&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:The_Nancy_Packet,_by_James_Gillray_ANMM_00036378.jpg) The Nancy wrecking off Rosvear Island. Ann Cargill and some of the crew coming to grief.
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| History | |
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| Name | Nancy |
| Owner | British East India Company |
| Builder | Bombay Dockyard[1] |
| Launched | 21 September 1774[2] |
| Acquired | 1778 |
| Fate | Wrecked February 1784 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 150, or 240[2] (bm) |
| Sail plan | Possibly schooner, or ship |
| Complement | 36 (at loss) |
Nancy was a schooner or ship launched at Bombay. In 1778 the British East India Company (EIC) government at Bengal acquired her to use as a warship at Calcutta. The EIC Board of Governors in London vetoed the idea and Nancy became an express packet ship. She made two voyages from Bengal to Ireland between 1782 and 1784, and was wrecked on the second of these.
- ^ Wadia (1986), p. 332.
- ^ a b Hackman (2001), p. 239.