Streatham (1805 EIC ship)

As Britannia was on the point of tacking she ran afoul of Streatham and lost her bowsprit and foretopmast.

[6] Streatheam reached San Salvador on 10 November, and the Cape of Good Hope on 4 January 1806.

[2] After the Dutch Governor Jansens signed a capitulation on 18 January 1806, and the British established control of the Cape Colony, HMS Belliqueux escorted the East Indiamen William Pitt, Jane, Duchess of Gordon, Sir William Pulteney, and Comet to Madras.

The convoy included Northampton, Streatham, Europe, Union, Glory, and Sarah Christiana.

[2] In March, Dale joined several other EIC captains in a letter of protest against the British Royal Navy's having impressed seamen from Indiamen.

[10] Streatham and four other Indiamen, Europe, Lord Keith, Monarch, and Earl Spencer were expected to sail on 30 April under convoy by HMS Victor.

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

Dale, the senior EIC captain of the five vessels and so commodore, gave Monarch permission to sail to Penang.

Dale gave the breakdown of the people on board as 44 British, 16 foreign, 33 Chinese, 40 lascars, and four invalided soldiers.

In the action the Chinese and Portuguese seamen deserted their guns; all the casualties were from among the British who continued to resist.

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

[12] The British recaptured Streatham and Europe during the raid on Saint-Paul on the Île Bonaparte on 21 September.

The British raiding party burned the warehouses where the captors had stored the silk and other valuable parts of the cargo from both Stratham and Europe.

Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 9 January 1811 that the captured vessels, except for Europe, which had been sent to Bombay, had all arrived at the Cape of Good Hope.

She was at the Cape on 1 November, reached St Helena on 26 April 1810, and arrived at The Downs on 3 July.

[2] Captain Charles Mortlock sailed from Portsmouth on 2 June 1813, bound for Bengal and Java.