Nonsuch (1781 ship)
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Nonsuch (1781 ship)
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Nonsuch was launched at Calcutta in 1781 as the first large vessel built there. She was designed to serve as either a merchantman or a man-of-war. She spent the first 12 years of her career as a merchant vessel, carrying opium to China amongst other cargoes. After the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793 her owner frequently hired her out as an armed ship to the British East India Company (EIC). She participated in an engagement with a French naval squadron and recaptured an East In
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India-built British merchant ship 1781–1802
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonsuch_(1781_ship)
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2023-12-20T23:14:09Z
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