The Voyage
The Royal Captain's first and only voyage took her to China via St Helena. Captain Edward Berrow (or Barrow) sailed from Portsmouth on 30 January 1773, reached St Helena on 11 April, and arrived at Whampoa on 23 August. She crossed the Second Bar on 28 November on her way home.
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