Asia (1817 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameAsia
OwnerW. Stoveld, and Richard Stoveld (managing)
BuilderRichard Bulmer & Co, [1] Shields
Launched7 October 1817 [1]
Notes7 October 1817 (registered)
General characteristics
Type Brig
Tons burthen401, [2] or 410, [1] [3] or 4114794 [4] (bm)
Length108 ft 6 in (33.1 m) [1]
Beam29 ft 11 in (9.1 m) [1]
Depth20 ft 0 in (6.1 m) [1]
PropulsionSail

Asia was a 410-ton merchant brig built at Shields in 1817. During her career she made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC), and one transporting convicts from England to Van Diemen's Land. She is last listed in 1833 and may have wrecked late that year.

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EIC voyage (1820-21)

Captain James Lindsay left Cork on 19 August 1820, bound for Bengal. Asia arrived at Calcutta on 26 January 1821. She was at Diamond Harbour on 19 March and passed Saugor on 2 April. She reached St Helena on 22 July, and arrived at Blackwall on 1 August. [5]

Convict voyage (1823-24)

Under the command of James Lindsay, she sailed from The Downs, England on 9 August 1823, and arrived at Hobart Town on 19 January 1824. [2] She had embarked 150 male convicts and landed all, no convicts having died on the voyage. [6] Asia left Hobart Town on 27 January bound for Sydney. [7] Asia left Sydney on 11 March bound for Madras with part of the 48th Regiment. [8]

Lloyd's Register

Lloyd's RegisterMasterOwnerTrade
1818W. JacksonBulmerLondon
1819W. JacksonBulmerLondon
1820W. JacksonBulmerLondon
1821W. JacksonBulmerLondon
1822LindsayBulmerLondon-Bombay
1823LindsayBulmerLondon-Fort William
London-NSW
1824LindsayBulmerLondon-NSW
1825LindsayBulmerLondon-NSW
1826LindsayBulmerLondon-NSW
1827LindsayBulmerLondon-NSW
1828LindsayBulmerLondon-NSW
1829LindsayBulmerLondon-NSW
1830Lindsay
Parker
Bulmer
Stoveld
1831ParkerStoveldLondon-Halifax
1832ParkerStoveldLondon-Halifax
1833ParkerStoveldLondon-Halifax

The Register of Shipping for 1833 carried Asia with Perkins, master, changing to Stephenson. Her owner was Stowell and her trade London—Halifax. [3]

A barque named Asia was driven ashore and wrecked on 17 November 1833 on the coast of New Orleans Island, Lower Canada. [9] Reportedly, her back had been broken. [10] A report from Quebec dated 18 November stated that she had been surveyed and was not leaking. It was expected that she would proceed later in the fall. [11]

Currently available on line resources do not permit a definite identification of this Asia with the Asia of the news reports. Still, Lloyd's Register did not list her in its 1834 volume.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tyne Built Ships - accessed 18 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 Bateson (1959), pp. 308–309.
  3. 1 2 Register of Shipping (1834), Seq. №1222.
  4. Hackman (2001), p. 223.
  5. National Archives: Asia (8) - accessed 11 August 2015.
  6. Bateson (1959), p. 329.
  7. "Ship News". Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser, Friday 30 January 1824, p.2. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  8. "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 18 March 1824, p.2. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  9. "Ship News". Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. 10 December 1833.
  10. "Ship News." Times, 10 Dec. 1833, p. 4. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 18 February 2019.
  11. "Ship News." Times, 17 Dec. 1833, p. 1. The Times Digital Archive, – accessed 18 Feb. 2019. [ permanent dead link ]

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