Streatham (1805 EIC ship)
Streatham was launched in 1805 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made seven voyages for the EIC. On her second voyage the French captured her, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her some months later. She was broken up in 1821. Career EIC voyage #1 (1805-1807) Captain John Dale acquired a letter of marque on 17 June 1805. He sailed from Cork on 31 August 1805, bound for Madras and Bengal. Streatham stopped at Madeira on 29 September. Streatham was one of the EIC vessels that were part of the expedition under General Sir David Baird and Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham that would in 1806 capture the Dutch Cape Colony. They would carry supplies and troops to the Cape, and then continue on their voyages. At 3:30 a.m. on 1 November, near Rocas Atoll at , sighted the danger and fired a gun, the signal to tack; she herself barely missed the danger. King George was unable to tack and wrecked. As was on the point of tacking she ran afoul of Streatham and lost her bowsprit and foretopmast. She then drifted on to the atoll where she lost her rudder and bilged.