Exeter (1793 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
NameExeter
Owner
  • 1796:R. Whitford
  • 1801: A. Dunlop[1]
  • 1802:Colvins & Bajett[2]
  • 1806: W.Christie[3]
BuilderGeorge Foreman & Nathaniel Bacon, Calcutta[4]
Launched26 December 1793[4]
FateSank 21 August 1806
NotesTeak-built
General characteristics
Tons burthen500, or 503,[4] or 600[2][5] (bm)
PropulsionSail
Complement
  • 1800:20[6]
  • 1806:22
Armament
  • 1800:6 × 4-pounder guns[6]
  • 1801:6 × 6-pounder guns[1]
  • 1806:6 × 3&9-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades[3]

Exeter was launched at Calcutta in 1793. She made three voyages from Calcutta to England for the British East India Company (EIC). On the way home from england on the second of these voyages she suffered a high mortality rate from disease among her non-European crew. She was lost in August 1806 in a hurricane while returning to London from Jamaica.

  1. ^ a b Register of Shipping (1801), Seq.№E480.
  2. ^ a b New Oriental Register... (1802), p.71.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RS1806 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Hackman (2001), p. 231.
  5. ^ Phipps (1840), p. 119.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LoM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).