Grenville (1764 EIC ship)
British merchant ship and naval transport 1764–1779
Grenville was launched at Deptford in 1764 as an East Indiaman. She made four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before her owners sold her in 1777 to the Royal Navy, which renamed her HMS Tortoise and employed her as a transport. She foundered in 1779.
East Indiaman
EIC voyage #1 (1765–1766): Captain Parson Fenner sailed from the Downs on 4 March 1765, bound for Madras and Bengal. Grenville reached São Tiago on 29 March and the Cape of Good Hope on 5 July. She was at Madras on 5 September and reached Kedgeree on 15 October. Homeward bound, she was at Ingeli on 8 December, reached St Helena on 30 May 1766, and arrived back at the Downs on 21 August.
EIC voyage #2 (1768–1769): Captain Burnet Abercrombie sailed from the Downs on 7 April 1768, bound for Madras and Bombay. Grenville reached False Bay on 9 July and Madras on 5 September. She was at Masulipatam on 25 September before returning to Madras on 6 October.
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