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} |} ''Hartwell'' was a 3-decker ship of the British East India Company (EIC) launched in 1787. On her maiden voyage she ran aground and sank off the Cape Verde islands off West Africa during her maiden voyage. ==Ship history== ''Hartwell'' was built by Caleb Crookenden and Co. of West Itchenor, West Sussex, launched ''Hartwell'' in February 1787, for John Fiott, who claimed she was the largest ship of her kind in the service of the EIC. Captain Edward Fiott sailed ''Hartwell'' from the The Downs on 25 April 1787, bound for China.〔 She was on her maiden voyage, loaded with goods including of silver. After severe Atlantic gales, on 20 May, a mutiny broke out when the crew refused to extinguish lights. Fiott arrested and confined three men, but with half the crew still refusing to obey orders, he changed course and headed for the Cape Verde islands, where he intended to hand over the mutineers to the authorities. However, on 24 May ''Hartwell'' ran onto a reef three leagues north-east of the island of Boa Vista.〔(''Lloyd's List'' n°21907, 14 August 1787 - accessed 13 October 2015. )〕 Although she broke up and sank, fortunately all the crew were saved.〔 The basis of the mutiny was the crew's attempt to seize the treasure ''Hartwell'' was carrying. Captain Fiott's indecisiveness aggravated the situation. The EIC conducted an enquiry that led the Company on 22 June 1787 to dismiss him from its service.〔 One of the midshipmen aboard was John Bellingham, later notorious as the assassin of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. 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「Hartwell (1787 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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