Captured Ships – Letter B

Below are listed ships which were captured by hostile nations, or taken by privateers or pirates.

Note that these incidents may have occurred before, during and after the time the vessel was in East India Company service.

For details of ship construction, history, owners and captains, visit the ships section.

Records 1 to 15 of 15


ID	Ship Name	Tons	Taken	How
841	Barwell	797	1811	Reported to have been run away with by her master, Captain John Poole.
1320	Bawdon Frigate	150	1687	Seized by natives at Massalege, Madagascar.
1322	Bear	700	1619	Captured by the Dutch at Tiku on 1st October.
159	Bedford	750	1697	Captured by the French on her maiden voyage.
1323	Belle	281	1805	October 1805: captured by the Rochefort Squadron of the French Navy off the French coast and taken to La Rochelle.
843	Bellmont	769	1794	Captured by the French frigates La Sybille, La Gloria and La Republique, whilst on passage from London to San Domingo.
1326	Bellona	577	1801	Captured off the Cape of Good Hope by a French frigate and taken to Mauritius.
1325	Bellona	472	1811	Captured by the French privateer Invincible Napoleon when on passage from London, for Amelia Island, Florida.
440	Bengal	160	1730	25 Nov 1730: Captured by the fleet of pirate Angria off Bombay.
165	Berkeley Castle	650	1694	Captured by the French in an action off the Isles of Scilly.
852	Blandford	606	1779	12 Dec 1779 captured by HMS Salisbury.
852	Blandford	606	1783	Captured by the French off Ganjam, mouth of the River Ganges, and sunk.
14	Blessing	400	1653	Taken by the Dutch at the entrance to the Gulf of Persia 25 Mar 1653.
1342	Boyd	425	1797	Captured by the French Jan 1797 at the end of her voyage from Bengal and taken to Nantes.
1348	Brunswick	484	1805	Taken off Pointe de Galle, Ceylon, by the French warship Marengo.

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