Warley (1796 ship)

The East Indiaman 'Warley', Robert Salmon, 1801, National Maritime Museum
History
East India CompanyGreat Britain
Name:	Warley
Owner:	Voyages 1-6:Henry Boulton Voyages 7-9:Martin Lindsay
Builder:	Perry & Co., Blackwall
Launched:	15 November 1796
Fate:	Broken up 1816
General characteristics
Type:	East Indiaman
Tons burthen:	1460, or 1498, or 1470 60⁄94 (bm)
Length:	176 ft 5 in (53.8 m) (overall); 143 ft 5 5⁄8 in (43.7 m) (keel)
Beam:	43 ft 9 in (13.3 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 6 1⁄2 in (5.3 m)
Complement:	140 160
Armament:	1st letter of marque:34 x 18-pounder guns + 12 x 6-pounder guns. 2nd letter of marque:32 x 18-pounder guns + 12 x 6-pounder guns Letter of marque against America:32 x 12-pounder guns

The Warley, launched in 1796, was a 1475-ton East Indiaman and one of the East India Company's larger and more famous vessels. She made nine voyages to the East between 1796 and 1816, most direct to China. In 1804 she participated in the Battle of Pulo Aura. In 1816, the company sold her for breaking up.

She was the second East Indiaman under that name that John Perry built at his yard in Blackwall Yard. Perry built her predecessor in 1788; in 1795 the East India Company sold the first of Perry's Warleys to the Royal Navy, which renamed her HMS Calcutta.

Warley's captain for her first five voyages was Henry Wilson, who had also been captain of the first Warley for her two voyages.

Warley sailed under a letter of marque dated 1 January 1797, which named Wilson as the captain.

Captain Henry Wilson sailed on 18 March 1797 from Portsmouth, bound for Bombay and China. Warley arrived at Bombay on 4 July and left on 1 October. She stopped at Tellicherry on 9 October, Cochin on 18 October, and Anjengo on 23 October, before arriving at Whampoa on 8 January 1798. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 25 March, reached St Helena on 5 August, and arrived at the Downs on 18 October.

Captain Wilson left Portsmouth on 18 June 1799, bound for China. By 30 October she had reached Penang, and she arrived at Whampoa on 16 January 1800. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 29 March, reached St Helena on 15 July, and arrived at the Downs on 23 September. She anchored at London on 2 October 1800.

The destination was China. She left on 19 May 1801 and returned on 9 September 1802. Captain Henry Wilson sailed from Portsmouth on 19 May 1801, bound for China. Warley reached Rio de Janeiro on 1 August and Penang on 31 October. She arrived at Whampoa on 30 January 1802. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 30 March, reached St Helena on 10 July, and arrived at the Downs on - 5 September. She anchored at London returned on 9 September.