Highland Chief (ship)
Several vessels have been named Highland Chief:
- Highland Chief (1798 ship) was launched at Calcutta in 1796 and made two voyages for the British East India Company before a French privateer captured her in 1802.
- Highland Chief, of 306 or 380 tons (bm), was launched at Calcutta in 1806.[1][2] On 5 October 1807 the French frigate Piémontaise captured Highland Chief, Makepiece, master, and took her into Mauritius.[3] She had been carrying 1,000 sacks of wheat and rice, and her value as a prize was 158,796.76 French francs.[4]
See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 138.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 234.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4243.
- ^ Roman (2007), p.223.
References
[edit]- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- Phipps, John (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
- Roman, Alain (2007) Robert Surcouf et ses frères. ISBN 9782844210500
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