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Six vessels with the name ''Royal George'' made voyages for the British 
* was launched by Perry, Blackwall, on 2 August 1737 and was of 550 tons ( bm).Hackman (2001), p.187. She made four voyages for the EIC between 1737 and 1750. She was sold for breaking up in 1750.
* , of 430 tons (bm), was launched on 20 September 1758 by Wells & Stanton, Deptford, for the EIC. She and made three voyages while under EIC ownership. On 30 June 1767 the EIC sold her for 46,300 rupees to Captain Cleugh at Bombay.
* was launched in 1777 and made one complete voyage for the EIC. A Spanish fleet captured her in the British Library: ''Royal George'' (5).
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East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...
, and so may be referred to as East Indiamen
East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vesse ...
. The company actually owned one, four were on long-term charter, and one was a one-voyage charter. The vessels were named in honour of one or more of the British kings whose name was George.
* was launched by Perry, Blackwall, on 2 August 1737 and was of 550 tons ( bm).Hackman (2001), p.187. She made four voyages for the EIC between 1737 and 1750. She was sold for breaking up in 1750.
* , of 430 tons (bm), was launched on 20 September 1758 by Wells & Stanton, Deptford, for the EIC. She and made three voyages while under EIC ownership. On 30 June 1767 the EIC sold her for 46,300 rupees to Captain Cleugh at Bombay.
* was launched in 1777 and made one complete voyage for the EIC. A Spanish fleet captured her in the action of 9 August 1780
The action of 9 August 1780 was a naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, in which a Spanish fleet, led by Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova, along with a squadron of French ships, encountered a large British convoy. The Spanish ...
. She then became the Spanish Navy 40-gun frigate ''Real Jorge'', but was out of service by 1784 and broken up thereafter.
* , of 1333 tons (bm), was launched on 12 October 1802 by Perry, Blackwall. She made seven voyages for the EIC between 1803 and 1818. She was sold for breaking up in 1818.
* , of 1426 tons (bm), was launched on 10 October 1820 by Wigrams & Green, Blackwall.Hackman (2001), p.188. She made two complete voyages for the EIC before she burned at Whampoa on 24 December 1825./ref>
See also
* - one of eight vessels that served the BritishRoyal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
* - several vessels have made single voyages for the EIC, or after 1814 sailed to India under a license from the EIC
Citations
References
* Hackman, Rowan (2001) ''Ships of the East India Company''. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). {{DEFAULTSORT:Royal George (East Indiaman) Ships of the British East India Company Age of Sail merchant ships Merchant ships of the United Kingdom