Caleb Crookenden and Co. of
West Itchenor,
West Sussex, launched
Hartwell in February 1787, for Captain John Fiott. He claimed she was the largest ship of her kind in the service of the EIC. Captain Edward Fiott sailed
Hartwell from
The Downs on 25 April 1787, bound for China. After severe Atlantic gales, on 20 May, a mutiny broke out when the crew refused to extinguish lights. Fiott arrested and confined three men, but with half the crew still refusing to obey orders, he changed course and headed for the Cape Verde islands, where he intended to hand over the mutineers to the authorities. However, on 24 May
Hartwell ran onto a reef three
leagues north-east of the island of
Boa Vista. Although she broke up and sank, all the crew were saved. ==Salvage==