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Definition of Indiamen

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

Meaning of Indiamen from wikipedia

- East Indiamen were merchant ships that operated under charter or licence for European trading companies which traded with the East Indies between the 17th...
- postage stamps. Ships of the East India Company were called East Indiamen or simply "Indiamen". Their names were sometimes prefixed with the initials "HCS"...
- Similarly, at the time (18th and 19th centuries) people also referred to East Indiamen (ships trading with the East Indies), Guineamen (slave ships), or Greenlandmen...
- they have scored successes in combat against them. Examples include East Indiamen mimicking ships of the line and chasing off regular French warships in...
- parti****ted on 15 June 1795 in the capture of seven Dutch East Indiamen. East Indiamen travelled in convoys as much as they could. Frequently these convoys...
- Henry Bonham (31 July 1765 – 9 April 1830) was an English merchant and Member of Parliament. Bonham was born on 31 July 1765, the third son of Samuel Bonham...
- Mauritius but had cancelled the plan in May. It had intended to use East Indiamen about to sail from England to India and China. One suspects that the logistics...
- that period, Saint Helena was an important port of call of the EIC. East Indiamen would stop there on the return leg of their voyages to British India and...
- Admiral . Kanhoji became known for attacking and capturing European East Indiamen and collecting jakat (known to locals as taxes), seen by Europeans traders...
- East Indiamen, for Europe. Bad weather forced eight Indiamen back to the Cape. These eight sailed again on 22 May. The remaining eight Indiamen, which...