Lapwing (1762 EIC packet)

History
Great Britain
Name	Lapwing
Namesake	Lapwing
Operator	British East India Company
Builder	France[1]
Launched	1762[1]
Fate	Sold 1765
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen	120,[1][3] or 190[2](bm)
Complement	25,[1] or 30
Armament	2 guns + 2 swivel guns,[1] or 10 guns

Lapwing was a packet ship built in France in 1762 that the British East India Company acquired. She made two round-trips to India for the company, with the EIC selling her in 1765 in Bengal on her third voyage.

EIC voyages

EIC voyage #1 (1762–63)

Captain John Griffin (or Griffen) left Britain on 5 April 1762, bound for Madras. He returned on 12 March 1763.^[3]

EIC voyage #2 (1763–64)

Captain Griffin left Plymouth on Plymouth on 5 April 1763. Lapwing reached Johanna on 22 July, and arrived at Madras on 20 August. Homeward bound, she reached the Cape on 14 November, St Helena on 6 December, and Torbay on 1 February 1764, before arriving at The Downs on 13 February.^[2]

EIC voyage #3 (1764–65)

Captain John Griffin started on 28 March 1764, bound for Bengal,^[3] but did not leave Portsmouth until 3 June. By 6 December Lapwing had reached Acheh. On 23 January 1765 she arrived at Ingeli, a point on the west side of the Hooghli Estuary. On 4 April she was at Calcutta. The EIC sold Lapwing there in 1765.^[2][3]

Citations

1. Lloyd's Register (1764). Letter "L".
2. British Library: Lapwing (2).
3. Hardy (1800), p. 218.

References

• Hardy, Charles (1800). A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Hon. the United East India Company, from the Union of the Two Companies, in 1707, to the Year 1760: Specifying the Number of Voyages, Tonnage, Commanders, and Stations. To which is Added, from the Latter Period to the Present Time, the Managing Owners, Principal Officers, Surgeons, and Pursers; with the Dates of Their Sailing and Arrival: Also, an Appendix, Containing Many Particulars, Interesting to Those Concerned in the East India Commerce. Charles Hardy.