Swallow (1779 EIC packet)
Swallow was a teak-built packet ship that the British East India Company (EIC) launched at Bombay in 1779. She made nine trips between India and Britain for the EIC between 1782 and 1803. Her most notable exploit occurred on her seventh voyage, when she helped capture seven Dutch East Indiamen on 15 June 1795. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1804 and named her Lilly. She served in the navy until she was sold in 1811. During this time she participated in the capture of La Désirade island, and participated in a quixotic and unsuccessful attempt of General Francisco de Miranda to liberate the Province of Venezuela from Spain in 1806. Her whereabouts between 1811 and 1815 are obscure, but in 1815 J. Lyney, of London, purchased her and she sailed to the West Indies and to India as an EIC-licens
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Swallow (1779 EIC packet)
Swallow was a teak-built packet ship that the British East India Company (EIC) launched at Bombay in 1779. She made nine trips between India and Britain for the EIC between 1782 and 1803. Her most notable exploit occurred on her seventh voyage, when she helped capture seven Dutch East Indiamen on 15 June 1795. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1804 and named her Lilly. She served in the navy until she was sold in 1811. During this time she participated in the capture of La Désirade island, and participated in a quixotic and unsuccessful attempt of General Francisco de Miranda to liberate the Province of Venezuela from Spain in 1806. Her whereabouts between 1811 and 1815 are obscure, but in 1815 J. Lyney, of London, purchased her and she sailed to the West Indies and to India as an EIC-licens
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Swallow was a teak-built packe ...... n her way to Calcutta in 1823.
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1777-04-02
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Sold November 1811
Wrecked 16 June 1823
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May 1804 by purchase
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*EIC service: 8 guns
*1799:16 ...... des + 2 x 6-pounder chase guns
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East India Company's Packet Swallow, 1788; Thomas Luny
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*EIC service:50
*1799:60
*RN service:121
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Great Britain
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United Kingdom
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HMS Lilly
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Swallow
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HMS Silly
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British East India Company
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Swallow was a teak-built packe ...... and to India as an EIC-licens
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Swallow (1779 EIC packet)
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HMS Lilly
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Swallow
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