Hope (1804 ship)
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Hope was launched in 1804 at Calcutta. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). She continued to trade around India until a French frigate captured her in 1808. She apparently returned to English hands and was renamed Madras Merchant. She was then sold in 1816 at Manila.
Career
Hope, Captain J. Cook, sailed from Bengal on 22 August 1805.{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|pp=235}} She was serving as a packet for the EIC. She reached Saint Helena on 12 November and arrived at the Downs on 2 January 1806.[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS045-001115168 British Library: Hope (5).]
Hope was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 15 March 1806.{{sfnp|House of Commons|1814|p=87}} She appears in the Register of Shipping with J. Cook, master and owner, and trade London–India.[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021233542?urlappend=%3Bseq=270 Register of Shipping (1806), supple. pages.] Similarly, the Register of Shipping for 1809 shows Hope with J. Cook, master and owner, and trade London–India.[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024495320?urlappend=%3Bseq=261 RS 1809, №589.]
Fate
A letter from Madras dated 17 December 1808 reported that a French frigate, possibly {{ship|French frigate|Caroline|1806|2}}, captured the brig Jane, Bennet, master, off Pedang, and Hope, Cook, sailing to Bengal.Lloyd's List [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005721876?urlappend=%3Bseq=91 №4354.] By another report, capitaine de frègate Jean Dornal de Guy, in {{ship|French frigate|Manche|1806|2}}, captured her in June 1808 at Bencoolen, and sent her to Mauritius.{{sfnp|Austen|1935|pp=126-7}}
According to one report Hope returned to British hands and was renamed Madras Merchant.{{sfnp|Phipps|1840|p=139}} She was sold at Manila in 1816.{{sfnp|Phipps|1840|p=101}} It is possible that Hope was the French ship "Le Hope, of 400 Tons", that was among the many vessels that the British captured on 3 December 1810 when they captured Mauritius.[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005721405?urlappend=%3Bseq=35 Lloyd's List, 15 February 1811, №4537.]
A Madras Merchant visited Java several times in 1814 with masters F. Strant and Charles Eaton.[https://sites.google.com/site/sumatraswestkust/java-almanac Java Almanac (Arrivals and departures 1814) - accessed 4 November 2017.]
Citations
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References
- {{cite book |last=Austen |first=Harold Chomley Mansfield |year=1935 |title=Sea Fights and Corsairs of the Indian Ocean: Being the Naval History of Mauritius from 1715 to 1810 |location=Port Louis, Mauritius |publisher=R.W. Brooks}}
- {{cite book |last=Hackman |first=Rowan |year=2001 |title=Ships of the East India Company |location=Gravesend, Kent |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=0-905617-96-7 }}
- {{cite book|last=Phipps|first=John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta)|year=1840|title=A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ...|publisher=Scott }}
- {{cite book |author=House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain |year=1814 |title=Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |ref={{SfnRef|House of Commons|1814}}}}
Category:British ships built in India
Category:Ships of the British East India Company