Three vessels with the name ''Scarborough'' have served the British
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...
(EIC).
* was launched December 1734 and made two voyages for the EIC. The
Royal Navy
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purchased her on 21 November 1739 to use as a storeship, but then used her as a hospital ship instead. The Navy sold her on 18 December 1744.
* , launched c.1740, made four voyages for the EIC and gave her name to
Scarborough Shoal
Scarborough Shoal, also known as ''Panacot,'' (" Masinloc Shoal" in Spanish), Huangyan Island (Mandarin zh, c=黄岩岛, p=Huáng Yán Dǎo, l=yellow rock island), Minzhu Jiao ( Guoyu zh, c=民主礁, l=Democracy Reef), and Panatag Shoal () ...
after grounding there in 1748.
* , launched in 1782, carried convicts on the
First Fleet
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to
New South Wales
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, carried a cargo for the EIC from China back to Britain, and again carried convicts on the
Second Fleet. ''Scarborough'' then made one more trip for the EIC between 1801 and 1802.
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Ships of the British East India Company
Age of Sail merchant ships
Merchant ships of the United Kingdom