Kent (East Indiaman)

At least seven ships with the name Kent served the Honourable East India Company as an East Indiaman between 1680 and 1825:

• Kent, 130 tons burthen (bm), 27-28 crew and 12-20 guns, made two voyages to India between 1681 and 1687.
• Kent, a ship of 350 tons (bm), 26-30 guns and 70 crew, made four voyages to China or India between 1794 and 1715.
• Kent, a ship of 498 tons (bm), 30 guns and 99 crew, made four trips to India or China for the company between 1740 and 1756.
• Kent, 842 tons (bm), made four trips to India or China between 1764 and 1774.
• Kent, 783 (or 755) tons (bm), twenty, later 26 guns (6 & 9-pounders), made 6 trips between 1782 and 1797, the last two under letters of marque dated 21 August 1793 (Captain Richard Hardinge), and 14 March 1795, (Captain George Saltwell).
• Kent, 875 tons (bm), twenty-six 9 and 18-pounder guns, was on her first voyage, to Bengal, when the French privateer Robert Surcouf captured her on 7 October 1800.
• Kent, of 1332 tons (bm), made two trips to Bombay and China and was lost at sea to a fire in 1825 at the beginning of her third trip.

See also

• HMS Kent

References

• Hardy, Charles and Horatio Charles Hardy (1811) A register of ships, employed in the service of the Honorable the United East India Company, from the year 1760 to 1810: with an appendix, containing a variety of particulars, and useful information interesting to those concerned with East India commerce. (London: Black, Parry, and Kingsbury).
• National Archives - Accessed 18 April 2013.

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