Princess Royal (1786 EIC ship)
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| Name: | Princess Royal |
| Owner: | Alexander Hume |
| Builder: | Wells |
| Launched: | October 1786 |
| Fate: | Captured 1793 |
 France
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| Name: | Duguay Trouin |
| Namesake: | René Duguay-Trouin |
| Owner: | Pitot & Co of Mauritius |
| Acquired: | By capture September 1793 and purchase |
| Captured: | May 1794 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Princess Royal |
| Acquired: | By capture and purchase 1794 |
| Fate: | Captured October 1799 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | East Indiaman |
| Tons burthen: | 805 48⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 143 ft 7 1⁄2 in (43.8 m) (overall); 116 ft 0 1⁄2 in (35.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 1⁄2 in (11.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 9 in (4.5 m) |
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Princess Royal, launched in 1786, was an East Indiaman. She made two complete trips to India for the British East India Company (EIC) and was on her third trip, this one to China, when French privateers or warships captured her on 27 September 1793. The French Navy took her into service in the Indian Ocean as a 34-gun frigate under the name Duguay Trouin. The Royal Navy recaptured her and she returned to British merchant service. In 1797 she performed one more voyage for the EIC. She received a letter of marque in July 1798 but was captured in October 1799 off the coast of Sumatra.
Captain James Horncastle commanded Princess Royal on all three of her voyages, including her last.
Horncastle left the Downs on 6 January 1787, bound for Madras, Bengal, and Bombay. Capt James Horncastle. Princess Royal reached the Cape on 3 April, and arrived at Madras on 6 June. From there she sailed to Calcutta, arriving at Diamond Harbour on 18 June. For her return trip, she passed Saugor on 16 November, and reached Bombay on 12 February 1788. She reached St Helena on 12 June and arrived at the Downs on 22 August. During this voyage Horncastle and Princess Royal reportedly fought an action in the Straits of Malacca, though it is not clear against whom.
Horncastle left the Downs on 26 April 1790, bound for Bombay. Princess Royal reached Johanna on 12 August and arrived at Bombay on 3 September. From there she sailed to Tellicherry, which she reached on 7 October, Anjengo (27 October), and Tellicherry again (14 November), before returning to Bombay on 30 November. For her return trip she reached Tellicherry on 7 January 1791, the Cape on 3 March, and St Helena on 22 March. She arrived at the Downs on 13 May.
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