Kent (1799 ship)

	Capture of Kent by Confiance. Painting by Ambroise Louis Garneray
History
East India Company
Name	Kent
Owner	Henry Bonham (principal managing owner)
Builder	Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet
Launched	1799, or 10 February 1800,
Fate	Captured 1800
Denmark
Name	Cronberg
General characteristics
Type	East Indiaman
Tons burthen	824, or 875 78⁄94 (bm)
Length	145 ft 6 in (44.35 m) (overall); 117 ft 11 in (35.94 m) (keel)
Beam	36 ft 3 in (11.05 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Complement	100
Armament	1800:20 × 12-pounder long guns; 1801:6 × 6-pounder guns;

Kent, launched in 1799, was an East Indiaman of the British East India Company. On her first voyage in 1800 she was on her way to Bengal and Bencoolen when the French privateer Robert Surcouf captured her near the mouth of the Ganges.

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^ ^a ^b Hackman (2001), p. 135.
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^ Demerliac (2003), p. 326.

History
Capture of Kent by Confiance. Painting by Ambroise Louis Garneray
East India Company
Name	Kent
Owner	Henry Bonham (principal managing owner)
Builder	Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet
Launched	1799,^[1] or 10 February 1800,^[2]
Fate	Captured 1800
Denmark
Name	Cronberg
General characteristics ^[1]
Type	East Indiaman
Tons burthen	824, or 875 78⁄94^[2] (bm)
Length	145 ft 6 in (44.35 m) (overall); 117 ft 11 in (35.94 m) (keel)
Beam	36 ft 3 in (11.05 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Complement	100^[3]
Armament	1800:20 × 12-pounder long guns 1801:6 × 6-pounder guns^[4]