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} |} The ''General Goddard'' was an East Indiaman launched in 1782 that made six voyages to the East Indies for the Honourable East India Company. After she was sold, she made one journey to the West Indies, where the Spanish captured her in November 1799. Her most notable exploit occurred on her fifth voyage, when she captured seven Dutch East Indiamen on 15 June 1795. She was named for General Thomas Wyndahm Goddard who played a major role in the First Anglo-Maratha War in 1780. ==Precautions== East Indiamen traveled in convoys as much as they could. Frequently these convoys had as escorts vessels of the British Royal Navy, though generally not past India, or before on the return leg. Even so, the Indiamen were heavily armed so that they could dissuade pirates and even large privateers. Like many other East Indiamen during the French Revolutionary Wars, ''General Goddard'' sailed under letters of marque.〔"Register of Letters of Marque against France 1793–1815".() — accessed 11 June 2011.〕 These authorized her to take prizes should the opportunity arise. 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「General Goddard (1782 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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