Indian Chief (1798 ship)
Indian Chief, of 402 tons (
Indian Chief left New York on 21 April 1800 and was at Hamburg on 13 June. By 22 August she was at Yarmouth.[3] The sloop
EIC voyage: Indian Chief left Portsmouth on 2 December, was at Madeira on 15 December, and arrived at Calcutta on 2 April 1801. Bound for Britain, she was at Culpee on 16 May and reached St Helena on 12 August.[6] Indian Chief, Service, master, sailed for London on 14 August.[3] She sailed under escort by the sloop Falcon. Indian Chief arrived at the Downs on 22 September 1801.[3]
On 25 or 26 September, Indian Chief was approached by a frigate flying French colours. As the frigate came close enough to board, Service threw overboard all the EIC confidential mails and packets that he was carrying. The frigate only hauled up British colours after the mails had been jettisoned. A boarding party checked Indian Chief's papers and then left.[7]
Indian Chief was carrying a cargo of rice from Bengal. She is not listed among the vessels participating in the British Government program in 1801–1802, to import rice from Bengal, but may have been responding to the need. She reported that when she had left Bengal most of the rice ships were preparing to sail for London and that there was plenty of grain available there.
Indian Chief arrived at
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
1801 | R.Service | Thompson | London–Jamaica | Register of Shipping (RS) |
1802 | R.Service W.Harrington |
Thompson | London–Jamaica London–Lisbon |
RS |
On 5 April 1802 Indian Chief, Harrington, master, arrived at Oporto from London.
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
1804 | Harrington | Norman | London–Lisbon | RS |
1810 | Harrington | Norman | London–Lisbon | RS |
Notes
- d for a petty officer and £1 11s 6d for a seaman.[5]
Citations
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 121.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 97.
- ^ a b c British Library: Indian Chief.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4081. Ship arrivals and departure (SAD) data. 29 August 1800. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 15844". The London Gazette. 17 September 1805. p. 1194.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 173.
- ^ a b EAST INDIA ARRIVALS. 1 October 1801. Morning Post (London, England), Issue: 10276.