On this day, the ship named Lady Lushington acquired its second letter of marque from the British government.

A letter of marque was the licence issued by a government that allowed a private person on a vessel to attack and capture a vessel of a nation that was at war with the issuer of the licence.

Lady Lushington was on its second voyage for the East India Company at that time. It was launched in 1808 and chartered by the East India Company in 1809.

It would make four voyages for the company and several others. Its first voyage for the company was from Portsmouth to Calcutta and back to England, during which it obtained its first marque letter. Its second voyage followed the same route.

In 1821, sailing towards Calcutta under a licence from the company, she was wrecked. Many lives were lost.

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