The EIC's Forgotten Shipwreck: The Grosvenor and Indian Ocean Piracy

In 1782, the East India Company's ship Grosvenor wrecked off the coast of South Africa, stranding over 100 survivors in one of the most harrowing castaway stories of the 18th century. But the real scandal wasn't the wreck itself—it was what followed. Lucas and Luna explore how the disaster exposed the brutal realities of Company-era maritime travel, the politics of salvage, and the forgotten role of piracy in the Indian Ocean. Along the way, they meet the notorious pirate Henry Avery, whose attack on the Ganj-i-Sawai in 1695 sparked an international manhunt, and examine the EIC's secret war against pirates from the Swahili Coast to the Malabar Coast. This episode uncovers a side of the Company few know: its vulnerability on the high seas, its ruthless pursuit of stolen treasure, and the human cost of its global ambitions. #EastIndiaCompany #GrosvenorShipwreck #HenryAvery #IndianOceanPiracy #SouthAfrica #1782 #Ganj-i-Sawai #MughalEmpire #BombayMarine #Salvage #18thCentury #MaritimeHistory #Castaway #Piracy #TreasureHunt #ColonialHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo