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''Lapwing'' was a packet ship built in France in 1762 that the British East India Company acquired. She made two round-trips to India for the company, with the EIC selling her in 1765 in Bengal on her third voyage. ==EIC voyages== ;EIC voyage #1 (1762–63) Captain John Griffin (or Griffen) left Britain on 5 April 1762, bound for Madras. He returned on 12 March 1763.〔 ;EIC voyage #2 (1763–64) Captain Griffin left Plymouth on Plymouth on 5 April 1763. ''Lapwing'' reached Johanna on 22 July, and arrived at Madras on 20 August. Homeward bound, she reached the Cape on 14 November, St Helena on 6 December, and Torbay on 1 February 1764, before arriving at The Downs on 13 February.〔 ;EIC voyage #3 (1764–65) Captain John Griffin started on 28 March 1764, bound for Bengal,〔 but did not leave Portsmouth until 3 June. By 6 December ''Lapwing'' had reached Acheh. On 23 January 1765 she arrived at Ingeli, a point on the west side of the Hooghli Estuary. On 4 April she was at Calcutta. The EIC sold ''Lapwing'' there in 1765.〔〔 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「Lapwing (1762 EIC packet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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