{"slug": "east-indiaman", "label": "East Indiaman", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indiaman", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2035668", "qid": "Q2035668", "description": "general name for any ship operating under charter or license to any of the East India Companies", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1786, 1825], "span_label": ["1786 CE", "1825 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "indian-ocean", "label": "Indian Ocean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "batavian-republic", "label": "Batavian Republic", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman Halsewell is wrecked on the south coast of England in a storm, with only 74 of more than 240 on board surviving.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370552329#January–March", "title": "1786", "revid": 1370552329, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1800, "year_label": "1800 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – French privateer Robert Surcouf leads the 150-man crew of his corvette Confiance 1797 ship to capture the 40-gun, 437-man British East Indiaman Kent 1799 ship in the Indian Ocean.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370325498#October–December", "title": "1800", "revid": 1370325498, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 23", "text": "November 23 – East Indiaman Vryheid, in the service of the Batavian Republic, is shipwrecked in a gale off Hythe, Kent, in the south of England; only 18 of 472 on board survive.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341741915#October–December", "title": "1802", "revid": 1341741915, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1810, "year_label": "1810 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 27", "text": "December 27 – Chartered British East Indiaman Elizabeth is wrecked off Dunkirk with the loss of more than 360 lives, many of them lascar seamen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357106545#October–December", "title": "1810", "revid": 1357106545, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1815, "year_label": "1815 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – The Arniston, an East Indiaman ship repatriating wounded troops to England from Ceylon, is wrecked near Waenhuiskrans, South Africa, with the loss of 372 of the 378 people on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365587765#May", "title": "1815", "revid": 1365587765, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1825, "year_label": "1825 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – The outbound British East Indiaman Kent 1820 EIC ship is destroyed by fire in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of more than 80 lives, but over 550 are saved by passing ships.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341744335#January–March", "title": "1825", "revid": 1341744335, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}