Editing General Hewett (1811 ship) (section)

===EIC===
''General Hewett'' made five trips to China or India for the EIC between 1816 and 1825.{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=114}}

====Voyage #1 (1816-17)====
Captain Walter Campbell left Portsmouth on 9 February 1816, in company with {{HMS|Alceste|1806|6}} and the brig {{HMS|Lyra|1810|6}}, which were carrying [[William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst|Lord Amherst]] on his 1816 diplomatic mission to China. The group reached [[Madeira]] on 19 February. ''Lyra'' and ''General Hewitt'' went on to [[Simon's Bay]] on 13 April, [[Batavia (Dutch East Indies)|Batavia]] on 12 June, [[Hong Kong]] bay on 10 July, and [[Huangpu District, Guangzhou|Whampoa]] on 22 October.<ref name=BL/>  ''Alceste'' sailed to [[Rio de Janeiro]] and met up with the other two vessels on 9 June at the [[Anyer|Anjere]] [[Roadstead|roads]].<ref>''Asiatic Journal'', Vol. 5 (1818), p.488.</ref>

After Lord Amherst had landed at [[Taku Forts|Taku]] to proceed to [[Beijing|Peking]], ''Alceste'' and ''General Hewett'' had gone to [[Guangzhou|Canton]]. There the authorities refused permission for ''Alceste'' to ascend the river and ordered the local merchants to deny ''General Hewitt'' any cargo. ''Alceste'' fired several broadsides at the fort and junks that attempted to block her way, and proceeded to anchor at the usual place. Shortly thereafter ''Alceste'' received fresh provisions, and ''General Hewett'' a cargo. The firing that had taken place at the mouth of the river was officially described as a "friendly interchange of salutes".<ref>''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine'', Vol. 89 (January 1861), pp.53-54.</ref>

On her return voyage ''General Hewett'' crossed the [[Pearl River (China)|Second Bar]] on 4 December and reached [[Saint Helena|St Helena]] on 12 March 1817. She arrived at [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|the Downs]] on 12 May.<ref name=BL/> Part of the presents for the Emperor of China, which Lord Amherst had not been able to deliver due to a disagreement between the British and the Court over protocol, had been sold in Canton and ''General Hewett'' was returning with the rest.<ref>''The Edinburgh monthly magazine'' [afterw.] ''Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine'' [afterw.] ''Blackwood's magazine'', Vol 1 (May 1817), p.205.</ref>

====Voyage #2 (1818-19)====
Captain Peter Cameron left the Downs on 28 May 1818, bound for [[Bengal]] and [[Chennai|Madras]]. On 14 September ''General Hewett'' arrived at the New Anchorage, [[Kolkatta|Calcutta]]. As she made her way back down the coast, she reached [[Kakinada|Coninga]] on 30 December, and then Madras on 9 January 1819. Homeward bound, she reached [[Colombo]] on 28 February, [[Port Louis]] on 13 April, and St Helena on 30 June. She arrived at [[Gravesend, Kent#Gravesend and Thames|Long Reach]] on September.<ref name=BL/>

====Voyage #3 (1820-21)====
Captain James Pearson left the Downs on 15 April 1820 for China.<ref name=BL/>  On 7 August, while navigating Clement's Strait, the eastern branch of [[Gaspar Strait]] between [[Bangka Island|Banca]] and [[Belitung|Billiton]] islands, ''General Hewett'' struck a rock and was aground for about 15 minutes. The rock came to be known as General Hewitt's Rock.{{sfnp|Horsburgh |1836|p=175}}

''General Hewett'' arrived at Whampoa on 28 August. On the return leg of her voyage she crossed the Second Bar on 5 November, reaching [[Cape colony|the Cape]] on 28 February 1821 and St Helena on 31 March. She arrived at Long Reach on 30 May.<ref name=BL/>

This return voyage was not without incident as His Majesty's Customs at [[Cape Town]] seized her cargo and that of ''Marchioness of Ely'' on account of defective manifests. This case also involved an issue of jurisdiction between the [[Vice admiralty court]] and the Court of Justice. The EIC's agent at Cape Town had to post bond in order for the vessels to continue on their journeys.

====Voyage #4 (1822-23)====
Captain Pearson left the Downs again on 19 June 1822 for Bengal.<ref name=BL/> On this voyage she carried part of the [[16th The Queen's Lancers|16th Lancers]], which regiment was transferring to India.<ref>''Historical Record...'' (1842), p.87.</ref> ''General Hewett'' reached the Cape on 1 October and arrived at the New Anchorage on 23 December. She was back at the Cape on 4 May 1823, and St Helena 16 days later. She arrived at Blackwall, on the Thames on 26 July.<ref name=BL/>

====Voyage #5 (1824-25)====
Captain Thomas William Barrow,{{sfnp|Hardy|1835|pp=18&29}} who had served aboard ''General Hewett'' as first officer on her previous voyage,{{sfnp|Hardy|1835|pp=18&29}} left the Downs on 23 June 1824 for Bengal. [''General Hewett''  arrived at the New Anchorage on 30 October. She left Bengal on 8 March 1825 and reached St Helena on 24 May.<ref name=BL/> ''General Hewitt'', Barrow, commander, was reported to be off Weymouth on 18 July. She arrived at Long Reach on 20 July.<ref name=BL/>

The EIC sold ''General Hewett'' to William Tindall on 22 September 1830 for £6250.<ref name=BL/>