Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794)
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Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794)
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In 1794, after the onset of the French Revolutionary Wars the British government contemplated an invasion of Île de France (Mauritius). To that end it detained at Portsmouth a large number of East Indiamen sailing for the British East India Company (EIC). The government cancelled the invasion and in May 1794 released the vessels it had detained. When it did so, it paid demurrage for having delayed the vessels' voyages to the Indies and China. The British government finally invaded and captured Î
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2019-03-25T04:26:21Z
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