Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794)

In 1794, after the onset of the French Revolutionary Wars the British government contemplated an invasion of Île de France (Mauritius). To that end it detained at Portsmouth a large number of East Indiamen sailing for the British East India Company (EIC). The government cancelled the invasion and in May 1794 released the vessels it had detained. When it did so, it paid demurrage for having delayed the vessels' voyages to the Indies and China.

Vessel	Demurrage (Days)	Demurrage (£sd)
Airly Castle	72	£1,500
Albion	71	£1,479 3s 4d
Alfred	9	£241 17s 6d
Asia	72	£1,500
Boddam	71	£1,479 3s 4d
Bridgewater	71	£1,479 3s 4d
Busbridge	72	£1,365 12s
Carnatic	129	£3,440
Contractor	1	£18 19s 4d
Dublin	72	£1,500
Duke of Montrose	62	£1,291 13s 4d
Dutton	129	£2,687 10s
Earl of Wycombe	62	£1,087 1s 4d
Essex	72	£1,500
Europa	42	£875
Ganges	22	£458 6s 8d
General Eliott	71	£1,346 12s 8d
General Goddard	71	£1,479 3s 4d
King George	22	£458 6s 8d
Lord Camden	129 days	£2,687 10s
Lord Hawkesbury	123	£2,562 10s
Lord Macartney	62	£1,291 13s 4d
Manship	123	£2,562 10s
Melville Castle	123	£2,562 10s
Middlesex	22	£458 6s 8d
Nottingham	22	£586 13s 4d
Ocean	22	£586 13s 4d
Phoenix	72	£1,500 9d
Ponsborne	39	£812 10s
Queen	71	£1,479 3s 4d
Raymond	22	£456 6s 8d
Rockingham	129	£2,687 10s
Rose	22	£456 6s 8d
Sulivan	22	£456 6s 8d
Taunton Castle	17	£456 17s 6d
True Briton	71	£1,908 2s 6d
Valentine	22	£417 5s 4d
Woodford	62	£1,666 5s

The British government finally invaded and captured Île de France (Mauritius) in 1810. This time the transport vessels the British government hired were mostly "country ships", vessels registered in ports of British India such as Bombay and Calcutta. It also hired a small number of EIC vessels that had already arrived at Madras or Calcutta.

See also: Transport vessels for the British invasions of Île Bourbon and Île de France (1810)