West Indiaman

[2] The term was used to refer to vessels belonging to the Danish (e.g. Æolus), Dutch, English, and French (e.g.

Similarly, at the time (18th and 19th centuries) people also referred to East Indiamen (ships trading with the East Indies), Guineamen (slave ships), or Greenlandmen (whalers in the North Seas whale fishery).

Lord William Bentinck, a comparably sized East Indiaman, had a height of 6 ft 9 in (2.1 m) below her deck.

East Indiamen carried mostly light goods in bales or cases that could be and were necessarily laid to a greater height.

[4] Often the same vessel would move between roles and routes over the course of her career as entrepreneurial owners chased profitability.