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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

- East Indiaman was a general name for any merchant ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India companies of the major European trading...
- 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...
- 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...
- Lelie was a 17th-century East Indiaman galiot of the Dutch East India Company. During her first voyage to Batavia Dutch East Indies, she wrecked at Texel...
- Several vessels have borne the name Cornwallis, for Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis: Two have an ****ociation with British East India Company...
- In 1775 a vessel variously named Rockingham, Castle Rockingham, or Marquis of Rockingham wrecked on the Irish coast with loss of life. Some records refer...
- Two vessels served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen named Alfred: Alfred (1772 EIC ship) was launched in 1772 and made four voyages...
- 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...
- Liefde was a Dutch sailing ship that ran aground and sank during a storm in the North Sea off the Shetland Islands, Great Britain, while she was on her...
- The wreck of the Grosvenor, an East Indiaman, occurred on 4 August 1782 on the Pondoland coast of South Africa, north of the Umzimvubu River. The shipwreck...