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} 〔Hackman (2001), p.128.〕 or 784〔 (bm) | Ship length = * (overall)〔 * (keel)〔 | Ship beam = 〔 | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship hold depth = 〔 | Ship propulsion = | Ship sail plan = | Ship complement = *1793: 99〔 *1801:70〔 | Ship armament = *1793: 26 x 4 & 9-pounder guns〔("Register of Letters of Marque against France 1793-1815" ); p.68. Accessed 13 April 2013]〕 *1801:22 x 9-pounder guns〔 | Ship notes = One source reports that her registration was cancelled in 1801, demolition having been completed.〔 However, records exist showing that she continued to sail until 1802-3. }} |} ''Hillsborough'' was a three-decker merchant ship launched in 1782. She made six voyages to India and China as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company. In 1798 she then transported convicts from England to New South Wales. After delivering her convicts in 1799, she became a whaler in the south seas fisheries for several years. ==East Indiaman== ;Voyage #1 (1784-85) Captain William Hardcastle left the Downs on 27 January 1784 for Madras and Bengal. ''Hillsborough'' reached Simon's Bay on 24 April and arrived at Madras on 11 July. She then arrived at Kedgeree on 8 August. For her return voyage she passed Saugor on 8 February 1785, reached the Cape on 5 May and St Helena on 5 June, and arrived at the Downs on 17 August.〔 ;Voyage #2 (1786-89) Captain William Hardcastle left the Downs on 13 March 1786, bound for Bengal, Bombay, and China. ''Hillsborough'' was part of a convoy that also included the East Indiamen ''Prince William'', ''Lord Thurlow'', ''William Pitt'', ''Barwell'', ''Earl of Oxford'', ''Fort William'', ''London'', ''Glatton'', ''Houghton'', ''Marquis of Landsdown'', ''Pigot'', ''Ceres'', and ''Earl of Abergavenny'', amongst numerous other vessels, merchant and military, most of the non-Indiamen travelling to the Mediterranean.〔''Gentleman's magazine'' (May 1793), Vol 63, part. 1, p. 474.〕〔The news account states that ''Osterley'' was in the convoy, but in March 1786 she was still returning from an earlier trip to China.〕 ''Hillsborough'' reached Simon's Bay on 10 June and Diamond Point on 14 August. From there she sailed to Batavia, which she reached on 30 December. On 23 May 1787 she was at Bombay. She reached Malacca on 24 August and Whampoa on 11 October. For her homeward voyage she crossed the Second Bar, some 20 miles down the river from Whampoa, on 19 February 1788. She reached Benkulen on 23 May and St Helena on 2 October, and arrived at the Downs on 7 February 1789.〔 ;Voyage #3 (1790-91) Captain Edward Coxwell left the Downs on 17 April 1790 for China, and arrived at Whampoa on 27 August. ''Hillsborough'' crossed the Second Bar on 19 December, reached the Cape on 9 April 1791 and St Helena on 28 April, and arrived at the Downs on 27 June.〔 ;Voyage #4 (1793-94) The French Revolutionary Wars having broken out, Captain Edward Brown received a letter of marque on 17 April 1793.〔 He left Portsmouth on 22 May 1793 for Madras and Bengal. ''Hillsborough'' arrived at Madras on 13 September, and Diamond Harbour on 3 November. On her return voyage she passed Saugor on 27 December, and reached Madras on 31 January 1794. By 1 May she was at St Helena. On 20 July she reached Galway, and on 27 August she arrived at the Downs.〔 ;Voyage #5 (1795-96) Captain Richard Hutt left Portsmouth on 24 May 1795, bound for Madras and Bengal. ''Hillsborough'' arrived at Madras on 2 September and Diamond Harbour on 6 October. On 4 December she passed Saugor, reaching Madras on 7 Feb 1796 and St Helena on 7 May, and arriving at the Downs on 3 August.〔 ;Voyage #6 (1797-98) Hutt left Portsmouth on 18 March 1797, bound for Madras. ''Hillsborough'' reached the Cape on 4 June and arrived at Madras on 7 August. By 24 December she was back at the Cape. She reached St Helena on 3 February 1798 and Cork on 24 June. She arrived at the Downs on 7 July.〔 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「Hillsborough (1782 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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