Britannia (1772 EIC ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Britannia
Owner	1772:Watson; 1775: East India Company;
Builder	Bombay Dockyard
Launched	1772
Fate	Wrecked November 1805
General characteristics
Tons burthen	747, or 770, or 77087⁄94, (bm)
Length	Overall:137 ft 4 in (41.9 m); Keel:110 ft 0+1⁄2 in (33.5 m);
Beam	36 ft 3+1⁄2 in (11.1 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 7 in (4.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	1793:99; 1795:80; 1803:210;
Armament	1793 (1): 26 × 12&9&6-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns; 1793 (2):26 × 12&9&6-pounder guns; 1795:26 × 12&6-pounder guns + 9 swivel guns; 1803: 40 × 12-pounder guns;
Notes	Three decks

Britannia was launched by the Bombay Dockyard in 1772, and was rebuilt in 1778. The British East India Company (EIC) apparently acquired her in 1775. Between 1779 she made eleven complete voyages as an East Indiaman for the EIC. She also participated in three naval campaigns, during the first of which she was deployed as a cruiser off Sumatra. There she engaged and captured a French ship. In the other two she served as a transport. She set out for her twelfth EIC voyage but was lost in 1805 during the third naval campaign.

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