Malabar (1795 ship)
Malabar was the Nieuwland, launched in 1794 for the Dutch East India Company. The British seized her in 1795 and new owners renamed her Malabar. She made two complete voyages under charter to the British East India Company before she burnt at Madras in 1801 in an accident. Origins The Dutch East India Company built Nieuwland at Amsterdam. On 16 December 1795 Nieuwland put into Plymouth on her way home from the Dutch East Indies. Her captain did not know that England and the Batavian Republic were now at war. The British seized Nieuwland and sold her. EIC voyages William Hamilton purchased Nieuwland and renamed her Malabar. The EIC engaged Malabar as an "extra ship", that is, it chartered her. Before taking her up, it had Perry measure and repair her. On 4 April 1796, Captain Robert Torin received a letter of marque for Malabar. However, apparently he did not sail her for long, if at all. Voyage #1 (1796-1797) On 27 June 1796, Captain William Edmeades sailed from Portsmouth, bound for Bombay. By 19 September Malabar was at the Cape, and she arrived at Bombay on - 20 January 1797. Homeward bound, she reached Tellicherry on 20 March and