Prince Frederick (1795 ship)

Prince Frederick was launched at Amsterdam in 1793 for the Dutch East India Company as Prinz Fredrik. Captain Daniel Correch stopped at The Downs, where she was detained.[1] In December 1795, the British Government confiscated the ship.

History
Dutch Republic
Name: Prinz Fredrik
Owner: Dutch East India Company
Builder: Amsterdam Dockyard[1]
Launched: 1793
Fate: Seized December 1795
United Kingdom
Name: Prince Frederick
Owner: J. Scougall
Acquired: 1795 by purchase of a prize[2]
Captured: 5 December 1797
Fate: Foundered shortly thereafter
General characteristics
Tons burthen:
  • Dutch: 1150 (Dutch)[1]
  • English:916[2] (bm)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 173 seamen + 19 soldiers (Dutch)
Armament: 20 × 9-pounder + 2 × 4-pounder guns (British)

J. Scougall purchased her and anglicised her name. Prince Frederick appears in Lloyd's Register in 1796 with Ramage, master, J. Scougal, owner, and trade London–Cape of Good Hope.[3]

Captain Peter Ramage sailed her to Bengal on a voyage as an "extra ship" for the British East India Company (EIC). As Prince Frederick was returning from Madras and Bengal, the French frigate Insurgente captured her on 5 December 1797.[2] Prince Frederick was so badly damaged in the engagement that she sank soon afterwards. Her people, however, were saved.[4] The EIC put a value of £59,981 on the cargo that it had lost=CITEREFHouse_of_Commons1830

Citations and references

Citations

  1. The Dutch East India Company's shipping between the Netherlands and Asia 1595-1795.
  2. Hackman.
  3. Lloyd's Register "P" Supple. pages.
  4. Lloyd's List №2797.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1830). Reports from the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the present state of the affairs of the East India Company, together with the minutes of evidence, an appendix of documents, and a general index. 2.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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