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} |} ''Swallow'' was a teak-built packet ship that the British East India Company (EIC) launched at Bombay in 1779. She made nine trips between India and Britain for the EIC between 1782 and 1803. Her most notable exploit occurred on her seventh voyage, when she helped capture seven Dutch East Indiamen on 15 June 1795. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1804 and named her ''Lilly''. She served in the Navy until she was sold in 1811. During this time she participated in the capture of La Désirade, and participated in a quixotic and unsuccessful attempt of General Francisco de Miranda to liberate the Province of Venezuela from Spain in 1806. Her whereabouts between 1811 and 1815 are obscure, but in 1815 J. Lyney, of London, purchased her and she sailed to the West Indies and to India as an EIC-licensed vessel until she wrecked on her way to Calcutta in 1823. ==East India Company packet== ;Un-numbered voyage (1779–81) There seems to be no record of what ''Swallow'' did immediately after her launching in 1779, or how she arrived at England, but on 24 January 1781, ''Swallow'', under the command of Captain Sober Hall, sailed from Limerick for Madras, with the Right Hon. Lord Macartney, the new governor of Madras, Mr. Staunton and Mr. Lacelles, his Lordship's secretaries, Col. Cowper, Mr. Kerin of the county Clare, and Mr. Exshaw of Dublin, with several other passengers.〔''Freeman’s Journal'' (Dublin) 1781 - Jan 30 to Feb 1. Limerick, January 25.〕 Lord Macartney arrived at Madras on 22 June 1781. ;Voyage #1 (1782–85) The first voyage to the UK for which National Archive records exist was in 1782. In that year Captain Sober Hall sailed from India, reaching Limerick, which she left on 4 October 1782, and arriving at The Downs on 10 April 1783.〔 ''Swallow'' left the Downs on 16 September 1783 under the command of Captain Richard Bendy.〔Hardy (1811), p.109.〕 Bendy was carrying to India the preliminary articles of a treaty between George III and the States General of the United Provinces, and the definitive peace treaty between the crowns of Great Britain, France, and Spain (Treaties of Versailles).〔Kirby (1952), p.20.〕 ;Voyage #2 (1785–86) ''Swallow'' left Bengal on 16 August 1785 under the command of Capt Richard Bendy, though Captain Robert Anderson may have replaced him at some point on the voyage. She reached the Cape on 17 October, and St Helena on 11 November. She arrived at the Downs on 8 January 1786.〔〔 ;Voyage #3 (1786–87) Captain Robert Anderson left Portsmouth on 7 May 1786, bound for Madras and Bengal. ''Swallow'' reached Johanna on 29 July, and Madras on 21 August, arriving at Calcutta on 12 September. Outward bound, she passed Kedgeree on 19 November and again reached Madras on 1 December. She then stopped at St Helena on 31 January 1787 before reaching the Downs on 30 March.〔 ;Voyage #4 (1788-1790) Captain Robert Anderson and ''Swallow'' left the Downs on 26 June 1788 and Falmouth on 26 August, reaching the Cape on 5 November and arriving at Calcutta on 25 January 1789. Outward bound, she passed kedgeree on 22 February, reached Madras on 9 March, Negapatam on 29 April, Madras again on 4 May, and Calcutta again on 12 June. She left Diamond Harbour on 19 August, reached St Helena on 28 October, and arrived at the Downs on 10 January 1790. She was at her moorings on 17 January.〔 ;Voyage #5 (1790–92) Captain George Curtis left Portsmouth on 12 June 1790, reached the Cape on 24 August, Madras on 5 October, and Calcutta on 7 November. On 8 December ''Swallow'' passed Culpee (an anchorage near Calcutta), reached Madras on 14 December, Negaptam on 21 December, Madras again on 5 January 1791, Cuddalore on 2 February, Madras yet again on 4 February, Port Cornwallis on 25 February, Penang on 8 March, Madras on 26 March, Nagore on 27 April, Madras on 2 May, Masulipatam on 10 July, Madras on 17 July, Negapatam on 19 August, and Madras for the last time on this voyage on 25 August. ''Swallow'' reached St Helena on 29 November and arrived at Bristol on 25 January 1792.