General Goddard (1782 ship)

General Goddard (left) capturing seven Dutch East Indiamen on 14 June 1795 (Thomas Luny, c. 1796)
History
Great Britain
NameGeneral Goddard
NamesakeGeneral Thomas Wyndham Goddard, who played a major role in the First Anglo-Maratha War in 1780
Owner
  • EIC Voyages 1 & 2: William Money
  • EIC Voyages 3-6: Robert Wigram
BuilderRandall
Launched30 January 1782
Captured15 November 1799
General characteristics
Tons burthen79990⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 143 ft 10 in (43.8 m) (overall)
  • 116 ft 7 in (35.5 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 11 in (10.9 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 9 in (4.5 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • Voyages #1–6: 100 men
  • Voyage #7:50 men
Armament
  • 1st Letter of Marque: 20 × 9-pounder guns
  • 2nd Letter of Marque: 26 × 9 & 4-pounder guns
  • 3rd Letter of Marque: 36 × 9 & 4-pounder guns
  • 4th Letter of Marque: 24 × 9 & 4-pounder guns
  • 20 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 4-pounder guns

General Goddard was an East Indiaman launched in 1782 that made six voyages to the East Indies for the Honourable East India Company. After she was sold, she made one journey to the West Indies, where the Spanish captured her in November 1799. Her most notable exploit occurred on her fifth voyage, when she participated on 15 June 1795 in the capture of seven Dutch East Indiamen.

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