Borneo (1817 ship)

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'Borneo' of London on Southsea beach, 22 October 1820 RMG PZ0920.tiff
'Borneo' of London on Southsea beach, 22 October 1820
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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameBorneo
Namesake Borneo
OwnerRichard Hare; later Scott & Co. [1]
BuilderRichard Hare, Borneo
Laid downJune 1815; keel laid by Curaow, Borneo [1]
Launched1817, [2] [1] or 1818 [3]
FateWrecked 22 July 1832
General characteristics
Tons burthen421, [3] or 428, [2] or 428+49⁄94 [1] (bm)
Length111 ft 2 in (33.9 m) [1]
Beam31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) [1]
PropulsionSail

Borneo was a merchant ship built in Borneo in 1817. She undertook one convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land in 1828. She was wrecked in 1832 on her first whaling voyage.

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Career

In 1818 Clunies-Ross was appointed captain of Borneo, a vessel "of 428 tons launched by Richard Hare in Java, which he took back to England with a cargo of spices and coffee, en route disembarking Alexander Hare at the Cape of Good Hope". [4] (C. Ross was John Clunies-Ross).

Borneo enters Lloyd's Register in 1820 with C. Ross, master, Hare, owner, and trade Cowes. On 22 October 1820 a gale caused Borneo, Ross, master, to strand on Southsea beach at Portsmouth. She had come from Batavia and had to unload her cargo. [5] She was gotten off on 25 October with trifling damage after about three-quarters of her cargo had been unloaded. She then went into King's Dock to effectuate repairs. [6]

The next volume has her having received copper sheathing in 1821, and trade changing to London–Batavia. [7]

Captain Richard M. Wichelo sailed on 11 May 1828, via Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope. Borneo arrived at Van Diemen's Land on 8 October. [2] She had embarked 73 female convicts, of whom three died en route. [8] [9] [10] [11] On her way home, Borneo, Wichelo, master, had to put into Mauritius for repairs. [12]

On 29 March 1831 Captain R.C. Ross sailed Borneo for the East Coast of Africa and the Seychelles on a whale hunting voyage. [13] She was reported at St Helena on 28 August 1832, but this report was incorrect.

Fate

Borneo was wrecked on 22 July 1832 on a reef east of the Comoros Islands (approx. 12°00′S46°00′E / 12.000°S 46.000°E / -12.000; 46.000 ). The crew reached Johanna in their own boat. [1] Captain Snowden, of Cadmus, advised Cheviot on 3 July 1833 off the bottom of Japan of Borneo's loss.

The Register of Shipping for 1833 showed her with Ross, master, Scott & Co., owner, and trade London–Southern Fishery. It has the annotation "LOST" by her entry. [14]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hackman (2001), p.255.
  2. 1 2 3 Bateson (1959), pp.310-11.
  3. 1 2 Register of shipping (1820), Seq. №407.
  4. ↑ Howgego (2006).
  5. ↑ Lloyd's List №5536.
  6. ↑ Lloyd's List №5537.
  7. ↑ Lloyd's List (1821), Seq. №379.
  8. ↑ Bateson (1959), p.311.
  9. ↑ Surgeon’s Journal of Her Majesty’s Female Convict Ship Borneo Mr Oliver Sproule, Surgeon from 17 March 1828 to 17 October 1828
  10. ↑ Borneo voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1828 with 74 passengers
  11. ↑ The Eacott History - Page 112 =098782273XJohn Eacott - 2017.
  12. ↑ Lloyd's List 28-12-1827.
  13. ↑ Jones, A.G. E.; Dale Chatwin; and Rhys Richards. BSWF Database – voyages: Borneo. Accessed 11 February 2018.]
  14. ↑ RS (1833), Seq.№B405.

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