Phoenix (1785)
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| Name: | Phoenix |
| Owner: | William Moffat (principal managing owner) |
| Builder: | Wells |
| Launched: | 1785 |
| Fate: | From 1803 in coastal trade in India; ultimate fate unknown |
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| Tons burthen: | 800, or 80049⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 143 ft 7 1⁄2 in (43.8 m) (overall) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 9 in (4.5 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 90-100 men |
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Phoenix was an East Indiaman, launched in 1785. She made six voyages for the Honourable East India Company (HEIC). On her sixth voyage, while under the command of Captain William Moffat, she captured the French 14-gun privateer Malartic. In 1803 her owners sent her out to India to sail in the coastal trade; her subsequent fate is unknown.
Captain James Rattray commanded Phoenix on her first voyage, which was to Madras and Bengal. She left the Downs on 16 January 1786. She was reported to have been well on 6 May at 17°25′S 75°40′E / 17.417°S 75.667°E, and within three weeks sail of Madras. She reached Madras on 20 May and left ten days later. She then arrived at Diamond Harbour, south of Calcutta, on 13 November. On her homeward voyage, she passed Saugor on 19 December. By 3 March 1787 she was at St Helena, and she arrived at the Downs on 18 May. On her return voyage she brought with her a beautiful gray Arabian stallion whose price, including transport costs, was £1510.
For her second voyage, this one also to Bengal and Madras, Phoenix was under the command of Captain Alexander Gray, who would be her captain for her third voyage too. She left the Downs on 17 February 1788, and on 16 March was at Madeira. She reached Diamond Harbour on 19 July. She passed Saugor on 5 January 1789 and by 20 February was in Madras. From there she sailed to the Cape, which she reached on 5 May. On 10 June she was at St Helena, and on 6 August she arrived at the Downs.
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