〔 ;Voyage #6 (1792–94) Captain George Curtis left the Downs on 18 October 1792 for Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. She arrived at Calcutta on 10 March, Madras on 27 April, Madras, and Bombay on 16 June. She left Bombay on 7 August and reached Anjengo on 15 August, and Madras 24 August. She left Madras on 10 October, reached st Helena on 15 December,〔 and arrived at Torbay on 4 February 1794,〔Hardy (1811), p.159.〕 and the Downs on 16 February.〔 ;Voyage #7 and the capture of the Dutch Indiamen (1795–97) Captain William Clifton left Falmouth on 2 January 1795.〔 On 2 June ''Swallow'' arrived at St Helena from the Cape of Good Hope with the news than a convoy of Dutch East Indiamen had left the Cape, sailing for the Netherlands. (詳細はEast Indiaman ''General Goddard'', and ''Swallow'' near Saint Helena. On 3 June, ''Sceptre'', ''General Goddard'', ''Manship'' (also an EIC ship), and ''Swallow'' set out. Five other HEIC ships set out later, of which only ''Busbridge'' met up with the squadron. On 7 June, the squadron captured the "richly laden" ''Julie''.〔''Gentleman's Magazine'', September 1795, pp.781-2.〕 Three days later, the British captured the Dutch Indiaman ''Hougly'', which ''Swallow'' escorted into St Helena, before returning to the squadron with additional seamen. In the afternoon of 14 June, the British squadron sighted seven sail. At 1 a.m. the next morning ''General Goddard'' sailed through the Dutch fleet, which fired on her. She did not fire back. Later that morning, after some exchange of shots between the British and Dutch vessels, the Dutch surrendered. The EIC ships ''Busbridge'', Captain Samuel Maitland, and ''Asia'', Captain John Davy Foulkes, arrived on the scene and helped board the Dutch vessels. There were no casualties on either side. The British then brought their prizes into St Helena on 17 June. On 1 July, ''Sceptre'', ''General Goddard'' and the prizes sailed from St Helena to gather in other returning British East Indiamen. They then returned to St Helena, where George Vancouver and , which had arrived there in the meantime, joined them.〔Vancouver (1798), pp.471-486.〕 The entire convoy, now some 20 vessels or so strong, sailed from there on 22 August for Shannon. Because the captures occurred before Britain had declared war on the Batavian Republic, the vessels became Droits to the Crown. Still, prize money, in the amount of two-thirds of the value of the Dutch ships amounted to £76,664 14s. Of this, £61,331 15s 2d was distributed among the officers and crew of ''Sceptre'', ''General Goddard'', ''Busbridge'', ''Asia'', and ''Swallow''. The remainder went to the garrison at St Helena, and various vessels in the St Helena roads.〔Lubbock (1922), p.39-40.〕 Thirty-three years later, in July 1828, there was a small final payment. ''Swallow'' sailed from Bengal in September 1796, reaching Rangoon on 10 October and leaving on 12 November, reaching Penang on 24 November, Madras on 19 December, Trincomalee on 22 December, Madras on 4 January 1797, and St Helena on 15 March, arriving on 2 May at Torbay.〔 ;Voyage #8 (1799-1803) Captain John Luard left Falmouth on 6 September 1799 bound for China,〔Hardy (1811), p.199.〕 and then Mokha and Madras. Luard sailed with a letter of marque issued 25 July 1799.〔"Register of Letters of Marque against France 1793-1815".() - accessed 11 June 2011.〕 Luard and ''Swallow'' apparently sighted Yap around February 1800. (At some point Arthur Muter replaced Luard as Captain.) She left Calcutta on 19 November 1801, reached Mokha on 13 January 1802, and Madras on 28 March. She left Madras on 13 October, reaching Calcutta on 7 November. She passed Saugor on 1 March 1803, reached St Helena on 12 May, and Falmouth on 14 July. She arrived at the Downs on 29 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「Swallow (1779 EIC packet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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