Earl Camden

Ship Details

Rig

HEI Co Ship

Tonnage

1200

Demise

Destroyed by fire at Bombay in 1810;

Description

Earl Camden (or Earl of Camden). Was launched in 1802 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made three voyages for the EIC until a fire destroyed her at Bombay in 1810 on her fourth voyage. On her first voyage she was under the command of Nathaniel Dance, who was the commodore of the EIC's homeward-bound China Fleet at the battle of Pulo Aura. In the South China sea he led the whole convoy into an attack that bluffed a squadron of five French warships into withdrawing.

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