Asia was launched in 1780 and made six voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She participated in three actions, two against...

British East India Company (EIC) purchased her. She entered the EIC's service in 1780, then performed three voyages for the EIC. On the first voyage she...

EIC. On her fifth voyage she arrived at Calcutta where she was surveyed, condemned on 13 October 1774, and sold for breaking up. Asia (1780 EIC ship)...

Essex was launched in 1780 as an East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). On her first voyage she was present at an...

Child family, owners of Child & Co., a private bank that financed EIC voyages and ships. Rogers was the nephew of Richard Dent, the owner of Osterley. He...

Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). However, the British recaptured her in October 1782. The EIC purchased her and sent her back to England...

Shore, the EIC's Governor-General of India, formed a squadron from the company's own ships to patrol the Sea of Bengal and Southeast Asia. He diverted...

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the...

involved appears to have been HMS Sybille.) The EIC held eight regular ships and three "dismantled ships" to support the expedition: Pitt, Lascalles, and...

East Indiamen chartered by the British East India Company (EIC) were known as clippers. The EIC held a monopoly granted to it by Elizabeth I in 1600 for...