Coromandel (1793 ship)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Modeste |
| Namesake: | Coromandel Coast |
| Owner: | Hogg, Davidson, and Co., or Reeve & Co. |
| Acquired: | 1793 |
| Renamed: | Coromandel |
| Fate: | Foundered 1821 |
| Notes: | Teak-built |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 515, or 522, or 522 22⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 125 ft 0 1⁄2 in (38.1 m) (overall) |
| Beam: | 32 ft 0 in (9.8 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 16 ft 0 in (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 47 |
| Armament: | 14 × 9 and 6-pounder guns |
Coromandel was the French prize Modeste, captured in 1793 and refitted at Chittagong, British India (now Bangladesh). She made two voyages transporting convicts to Port Jackson, the first for the British East India Company (EIC). A French privateer captured her in 1805 but the British Royal Navy recaptured her in 1810. An American privateer captured her in 1814 but this time the Royal Navy recaptured her within days. She foundered in Indian waters on 6 February 1821.
On her first voyage transporting convicts, under the command of Alex Sterling (or Stirling), she sailed from Portsmouth, England on 8 February 1802, and Spithead, on 12 February, in company with Perseus, and arrived at Port Jackson on 13 June 1802.Coromandel transported 138 male convicts, of whom one male convict died on the voyage.
Coromandel left Port Jackson on 22 July bound for China. On the way she sighted the islands of Nama, Losap, Murilo, and Nomwin in the area of Truk.
She arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 17 September. From there she sailed to "Capshee Bay", which she reached on 12 October, before she returned to Whampoa on 21 November. She left in company with Hercules, and on 5 January 1803 she was at Lintin Island. From there she sailed to St Helena, which she reached on 17 April, and then on to Long Reach, arriving back in Britain on 14 June.
On her second voyage she was under the command of John Robinson. The Napoleonic Wars had commenced so Robinson applied for and received a letter of marque on 16 September 1803.Coromandel sailed from England on 4 December 1803, with 200 male convicts, and 32 officers and men of the New South Wales Corps, who provided the guards. She left in company with Experiment. While sailing in the Bay of Biscay Experiment suffered damage during a gale and had to limp back to Cowes for repairs. Robinson died off St. Salvador, and George Blakely took over command. Coromandel arrived at Port Jackson on 7 May 1804. No convicts died during the voyage.
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