Ceylon (1803 ship)

Ceylon (right), renamed Ceylan, at the Battle of Grand Port
History
British East India Company
NameCeylon
Owner
OperatorEast India Company
RouteEngland-India
BuilderPitcher, Northfleet[2]
Laid down1802
LaunchedApril 1803
FateCaptured on 3 July 1810
France
NameCeylan[3]
AcquiredJuly 1810 by capture
CapturedDecember 1810
British East India Company
United Kingdom
NameCeylon
OwnerKennard Smith
OperatorEast India Company, then new owners
RouteEngland-India
AcquiredDecember 1810 by recapture
FateSold 1815
General characteristics [4]
TypeEast Indiaman
Tons burthen81826⁄94,[2] or 843,[5] or 867[6]
Length
  • 148 ft 8+1⁄2 in (45.3 m) (overall)
  • 116 ft 0 in (35.4 m) (keel)
Beam36 ft 5 in (11.1 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 9 in (4.5 m)
Propulsionsail
Crew
Armament
  • Pierced for 34 guns
  • 1803: 26 × 18-pounder guns[5]
  • 1810: 20 × 18-pounder guns + 6 × 18-pounder carronades[5]
  • 1815: 20 × 18-pounder carronades[6]

Ceylon was an East Indiaman launched in 1803. She performed four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). On her fourth voyage the French captured her in the action of 3 July 1810; she then took part in the Battle of Grand Port. The British recaptured her at the invasion of Île de France (now Mauritius). She completed her fourth voyage and her owners then sold her. She became a transport until her owners sold her in 1815 to new foreign owners.

  1. ^ Ceylon, National Archives (United Kingdom) - accessed 6 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b Hackman (2001), p. 80.
  3. ^ Troude (1867), p. 90.
  4. ^ British Library: Ceylon.
  5. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference LoM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Register of Shipping (1815), Seq. №390.