#East Indiaman

[ltwilliammowett]

The Friendship of Salem at Salem, MA; a replica of a 18th century East Indiaman, by rexp2

[aroundtheworldinstamps]

British stamp pack featuring some famous ships.

[petterwass]

Imagine losing your rudder at sea and being rescued by of all things, a large East Indiaman! I imagine the crew were questioning whether they had slipped into a alt-history book without noticing it.

https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat

[grayrazor]

Ship superstructures from the 15th century to the 20th century slowly went from Π_Π to ____ to _Π_

[shivadh]

Imagine losing your rudder out at sea and sending out a distress call. And then the largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship in the world comes to your rescue. [...] To our knowledge it is the first time that an east indiaman, and the first time for Götheborg, to engage in such a rescue.

Tuesday last week, the 25th of April [2023], Götheborg of Sweden was heading for the upcoming portstop in Jersey. Just after 4pm, a distress call was sent by the MRCC regarding a sailing vessel that had lost its rudder and was drifting. Being the closest ship to the sailing boat, Götheborg answered the call. The sailing boat was towed after the Götheborg during the night from the 25th to the 26th of April. In the morning the 26th of April, a French search and rescue boat from the port of Paimpol came and met up off the French coast.

Text from the sailors on the sailing vessel Corto:

On April 25th at 01:00, we left Cherbourg and set sail for Camaret (the tip of Brittany). We are two experienced sailors on board (Simon and me) with the objective of bringing the boat to Southern Brittany.

At 15:30, we were at sea, more than 50 nautical miles from the coast, when our rudder broke. After sending a PAN-PAN call on the VHF radio, the three-masted sailboat Götheborg quickly responded to our call, offering to tow us to Paimpol (France).

We repeatedly emphasized that we were aboard a small 8-meter sailboat, but the response was the same each time: "We are a 50-meter three-masted sailboat, and we offer our assistance in towing you to Paimpol." We were perplexed by the size difference between our two boats, as we feared being towed by a boat that was too large and at too fast a speed that could damage our boat.

The arrival of the Götheborg on the scene was rapid and surprising, as we did not expect to see a merchant ship from the East India Company of the XVIII century. This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it? The Götheborg approached very close to us to throw the line and pass a large rope. The mooring went well, and our destinies were linked for very long hours, during which we shared the same radio frequency to communicate with each other.

The crew of the Götheborg showed great professionalism and kindness towards us. They adapted their speed to the size of our boat and the weather conditions. We felt accompanied by very professional sailors. Every hour, the officer on duty of the Götheborg called us to ensure everything was going well.

The next day, as we approached the French coast, we radioed for another boat to help us enter the port, but no one responded positively. Around noon, the Götheborg approached us as closely as possible and stayed by our side until the arrival of a French rescue boat to ensure that everything would go well for us before letting us go.

This adventure, very real, was an incredible experience for us. We were extremely lucky to cross paths with the Götheborg by chance and especially to meet such a caring crew.

Dear commander and crew of the Götheborg, your kindness, and generosity have shown that your ship is much more than just a boat. It embodies the noblest values of the sea, and we are honored to have had the chance to cross your path and benefit from your help.

We thank you again for everything you have done for us.

Sincerely,

David Moeneclaey (skipper of the sailboat Corto)

[aqua-regia009]

Loss of East Indiaman Kent, 1827 - oil on canvas. ― Théodore Gudin (French, 1802-1880)

[centuriespast]

Loss of the East Indiaman 'Kent': The Burning Hulk Thomas Luny (1759–1837) National Maritime Museum

[barbwritesstuff]

What's your favourite ship?

From Wikipedia:

HMS Wager was a square-rigged sixth-rate Royal Navy ship of 28 guns. She was built as an East Indiaman in about 1734 and made two voyages to India for the East India Company before the Royal Navy purchased her in 1739. She formed part of a squadron under Commodore George Anson and was wrecked on the south coast of Chile on 14 May 1741. The wreck of Wager became famous for the subsequent adventures of the survivors who found themselves marooned on a desolate island in the middle of a Patagonian winter, and in particular because of the Wager Mutiny that followed.

[contremineur]

Silver ingot from the Rooswijk cargo, stamped for the Amsterdam chamber of the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or Dutch East India Company)

The Rooswijk was a Dutch East Indiaman, bound from Amsterdam and the Texel to Jakarta, which foundered after grounding on the Goodwin Sands at the end of 1739. The site, discovered in 2005, has already yielded some 1,000 artefacts including some 553 silver ingots of Mexican silver purchased and assayed by the VOC, weighing approximately four pounds and destined for use in the coinage of Batavia.

from here

[ulfgbohlin]

ULF G BOHLIN: via wikipedia.org/wiki/Götheborg - East Indiaman Götheborg.

[ltwilliammowett]

An East Indiaman getting underway, by John Groves (1937-2019)

[jor-elsemissary]

Chance

Chance

The ship had been easy to catch up to, so bloated it was with goods and prisoners. Captain Leonel was still smarting from a wounded pride and the betrayal of his eldest son, that he was willing to take the risk to attack a fully armed East Indiaman.

The HMS Mercy shouldn’t have been heavily armed though, but he was determined to take back something that had been stolen from him.

“Give ‘em warnin’ shot off their portside, Master Grant!” He would not have done so under any other circumstance, but it was something she would have wanted.

For Martha.

[historyguide]

The yacht of the Chamber of Rotterdam for the Dutch East India Company salutes an East-Indiaman and a Dutch man-of-war on the roadstead of Hellevoetsluis by Jacob van Strij.

[grayrazor]

My headcanon is that the inconsistent performance of the Ferengi D'Kora-class is because they're relatively modular, the equivalent of an East Indiaman from real life, or a Nemoidian Lucrehulk from Star Wars.

Depending on how wealthy and aggressive the owner is, it could be an unarmed bulk freighter, or so overgunned that it could slug it out with a Klingon Vor'cha or Federation Galaxy-class and utterly obliterate a Cardassian Galor.

[captain-price-unofficially]

When the future sneaks up on you. Corvette HMSwS Visby and the replica Swedish east Indiaman "Götheborg"

[have-you-been-here]

Re-creation of the East Indiaman Amsterdam, the Netherlands.