Asia (1798 ship)

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NameAsia
OwnerSanson & Co.
BuilderPhiladelphia
Launched1798 [1]
FateTaken; condemned 1805
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameDuchess of York
OwnerJ. Annen & Co.
Acquired1805 by purchase
FateWrecked 1 February 1826
General characteristics
Type Full-rigged ship
Tons burthen342, [2] [3] or 350, [4] or 35080⁄94 [1] or 351, or 357 [5] (bm)
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • 1800:4 × 4-pounder + 2 × 9-pounder + 1 × 6-pounder guns [2] [3]
  • 1810:2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 9-pounder carronades [5]
  • 1810:6 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder guns "of the new construction" [4]
  • 1815:12 × 4-pounder guns + 2 × 9-pounder carronades [6]
  • 1815:8 × 9-pounder + 6 × 6-pounder guns [6]
  • 1815:10 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 4-pounders "of the new construction"

Asia was launched at Philadelphia. Early records have her launch year as 1795, but later records have it as 1798. She entered British records in 1800 as trading with the Far East. As the British East India Company had a monopoly of British trade with the Far East, Asia almost certainly did not sail under the British flag, though she did operate from Britain. In 1805 the privateer Mercury seized her and the High Court of Admiralty condemned Asia for trading with France. New owners named her Duchess of York (or Dutchess of York, depending on the source). She then became a West Indiaman. She was wrecked at Guadeloupe in 1826.

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Asia

Asia first appeared in British shipping registers in 1800.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1800T. MorganSanson & Co.London-IndiaRegister of Shipping [2]
1800MorganSanson & Co.London-CantonLloyd's Register [3]
1805W. MorganSanson & Co.London-CantonLloyd's Register [7]

On 22 May 1805 the Prize Court condemned Asia. The privateer Mercury had detained her for trading with the French. [1]

Duchess of York

J. Annen & Co. purchased Asia and renamed her Duchess of York. [1]

On 18 November 1810, Duchess of York was outbound from London to Rio de Janeiro when she ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. Some boats from Ramsgate got her off. [8]

On 19 December 1812 a violent gale damaged Dutchess of York, Massingham, master, and several other vessels in the Tagus. [9]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1806MassinghamJ. Annen & Co.London-SurinamRegister of Shipping [10]
1806PoultenyJ. Annen & Co.London-West IndiesLloyd's Register [11]
1809Masingham
D. Dorothy		J. Annen & Co.London—Montevideo
London—Curacoa 		Register of Shipping
1810Dorothy
Masingham		J. Annen & Co.Liverpool-Curacoa
London-Haiti		Register of Shipping [5]
1810Butler
Masingham		J.Annen & Co.London-West IndiesLloyd's Register [4]
1815MassinghamJ.Annen & Co.London-Buenos AiresRegister of Shipping [6]
1815MassinghamJ. Annen & Co.London-Buenos AiresLloyd's Register [12]
1820MassinghamJ. Annen & Co.London-Buenos AiresLloyd's Register [13] Register of Shipping [14]
1826G. OxleySomes & Co.Cork transportLloyd's Register [15]
1826OxleyCurling & Co.London transportRegister of Shipping [16]

Loss

The transport Dutchess of York, Ford, master, was wrecked on 1 February 1826 on the north coast of Guadeloupe. All on board were rescued. [17] Lloyd's Register and Register of Shipping no longer list her in 1827.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hackman (2001), p. 269.
  2. 1 2 3 Register of Shipping (1800), №A558.
  3. 1 2 3 Lloyd's Register (1800), Seq. №A583.
  4. 1 2 3 Lloyd's Register (1810), Seq. №D430.
  5. 1 2 3 Register of Shipping (1810), Seq. №D430.
  6. 1 2 3 Register of Shipping (1815), Seq. №№D532.
  7. ↑ Lloyd's Register (1805), Seq. №A1020.
  8. ↑ Lloyd's List №4512.
  9. ↑ Lloyd's List №4735.
  10. ↑ Register of Shipping (1806), D Supplemental.
  11. ↑ Lloyd's Register (1806), Seq. №D401.
  12. ↑ Lloyd's Register (1815), Seq. №D411.
  13. ↑ Lloyd's Register (1820), Seq. №D420.
  14. ↑ Register of Shipping (1820), Seq. №D484.
  15. ↑ Lloyd's Register (1826), Seq. №D469.
  16. ↑ Register of Shipping (1826), Seq. №D487.
  17. ↑ Lloyd's List №6098.

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