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} |} ''Coromandel'' was the French prize ''Modeste'', captured in 1793 and refitted at Chittagong, British India (now Bangladesh). She made two voyages transporting convicts to Port Jackson, the first for the British East India Company (EIC). A French privateer captured her in 1805 but she was retaken some years later in 1810. An American privateer captured her in 1814 but the Royal Navy recaptured her within days. She foundered in Indian waters on 6 February 1821. ==Career== ;Convict transport On her first voyage transporting convicts, under the command of Alex Sterling, she sailed from Portsmouth, England on 8 February 1802, and Spithead, on 12 February, in company with ''Perseus'', and arrived at Port Jackson on 13 June 1802.〔Bateson (1974), pp.288-9.〕 ''Coromandel'' transported 138 male convicts, of whom one male convict died on the voyage. ''Coromandel'' left Port Jackson on 22 July bound for China. On the way she sighted the islands of Nama, Losap, Murilo, and Nomwin in the area of Truk.〔Hezel (1994), p.82.〕 She arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 17 September. From there she sailed to "Capshee Bay", which she reached on 12 October, before she returned to Whampoa on 21 November. She left in company with ''Hercules'', and on 5 January 1803 she was at Lintin Island. From there she sailed to St Helena, which she reached on 17 April, and then on to Long Reach, arriving back in Britain on 14 June.〔National Archives () - Accessed 13 November 2014.〕 On her second voyage she was under the command of John Robinson. The Napoleonic Wars had commenced so Robinson applied for and received a letter of marque on 16 September 1803.〔Letter of Marque,() - accessed 14 May 2011.〕 ''Coromandel'' sailed from England on 4 December 1803, with 200 male convicts, and 32 officers and men of the New South Wales Corps, who provided the guards. She left in company with ''Experiment''. While sailing in the Bay of Biscay ''Experiment'' suffered damage during a gale and had to limp back to Cowes for repairs. Robinson died off St. Salvador, and George Blakely took over command. ''Coromandel'' arrived at Port Jackson on 7 May 1804.〔 No convicts died during the voyage. ''Coromandel'' left Port Jackson on 10 July bound for China.〔 ;French capture The French privateer ''Henriette'' captured ''Coromandel'' on 15 March 1805 as she was sailing from China to London, and sent her into Mauritius.〔(''Lloyd's List'' n°4234 - accessed 9 October 2015. )〕The British recaptured ''Coromandel'' on 3 December 1810, following their invasion of Isle de France, and returned her to her owners.〔 ;Misadventures There was a ''Coromandel'' that was reported to have been totally lost in the Carimata Passage, together with the ''Abercrombie'', the first coming from Bengal bound for Batavia and the second from Bombay to China.〔''Lloyd's List'', no. 4771, 18 May 1813,() - accessed 11 December 2014.〕 Apparently ''Coromandel'' was badly stranded in the Karimata Passage in 1812, but salved and repaired.〔 ;American capture The next notable event occurred on 2 August 1814. The American privateer schooner ''York'' (or ''Yorktown''), captured ''Coromandel'', a "country ship" of 500 tons (bm), as she was sailing from Batavia to London. ''Lloyd's List'' reported that the ''Coromandel'', Cameron, master, from St Helena, was missing from "the Fleet" on 13 August.〔''Lloyd's List'', 9 August 1814,() - accessed 11 December 2014.〕 recaptured ''Coromandel'' on the 12th. ;Ongoing service On 12 January 1816 ''Coromandel'' stopped at the Cape on her way to Madras and Bengal; she was still under Cameron's command.〔''Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany,'' Volume 1, p.40.〕 What connects this ''Coromandel'' with that of the voyages to Australia is that a ''Coromandel'' appears in the ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1818 and 1819. The registry described her as a teak-built vessel of 503 tons (bm), launched in 1793 in the East Indies. Her master is given as "A. Cameron", her owner as "Campbell", and her trade as London to India.〔This last means that her port of registry was now London, which may explain why she does appear in earlier issues of ''Lloyd's Register''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coromandel (1793 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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