East Indiamen were merchant ships that operated under charter or licence for European trading companies which traded with the East Indies between the 17th and 19th centuries. The term …

Pages in category "Ships of the British East India Company" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 612 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

This website is about ships which were in the East India Company's merchant service, which operated from 1600 to 1834. Sometimes the vessels were employed by the Company only for …

May 13, 2020 · Dutch voyages to Asia in the closing years of the sixteenth century had encouraged expectations of high profits to be made from the spice trade, and on 13 February …

East Indiaman, large sailing vessel of the type built from the 16th to the 19th century for the trade between Europe and southern Asia. The first were Portuguese and Dutch; English Indiamen …

East India Company Ships is a site about the ships, seafarers and voyages of the English East India Company's Maritime Service 1600-1834.

As the Victorian age dawned so came the end of the East Indiamen; those armed merchant vessels which shuttled between England, India and China throughout the seenteenth and …

East India Company Ships is a site about the ships, seafarers and voyages of the English East India Company's Maritime Service 1600-1834.

May 10, 2024 · The East India Companies either owned or rented out ships called “East Indiamen” armed with cannons and equipped with a high capacity for cargo to protect and …

The ships of the Company, known as East Indiamen, had and have a special fascination, for they were a combination of trader, passenger carrier and man-of-war. The commander of an …