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{{other ships|Northampton (East Indiaman)}}
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'''''Northampton''''' was launched in 1740 as an [[East Indiaman]] and made one voyage in 1741 for the British [[East India Company]] (EIC). She was on a second voyage in 1744 when she foundered. For both voyages she was under the command of Captain Duncomb Backwell.
==Voyage 1 (1741-42)==
''Northampton'' left [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|the Downs]] on 12 March 1741, bound for China. She arrived at [[Whampoa anchorage|Whampoa]] on 12 August. On the return leg of her voyage she traversed the [[Bocca Tigris]] on 31 December, reached the [[Cape colony|Cape]] on 13 April 1742, and [[Saint Helena|St Helena]] on 25 May.<ref name=BL/> The Indiamen ''Northampton'', ''Queen Caroline'', ''Halifax'', ''Royal George'', [[Kent (c.1740)|''Kent'']], [[Scarborough (1740 EIC ship)|''Scarborough'']], and [[Snow (ship)|snow]] ''Swift'' left St Helena on 26 June, together with their escorts, [[HMS Bonaventure (1650)|HMS ''Argyl'']] and {{HMS|Lynn|1741|6}}. They arrived safe off of Dover on 16 September.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=854|page=6|date=14 September 1742}}</ref> ''Northampton'' arrived at [[Woolwich]] on 3 October.<ref name=BL/>
==Voyage 2 and loss==
''Northampton'' left the [[Nore]] on 20 July 1744, bound for [[Mumbai|Bombay]] and China. She was in company with ''Hardwick'', but they parted during a violent storm about 50 [[league (unit)|leagues]] east of [[Réunion|Bourbon]]. ''Northampton'' was not heard of again.<ref name=BL/>
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==References==
*Cotton, Sir Evan (1949) ''East Indiamen: The East India Company's Maritime Service''. (Batchworth Press).
*Hackman, Rowan (2001) ''Ships of the East India Company''. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). {{ISBN|0-905617-96-7}}
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