Osterley (1780 EIC ship)
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| Name: | Osterley |
| Namesake: | Osterley Park |
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| Builder: | Wells, Deptford |
| Launched: | 1780 |
| Captured: | 1800 and recaptured |
| Fate: | Sent out to India in 1800 for the coastal trade; ultimate fate is unknown |
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| Tons burthen: | 775 67⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 139 ft 4 in (42.47 m) (overall), 111 ft 9 in (34.06 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 1⁄2 in (11.011 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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Osterley was a three-decker East Indiaman, launched in 1780, that made seven trips for the British East India Company between 1781 and 1800. She was present at two battles, and an engagement in which four Indiamen and a country ship engaged a French frigate. On her last trip a French frigate captured her in a single-ship action, but sent her on her way. Osterley eventually returned to Britain in 1800. Her subsequent fate is unknown.
Osterley, under the command of Captain Samuel Rogers, left Portsmouth on 13 March 1781, bound for Bombay and China.Osterley was part of a convoy of Indiamen accompanying a British squadron under Commodore George Johnstone.
Osterley reached São Tiago on 10 April. Six days later, Osterley was present at the Battle of Porto Praya, when a French squadron under the Bailli de Suffren attacked Johnstone. Both squadrons were en route to the Cape of Good Hope, the British to take it from the Dutch, the French aiming to help defend it and French possessions in the Indian Ocean. The British convoy and its escorting squadron had anchored at Porto Praya (now Praia) in the Cape Verde Islands to take on water, when the French squadron arrived and attacked them at anchor. Due to the unexpected nature of the encounter, neither fleet was prepared to do battle, and the result was an inconclusive battle in which the French warships sustained more damage than did the British. The French did capture the Indiamen Hinchinbrook (recaptured the next day), and Fortitude, and the victualer Edward, and gained a strategic victory, because Suffren beat Johnstone to the Cape and reinforced the Dutch garrison before continuing on his journey to the Ile de France (now Mauritius). Johnstone went on to capture five Dutch East Indiamen and destroy a sixth at the battle of Saldanha Bay on 21 July.
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