Northumberland (1805 EIC ship)

She made six voyages as an extra ship of the British East India Company (EIC), between 1805 and 1818.

There a passenger, the future explorer and naturalist William John Burchell left her.

She reached Point de Galle on 5 April, the Cape on 5 June, and St Helena on 9 July.

[2] Captain John Robinson Francklin (or Franklin) acquired a letter of marque on 11 March 1808.

Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 29 December and Point de Galle on 7 February 1809.

[7] The hull of one of the four missing vessels was sighted overturned off Mauritius the following October, but sank before it could be identified.

[2] Captain Franklin left Portsmouth on 14 March 1810, bound for Madras and Bengal.

Finally homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 26 January 1812, Madras on 4 February, and St Helena on 11 May.

Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 29 January 1814, the Cape on 25 April, and St Helena on 19 May.

[2] Captain Franklin sailed from the Downs on 3 April 1815, bound for Madras and Bengal.

Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 25 November, Madras on 29 December, Bencoolen on 1 February 1816, and St Helena on 10 May.

[2] Captain William Mitchell sailed from the Downs on 6 May 1817, bound for Bengal and Bencoolen.