Definition of Indiaman. Meaning of Indiaman. Synonyms of Indiaman

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Definition of Indiaman

Indiaman
Indiaman In"di*a*man, n.; pl. Indiamen. A large vessel in the India trade. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Indiaman from wikipedia

- 125, and Shampinder (1802), of 1,300 tons (bm). Another significant East Indiaman in this period was the 1176-ton (bm) Warley that John Perry built at his...
- West Indiaman was a general name for any merchantman sailing ship making runs from the Old World to the West Indies and the east coast of the Americas...
- Wreck Johanna (or Joanna) was an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC), possibly named for the island of Anjouan, then known as Johanna...
- The Halsewell was an East Indiaman that was wrecked on 6 January 1786 at the start of a voyage from London to Madras. She lost her masts in a violent storm...
- Götheborg of Sweden is a sailing replica of the Swedish East Indiaman Götheborg I, launched in 1738 (not to be confused with the larger Götheborg II built...
- Arniston was a British East Indiaman that made eight voyages for the East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked on 30 May 1815 during a storm at Waen****skrans...
- Earl of Abergavenny was an East Indiaman launched in 1796 that was wrecked in Weymouth Bay, England in 1805. She was one of the largest East Indiamen ever...
- name for the Indian subcontinent: HMS Hindostan (1795) was a former East Indiaman by the same name built by William Barnard at Deptford and launched in 1789...
- Some four ships have borne the name Earl of Mornington (or Earl Mornington), named for one or another Earl of Mornington, and two of these ships made voyages...
- Tryall (or Trial) was a British East India Company-owned East Indiaman launched in 1621. She was under the command of John Brooke when she was wrecked...