Voyages .281794.E2.80.931812.29 Arniston (East Indiaman)

1 voyages (1794–1812)

1.1 voyage number 1: st helena, madras, , china (1795–1797)
1.2 voyage number 2: china (1797–1798)
1.3 voyage number 3: st helena, benkulen, , china (1800–1801)
1.4 voyage number 4: st helena, benkulen, , china (1801–1803)
1.5 voyage number 5: china (1804–1805)
1.6 voyage number 6: china (1806–1807)
1.7 voyage number 7: bombay , china (1810–1811)
1.8 voyage number 8: bombay , china (1812–1813)
1.9 voyage number 9: madeira, cape, , ceylon (1814–1815)

voyages (1794–1812)

arniston sailed great britain far east 8 times before last voyage. on 1 of homeward journeys china, struck uncharted rock @ 5°46′8″s 105°16′43″e / 5.76889°s 105.27861°e / -5.76889; 105.27861 (oomowoomang), near island of pulo goondy (modern day pulau legundi), located south of sumatra. did not suffer ill effects result of incident however, mentioned in journals of time noteworthiness navigation hazard other shipping.

apart , incident in 1800, arniston s first 8 voyages uneventful.

voyage number 1: st helena, madras, , china (1795–1797)

captain campbell marjoribanks:

3 april 1795: portsmouth
14 april: tenerife
2 june: st helena
9 august: cape of hope
27 september: madras
14 november: penang
3 december: malacca
11 march 1796: whampoa
23 april: second bar
29 june: macau
20 november: st helena
1 march 1797: deptford

while arniston @ st helena on outward journey, undertook transport troops there join lord elphinstone, undertaking expedition capture cape colony dutch. on 10 july george vancouver arrived in hms discovery. vancouver returning england after four-and-a-half-year long voyage of exploration. transferred arniston 4 field guns had been carrying, ammunition had left them, onward transmission elphinstone. discovery s boats helped in ferrying of troops shore arniston.

arniston ferry 9 field pieces, company of artillery , 3 of infantry (393 men in all), elphinstone.

voyage number 2: china (1797–1798)

on voyage arniston sailed under letter of marque in name of captain william macnamara, , dated 13 may 1797. itinerary was:

5 june 1797: portsmouth
29 august: cape of hope
9 december: whampoa
14 february 1798: second bar
26 march: macau
5 august: st helena
23 october: long reach

voyage number 3: st helena, benkulen, , china (1800–1801)

on voyage arniston sailed under letter of marque in name of captain campbell marjoribanks, , dated 29 november 1799. itinerary was:

7 january 1800: portsmouth
4 april: st helena
27 june: benkulen
29 july: penang
27 august: malacca
21 september: whampoa
29 november: second bar
18 january 1801: macau
15 april: st helena
17 june: long reach

during voyage arniston had anchored @ benkulen on 27 june 1800, when 26-gun french privateer confiance attacked her. arniston cut anchor , gave chase, firing several broadsides other ship, faster french ship able make escape. on 9 october 1800, east indiaman kent less fortunate; confiance capture kent after two-hour engagement.

voyage number 4: st helena, benkulen, , china (1801–1803)

captain campbell marjoribanks:

31 december 1801: downs
9 march 1802: st helena
10 june: benkulen
12 july: penang
31 august: whampoa
24 october: second bar
11 february 1803: st helena
26 april: long reach

voyage number 5: china (1804–1805)

on voyage arniston sailed under letter of marque in name of captain james jameson, , dated 24 march 1804. itinerary was:

on 9 june 1804, arniston left st. helens, isle of wight, part of convoy of 9 east indiamen of british east india company, bound china. indiamen perseverance, neptune, taunton castle, ceres, royal charlotte, alnwick castle, true briton, , cuffnells. hms athenienne provided escort.

the fleet arrived @ rio de janeiro around 14–18 august. passed cape of hope. here, rather passing through indian ocean , straits of malacca, fleet sailed south of western australia , through bass strait. objectives two-fold: avoid french ships reported in indian ocean, , improve charting of bass strait.

the ships sailed norfolk island, next rendezvous point after saint paul island, members had separated. taunton castle had separated in south atlantic , although arrived @ norfolk island 3 days after fleet had sailed on, did not rejoin rest of fleet until arrived @ haerlem bay, in china.

the arrival of athenienne , east indiamen @ norfolk island sowed panic among colonists there feared french flotilla had arrived.

the fleet arrived @ whampoa in mid-january 1805. fleet returned england via straits of malacca. arniston, example, crossed second bar on 14 february, reached malacca on 21 march , st helena on 30 june, , arrived @ long reach on 15 september.

voyage number 6: china (1806–1807)

on voyage arniston sailed under letter of marque in name of captain peter wedderburn , dated 20 march 1806. itinerary was:

14 may 1806: portsmouth
7 august: cape of hope
10 october: penang
21 january 1807: whampoa
4 may: off lintin island
1 july: penang
17 july: acheh
19 september: cape of hope
13 october: st helena
6 january 1808: lower hope

voyage number 7: bombay , china (1810–1811)

captain samuel landon:

21 january 1810: portsmouth
9 april: cape of hope
26 may: bombay
1 september: penang
12 october: whampoa
29 december: second bar
28 may 1811: st helena
13 august: long reach

voyage number 8: bombay , china (1812–1813)

on voyage arniston sailed under letter of marque in name of captain walter campbell. itinerary was:

4 january 1812: torbay
5 april: johanna
7 may: bombay
11 september: whampoa
4 january 1813: macau
27 march: st helena
7 june: long reach

the british government chartered arniston troop transport cape , india.

voyage number 9: madeira, cape, , ceylon (1814–1815)

captain george simpson left england on 8 june 1814. @ ceylon, arniston embarked soldiers of 73rd regiment, wounded in kandyan wars in ceylon, repatriate them england.