Kent (ship)


At least seven ships with the name Kent served the Honourable East India Company as an East Indiaman between 1680 and 1825:
  • , 130 tons burthen, 27-28 crew and 12-20 guns, made two voyages to India between 1681 and 1687.
  • Kent, 140 tons burthen, launched on the Thames in 1684 for Sir William Chardin.
  • , launched on the Thames in 1703 for Sir Stephen Evance, a ship of 350 tons, 26-30 guns and 70 crew, made four voyages to China or India between 1704 and 1716. Sold out of the EIC's service in 1717.
  • , a ship of 498 tons, 30 guns and 99 crew, made four trips to India or China for the company between 1740 and 1756. Sold in 1756 for breaking up.
  • , 842 tons, made four trips to India or China between 1764 and 1774. Sold for breaking up in 1774.
  • was launched in Deptford. She made six voyages to India, China, and South East Asia for the British East India Company. She was sold for breaking up in 1797.
  • , 875 tons, twenty-six 9 and 18-pounder guns, was on her first voyage, to Bengal, when the French privateer Robert Surcouf captured her on 7 October 1800.
  • , of 1332 tons, made two voyages to Bombay and China and was lost at sea to a fire in 1825 at the beginning of her third voyage.