Ships of the Honourable East India Company J Murdoch The Honourable East India Company was a response to the Dutch East India Company . This paper discusses the evolution and design of their ships

Ships of the Honourable East India Company J Murdoch The Honourable East India Company was a response to the Dutch East India Company . Many of the delicacies of life were being supplied by the Dutch and English money was leaving the country. Such an affront to mercantilism was unacceptable. The main cause of this money outflow was the fashionable desire for nutmeg. There was typically a 16 fold profit margin on this spice in the early 1600…

…the Bombay marine. Most of the actual details about the ships design and capabalites came from this book Lloyds Registrar Information sheet no. 7 The Honourable East India Company http://www.lr.org/services_overview/shipping_information/is007heic.htm Stepney Notes http://website.lineone.net/~fight/Stepney/honourab.htm A single page web site focusing on mainly on the London docks that built East Indiamen Spartacus. Untitled http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/LONeast.htm