Lapwing was a packet ship built in France in 1762 that the British East India Company acquired.

She made two round-trips to India for the company, with the EIC selling her in 1765 in Bengal on her third voyage.

Captain John Griffin (or Griffen) left Britain on 5 April 1762, bound for Madras.

[2] Captain John Griffin started on 28 March 1764, bound for Bengal,[3] but did not leave Portsmouth until 3 June.

On 23 January 1765 she arrived at Ingeli, a point on the west side of the Hooghli Estuary.