Alexander (1811 ship)

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Flag of the United States.svg United States
NameAlexander
Launched1811, United States
CapturedCirca 1814
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameAlexander
AcquiredCirca 1814 by purchase of a prize
FateLast full listing in 1833
General characteristics
TypeBrig
Tons burthen227, [1] or 229 [2] [3] (bm)
PropulsionSail

Alexander was built in the United States in 1811 and captured as a prize during the War of 1812, or built in 1813 in Halifax. [3] She first appeared in Lloyd's Register for 1815 with Hamilton, master, M'Dowell, owner, and trade Greenock-Newfoundland. [4]

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Under the command of William Hamilton, she sailed from Ireland on 4 November 1815, and arrived at Port Jackson on 4 April 1816. [1] She transported 84 female convicts, three of whom died on the voyage. [5]

Alexander left Port Jackson on 23 June bound for England. [6]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1816HamiltonM'DowellCorkLR
1820HamiltonM'DowellCorkLR

On 4 November 1821 Alexander, Fryer, master, arrived at Liverpool from Demerara. She was on shore at Bootle Bay. [7] By 8 November she had been gotten off.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1821Hamilton
W.Fryer
M'DowellCork
Liverpool–Demerara
LR
1827W.Fryer
W.Tyron
Robinson
T.Ronaldson
Liverpool–DemeraraLR; damages and large repair 1822
1830W.FryerRobinsonLiverpool–MaranhãoLR; large repair 1822
1831W.Fryer
J.Green
RobinsonLiverpool–MaranhãoLR; large repair 1822, copper and damages repaired 1831

In 1831 Alexander sailed to Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. In 1833 she sailed from New South Wales to New Zealand. Later, she sailed to Trinidad.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1833J.GreenWalkinshawLiverpool–New South WalesLR; large repair 1822 & damages repaired 1831

The volume of Lloyd's Register for 1833 has the first mention of Alexander being of 229 tons (bm), and having been launched in 1813 at Halifax, Nova Scotia. [2] (This may have been the source of the information in Hackman. [3] ) Subsequent volumes to 1839 carry only minimal information and there is no ship arrival and departure data for Alexander, Green, master, after mid-1833.

Citations

  1. 1 2 Bateson (1959), pp. 290–91.
  2. 1 2 LR (1833), seq.No.A439.
  3. 1 2 3 Hackman (2001), p. 249.
  4. Lloyd's Register (1815).
  5. Bateson (1959), p. 327.
  6. "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.16. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  7. "SHIP NEWS". Morning Chronicle (London, England), 7 November 1821; Issue 16397.

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