Houghton (1782 EIC ship)
Houghton was launched in 1782 and made six voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). In 1794 she was part of an EIC squadron that had some success against French privateers and naval vessels in the Sunda Strait, and then in 1796 she participated as a transport in the British capture of St Lucia. She was sold in 1799 and her owner took her out to India to work in the tea trade between India and China. She foundered in 1803.
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Houghton (1782 EIC ship)
Houghton was launched in 1782 and made six voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). In 1794 she was part of an EIC squadron that had some success against French privateers and naval vessels in the Sunda Strait, and then in 1796 she participated as a transport in the British capture of St Lucia. She was sold in 1799 and her owner took her out to India to work in the tea trade between India and China. She foundered in 1803.
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Houghton was launched in 1782 ...... China. She foundered in 1803.
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1782-09-23
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Foundered 1803
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*1793: 26 × 6&4-pounder guns
* ...... 99: 20 × 18-pounder carronades
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Wells, Deptford
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*1793: 99
*1799:60
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Foundered 1803
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Houghton
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Three decks
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*Voyages #1-6: Cullen Smith
*Voyage #7: James Rees
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Sail
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Houghton was launched in 1782 ...... China. She foundered in 1803.
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