Warren Hastings (1802 EIC ship)
The French frigate Piémontaise capturing the East Indiaman Warren Hastings
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| Name: | Warren Hastings |
| Namesake: | Warren Hastings |
| Owner: | John Pascal Larkins (1802-1805) |
| Operator: | East India Company |
| Builder: | Frances Barnard, Son & Roberts, Deptford |
| Launched: | 27 November 1802 |
| Captured: | 21 June 1806 |
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| Acquired: | 11 June 1805 by capture |
| Fate: | Sold c. 1807 |
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| Name: | Warren Hastings |
| Acquired: | c.1807 by purchase |
| Captured: | c.1807 |
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| Name: | Warren Hastings |
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| Acquired: | c.1807 by capture and subsequent sale |
| Fate: | Broken up 1829 |
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| Class and type: | East Indiaman |
| Tons burthen: | 1200, 1276, 1356, or 1356 18⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 165 ft 4 in (50.4 m) (overall), 133 ft 4 in (40.6 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 42 ft 5 in (12.9 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 1 in (5.2 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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Warren Hastings was a three-decker East Indiaman, launched in 1802. The French captured her in 1805 during her second voyage for the East India Company and sold her to Danish owners. The British recaptured her in 1807 or so, and within a year thereafter she was again in her former owner's hands. She then made several more voyages for the company.
Captain Thomas Larkins sailed Warren Hasting for China, leaving The Downs on 6 April 1803 and arriving at Whampoa on 28 August. Larkins had left Britain during the Peace of Amiens so he did not apply for a letter of marque. However, the Peace broke down in May 1803. Larkins received a letter of marque on 16 September, while he was in China. Homeward bound, Warren Hastings crossed the Second Bar on 1 February 1804.
Warren Hastings was traveling in convoy with the fleet of East Indiamen returning from China, and under the command of Commodore Nathaniel Dance. On 14 February the China fleet encountered a small French squadron under Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Durand Linois. some shots were exchanged, but the East Indiamen were able to bluff Linois into withdrawing.
Warren Hastings was directly engaged and the Indiamen reached Malacca on 19 February and Penang on 1 March. Warren Hastings was at St Helena on 7 June and arrived at The Downs on 8 August.
Larkins sailed Warren Hastings for Benkulen and China on her second voyage, leaving Portsmouth on 17 February 1805. She spent May–July at St Helena and September–October at Benkulen. However, on 21 June 1806, as Warren Hastings was on her way back from Canton, the French frigate Piémontaise, under the command of Captain Épron, captured her at 26°13′S 56°45′W / 26.217°S 56.750°W, in a noteworthy single-ship action. Larkins put up a stubborn resistance for four hours. Casualties on Warren Hastings from the engagement amounted to seven killed and 13 wounded; casualties on Piémontaise amounted to seven killed and five wounded. After Warren Hastings struck, the French boarding party stabbed Larkin, wounding him severely, and wounded four other officers and crew. Her captors took Warren Hastings to Mauritius where they arrived on 4 July. Thereafter the French initially used her as a prison ship.
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