Alcyone (1814 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Alcyone (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Name	Alcyone
Builder	France
Launched	1810 [1]
Acquired	1814 by purchase of a prize
Fate	Last listed in 1824
General characteristics
Tons burthen	38569⁄94, [2] or 386 [3] (bm)

Alcyone (or Alcione), was launched in France in 1810 and under another name. She was taken in prize. Waters & Co. purchased her in 1814 and renamed her. She initially sailed to Asia and India under a licence from the British East India Company, and was the first vessel to formally to receive such a licence. She then sailed between London and the Cape of Good Hope. She was last listed in 1824.

Career

Alcyone first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1814. ^[1]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1814	W.Johnson	Waters & Co.	Plymouth–London	LR
1815	W.Johnson E.Waters	Waters	London–Java	LR

In 1813 the EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a licence from the EIC. ^[4] Alcyone's owners applied for a licence on 25 June 1814 and received the licence on 27 June. ^[2]

On 28 September 1815 Alcyone sailed to Batavia. ^[5] On 17 October she was at Madeira, and two days after she sailed for Batavia.

On 17 February 1817 Alcyone sailed to Bombay.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1818	J.Thompson	Nourse & Co.	London–CGH	LR
1824	J.Thompson	Nourse & Co.	London–CGH	LR

Fate

Alcyone was last listed in 1824.

Citations

1. LR (1810), Supple. pages "A", Seq.No.A62.
2. House of Commons (1816).
3. Hackman (2001), p. 249.
4. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
5. LR (1816), "Licensed and Country Ships".

References

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN   0-905617-96-7.
• House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1816). Parliamentary Papers. Vol. 10.