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1. The East Indiaman Repulse (1820) in the East India Dock Basin.
*The East Indiaman Repulse (1820) in the East India Dock Basin. The docks of London had extensive basins at high tide. A basin allowed large numbers of ships to gather together to avoid the delay of going through...
2. The arms of the original East India Company.
*The arms of the original East India Company. The Honourable Company of London Merchants trading with the East Indies was formed in December 1600, and soon became known as the East India Company...
3. The Shun Lee.
*The Shun Lee. A print of the 'Shun Lee', a tea-clipper of 700 tons. She was built by William Walker of Lavender Dock, Rotherhithe. Clippers were vessels built to...
4. The late storms: the 'Loss Book' at Lloyd's.
*The late storms: the 'Loss Book' at Lloyd's. A dramatic scene in the interior of Lloyd's of London - anxious faces analyse the Loss Book in the aftermath of a severe storm. Every vessel lost was...
5. The new tea warehouses at London Docks.
*The new tea warehouses at London Docks. By the middle of the 19th century, the tea trade from the East to Britain was an enormous undertaking. Tea had moved from being the choice beverage...
6. Wrecks of the Britannia and Admiral Gardner on the Goodwin Sands, 24 January 1809.
*Wrecks of the Britannia and Admiral Gardner on the Goodwin Sands, 24 January 1809. The 813-ton East Indiaman 'Admiral Gardner' was built in 1796 at Blackwall. She was named after Alan Gardner, the first Baron Gardner...
7. The West India Import Dock.
*The West India Import Dock. A print of the West India Import Dock in 1817. Most depictions of the dock from that time stress the number or size of the ships, Gwyllt's imposing...
8. The Seringapatam, East Indiaman, 1000 tons.
*The Seringapatam, East Indiaman, 1000 tons. The 'Seringapatam' was built at Green's yard at Blackwall in 1837. These so-called Blackwall Frigates superceded the slower East India Company's...
9. Site of the old East India Company Yard.
*Site of the old East India Company Yard. The East India Company built ships in Deptford from the 17th century onwards, both in its own yard and later in the private establishments that...
10. New class East Indiaman, by Richard Nibbs.
*New class East Indiaman, by Richard Nibbs. A new class East Indiaman at the mouth of the Thames. By the late 1840s, the old East Indiamen had been replaced by the so-called 'Blackwall...
 
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