Lord Keith (1804 ship)

On her second voyage, and unusually for an East Indiaman, she participated in the proceeds for the recapture of a former British Royal Navy brig and possibly in a skirmish with a French ship.

Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 3 June, reached St Helena on 22 October, and arrived at The Downs on 23 December.

[2] Lloyd's List reported that the Indiaman Dover Castle had retaken Admiral Rainier, country-ship, at 3°N 89°E / 3°N 89°E / 3; 89, on 30 December 1806.

[5] The officers and men of the Indiamen Lord Keith and Dover Castle received salvage money in October 1810 for the recapture of Admiral Rainier on 31 December 1806,[6] as did Ocean.

[2] The day before Lord Keith arrived at The Downs, she apparently skirmished with a French ship,[2] but there is no further information available in online resources.

Lord Keith was at St Helena on 4 July, the Cape of Good Hope on 15 September, and Trincomalee on 10 December.

[2] On 2 May 1809 she departed from the Sandheads with a convoy of four other Indiamen and several smaller vessels, all under the escort of HMS Victor.

On 24 May a storm split the convoy and Victor and the small ships separately lost touch with the Indiamen.

The three remaining Indiamen, Streatham, Europe, and Lord Keith continued on their way while hoping to meet up with Victor.

[9] Lord Keith too exchanged broadsides with Caroline and was damaged, however she escaped and sailed to Penang to repair.

Repairs completed, all three then sailed together and reached St Helena on 14 November; they arrived at The Downs on 19 or 20 January 1810.

Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 24 February 1811, reached St Helena on 18 June, and arrived at The Downs on 30 August.

Next she was at Point de Galle on 9 January 1815, reached the Cape on 27 March and St Helena on 24 April, and arrived at The Downs on 23 June.

[1] Still, she appears in the 1820 volume of Lloyd's Register with P. Campbell, master, R. Morris, owner, and trade London–Bengal.