Name Princess Royal Tons burthen 405 (bm) Launched 23 September 1794 | Owner Simms & Co., London Propulsion Sail | |
Builder Jacob Preston, Great Yarmouth Fate Leaves Lloyd's Register in 1840 | ||
Princess Royal was launched at Great Yarmouth in September 1794 and for the next three years traded with the West Indies. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) in 1797-8. On her return she resumed general trading. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1840.
Captain Peter Foubister received a letter of marque on 20 December 1796. Lloyd's Register for 1797 gives the captain's name as "Forbuster" and her trade as London-Jamaica, changing to London-India.
Foubister sailed Princess Royal from Falmouth on 16 February 1797, bound for Madras and Bengal. She reached the Cape on 16 May and arrived at Madras on 11 July. She was at Pondicherry on 11 August, and then returned to Madras 16 August. She reached Penang on 6 September, before returning to Madras on 11 December. Princess Royal arrived at Calcutta on 28 January 1798. She left Diamond Harbour on 8 March, reached Simons Bay on 14 June and St Helena on 6 August, and arrived at The Downs on 18 October.
Lloyd's Register for 1799 gives her master's name as Forbuster, changing to M'Donald, and her trade as London-India, changing to London-Jamaica.