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They were influenced by the successful business ventures of the Dutch East India Company. Between the 1630s and early 1660s, French efforts were smaller in scale, but they enjoyed some success. French merchant ships traversed the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and the northwestern coast of the Indian subcontinent.
- 1 September 1664
- Lorient
This website is about ships which were in the East India Company's merchant service, which operated from 1600 to 1834. Sometimes the vessels were employed by the Company only for a short time as an interlude from being more normally employed elsewhere. See the FAQ about ship roles for more information about this.
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The French East India Company flourished briefly from 1670 to 1675; but by 1680 little money had been made, and many ships were in need of repair. In 1719 the Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales was absorbed by the short-lived Compagnie des Indes.
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Jul 4, 2018 · History. Fast Facts. French India Reign: 1668 – 1954. The French East India Company: 1664 – 1794. Capital: Pondicherry. Political structure: Colony. First Commissioner in India: François Caron. First Governor in India: François Martin.
Mar 4, 2015 · In turn, parliament backed the company with state power: the ships and soldiers that were needed when the French and British East India Companies trained their guns on each other.
Feb 29, 2024 · Plan of a slave ship of the French East India Company that loaded its “cargo” in 1769. Image: Musée de la Compagnie des Indes. (W. Commons) Around the onset of the French Revolution, thanks to the Anglo-French Commercial Treaty (Eden Agreement), the company’s operations thrived, and its stock price surpassed its nominal value. With ...
Ships of the East India Company were called East Indiamen or simply "Indiamen". Their names were sometimes prefixed with the initials "HCS", standing for "Honourable Company's Service" [104] or "Honourable Company's Ship", [105] such as HCS Vestal (1809) and HCS Intrepid (1780) .
