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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...
- Several vessels have borne the name Cornwallis, for Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis: Two have an ****ociation with British East India Company...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...