Lapwing (1762 EIC packet)
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| Name: | Lapwing |
| Namesake: | Lapwing |
| Operator: | British East India Company |
| Builder: | France[1] |
| Launched: | 1762[1] |
| Fate: | Sold 1765 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Tons burthen: | 120,[1][3] or 190[2][(bm) |
| Complement: | 25,[1] or 30 |
| Armament: | 2 guns + 2 swivel guns,[1] or 10 guns |
Lapwing was a packet ship built in France in 1762 that the British East India Company acquired. She made two round-trips to India for the company, with the EIC selling her in 1765 in Bengal on her third voyage.
EIC voyages
- EIC voyage #1 (1762–63)
Captain John Griffin (or Griffen) left Britain on 5 April 1762, bound for Madras. He returned on 12 March 1763.[3]
- EIC voyage #2 (1763–64)
Captain Griffin left Plymouth on Plymouth on 5 April 1763. Lapwing reached Johanna on 22 July, and arrived at Madras on 20 August. Homeward bound, she reached the Cape on 14 November, St Helena on 6 December, and Torbay on 1 February 1764, before arriving at The Downs on 13 February.[2]
- EIC voyage #3 (1764–65)
Captain John Griffin started on 28 March 1764, bound for Bengal,[3] but did not leave Portsmouth until 3 June. By 6 December Lapwing had reached Acheh. On 23 January 1765 she arrived at Ingeli, a point on the west side of the Hooghli Estuary. On 4 April she was at Calcutta. The EIC sold Lapwing there in 1765.[2][3]
Citations & references
- Citations
- References
- Hardy, Horatio Charles (1800) A register of ships, employed in the service of the Honorable the United East India Company, from the year 1707 to 1760: Specifying the Number of Voyages, Tonnage, Commanders, and Stations. To which is Added, from the Latter Period to the Present Time, the Managing Owners, Principal Officers, Surgeons, and Pursers; with the Dates of Their Sailing and Arrival: Also, an Appendix, Containing Many Particulars, Interesting to Those Concerned in the East India Commerce.