Atalanta (1811 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameAtalanta
Namesake Atalanta
BuilderWilliam Smith & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1]
Launched2 March 1811 [1]
FateBroken up circa 1831
General characteristics
Tons burthen3422794, [1] or 343 (bm)

Atalanta was launched at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1811. She initially sailed as a government transport, sailing to the Indian Ocean. She also captured an American vessel after the outbreak of war with the United States. She then became a West Indiaman, and later traded with Sierra Leone and Madeira. She made one voyage to Bombay, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She was broken up circa 1831.

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Career

Atalanta first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1811DavidsonLevitLondon–Cape of Good HopeLR

In December 1812 the transport Atalanta, Davidson, master, sent into the Cape of Good Hope the American whaler Ocean, of Nantucket. [3] [lower-alpha 1] On 29 June Atalanta arrived at the Cape from Mauritius.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1816Davidson
I.Coles
J.Levitt
Johnston
London transport
London–Jamaica
RS
1816Davidson
I.Coles
R.Bayne
D.Johnston
London–Gothenburg
London–Jamaica
LR
1818T.Coles
M.Corney
Johnston & Co.London–JamaicaLR
1819M.Corney
Wilson
Johnston & Co.London–JamaicaLR
1822WilsonMeaburnLondon–JamaicaLR
1823Wilson
Penman
MeaburnLondon–JamaicaLR
1826Penman
Johnson
MeaburnLondon–Elsinore
London–Bombay
LR; small repairs 1825

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. [5] Captain W.Johnson sailed for Bombay on 26 April 1826. [6]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1827Johnson
Tate
MeaburnLondon–Bombay
London–Sierra Leone
LR; small repairs 1825
1829TateMeaburnLondon–MadeiraLR; small repairs 1825

Fate

LR for 1832 carried the annotation "Broke up" by Atalanta's name. [7]

Notes

  1. Ocean had sailed from Nantucket in 1811, under the command of Absalom Coffin. [4]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Hackman (2001), p. 251.
  2. LR (1811), Supple.pages "A", Seq.No.A73
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4770. 14 May 1813. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735026.
  4. – Voyage #AV10696 : Ocean.
  5. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  6. LR (1827), "Ships Trading to India".
  7. LR (1832), Seq.No.A1322.

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