Kent (East Indiaman) Explained

At least seven ships with the name Kent served the Honourable East India Company as an East Indiaman between 1680 and 1825:

, 130 tons burthen (bm), 27-28 crew and 12-20 guns, made two voyages to India between 1681 and 1687.
Kent, 140 tons burthen, launched on the Thames in 1684 for Sir William Chardin.^[1]
, launched on the Thames in 1703 for Sir Stephen Evance, a ship of 350 tons (bm), 26-30 guns and 70 crew, made four voyages to China or India between 1704 and 1716. Sold out of the EIC's service in 1717.^[2]
, a ship of 498 (or 557^[2]) tons (bm), 30 guns and 99 crew, made four trips to India or China for the company between 1740 and 1756. Sold in 1756 for breaking up.^[2]
, 842 (or 676^[2]) tons (bm), made four trips to India or China between 1764 and 1774. Sold for breaking up in 1774.^[2]
was launched in Deptford. She made six voyages to India, China, and South East Asia for the British East India Company (EIC). She was sold for breaking up in 1797.
, 875 tons (bm), twenty-six 9 and 18-pounder guns, was on her first voyage, to Bengal, when the French privateer Robert Surcouf captured her on 7 October 1800.
, of 1332 tons (bm), made two voyages to Bombay and China and was lost at sea to a fire in 1825 at the beginning of her third voyage.

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