Transport vessels for the cancelled British attack on Manila (1797)
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Transport vessels for the cancelled British attack on Manila (1797)
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In 1797 the British East India Company (EIC) chartered a number of East Indiamen and country ships to serve as transport for a planned attack on Manila. The vessels gathered at Penang in September and waited there. However, the Government cancelled the invasion following a peace treaty with Spain and the EIC released the vessels it had engaged. The listing of EIC vessels comes from a report on claims by their captains for payment for their vessels' time. The EIC held several vessels in India to
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