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''Pitt'' was a merchant vessel built in 1780 on the River Thames for George Mackenzie Macauley. She performed five voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1786 and 1798. In between, she made one journey transporting convicts from England to New South Wales. ==EIC voyages 1 & 2== ;EIC voyage 1 (1786–87) Captain George Cowper sailed from the Downs on 28 March 1786, bound for China. ''Pitt'' arrived at Whampoa on 30 August. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar, which is about 20 miles downriver from Whampoa, on 20 January 1787, and reached St Helena on 26 May. She arrived at the Downs on 6 August.〔 Cowper died almost immediately thereafter. ;EIC voyage 2 (1788–89) Cowper's replacement, Captain Edward Manning, left the Downs on 26 December 1788, bound for St Helena, Benkulen, and China. ''Pitt'' reached St Helena on 29 March 1789 and Benkulen on 14 July, and arrived at Whampoa on 30 November. She crossed the Second Bar on 19 February 1790, reached St Helena on 11 June, and arrived at the Downs on 7 August.〔 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「Pitt (1780 EIC ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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