c d e British Library: Britannia (4).
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Letter of Marque, pp.53-4 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reports was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Hackman (2001), p.72.