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Numerous ships with the name ''Phoenix'', for the constellation or the mythical bird, have sailed for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1680 and 1821: ==Merchant vessels, including East Indiamen== *''Phoenix'', rated at 380/450 tons burthen (bm), of 90 crew and 30 guns. Made three voyages to Madras, Bengal, ''Bantam'', or China between 1671 and 1680. She was lost off the Isles of Scilly on 11 January 1680 while on her fourth voyage.〔(National Archives: ''Phoenix'' (1) accessed 6 December 2014. )〕 She made two voyages to Madras, Bengal, Persia, and what is now Indonesia before being lost near Cape Comorin *''Phoenix'' served the EIC between 1685 and 1687.〔Hackman (2001), p.38.〕 She may have been the armed merchantman ''Phoenix'' that assisted the Royal Navy in 1689 at the siege of Derry. *''Phoenix'', rated at 400 tons, of 80 crew and 24-30 guns, launched November 1700 for Sir Henry Johnson, Blackwall.〔 Made two voyages before being sold out of EIC service in 1709. *''Phoenix'', rated at 400 tons (bm), launched in 1708 by Sir Henry Johnson, Blackwall.〔Hackman (2001), p.169.〕 She was lost on 13 April 1710 while on her first voyage. *''Phoenix'', of 800 tons (bm) and launched in 1785, made six voyages for the EIC between 1786 and 1802. She was sent out to India in 1803 for the local coastal trade.〔Hackman (2001), p.169-70.〕 *''Phoenix'', launched in 1790 by Randall & Brent, Rotherhithe. She made one voyage to Madras and Bengal between 1799 and 1800 as an extra ship (i.e., on short-term charter) for the EIC. She is last listed in 1808. *''Phoenix'', of 818 or 861 tons (bm), launched on 3 December 1804, made six voyages to Madras and Bengal between 1805 and 1819.〔(National Archives: ''Phoenix'' (5) accessed 6 December 2014. )〕 On 31 December 1804 Captain Ramsden received a letter of marque that listed ''Phoenix'' as being of 861 tons burthen, having a crew of 101 men, and carrying twenty 18-pounder guns and ten 18-pounder carronades.〔Letter of Marque, 1793-1815; p.81.()〕 Her registration was cancelled on 25 September 1821 after she was broken up.〔Hackman (2001), p.170.〕 *''Phoenix'' was launched in 1810. The EIC chartered her to make one voyage to Madras and Bengal between 1820 and 1821.〔(National Archives: ''Phoenix'' (6) accessed 6 December 2014. )〕 She then made one voyage transporting convicts to Van Dieman's Land in 1822. She was wrecked at Simon's Bay, South Africa, in July 1829. ==Licensed ships== After the EIC lost in 18i3 its monopoly on the Britain-East Indies trade, the EIC licensed other vessels to trade with the East Indies. The following three vessels are such licensed vessels, though it does not appear that any of them ever carried a cargo for the EIC. *''Phoenix'', of 590 tons (bm), launched in 1798. She made one voyage transporting convicts to Australia in 1824 and was broken up in 1837. *''Phoenix'', of 478 tons (bm), launched in India in 1799 and wrecked on 1 March 1816 on Maranilla Reef while sailing from Havana to Nassau, Bahamas.〔 *''Phoenix'', launched at Philadelphia in 1811, captured and sold as a prize to W. Browne & Co., who retained the name.〔Hackman (2001), p.305.〕 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「Phoenix (East Indiaman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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