Braddock (1815 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameBraddock
BuilderWorkington or Maryport [1]
Launched1815
FateAbandoned in a sinking state on 21 January 1829
General characteristics
Tons burthen270, [1] or 272 [2] (bm)

Braddock (or Bradock) was launched in 1815, at Workington or Maryport. She spent most of her career sailing to the United States and the West Indies. In 1828 she made a voyage to Calcutta under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). Her crew abandoned her in a sinking state on 21 January 1829, as she was returning to England from Bengal.

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Career

Bradock first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1816 with Jackson, master, Bradock, owner, and trade Liverpool–Savannah. [1]

On 21 November 1816, Braddock, Johnson, master, was on shore at the Nole, near Savannah. Braddock was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah. [3] [4]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1818M.KellyHusonLiverpool–JamaicaLR
1823J.M'Master
J.Huson		LivingstonLiverpool–HavanahLR
1828J.HewsonHewsonLiverpool–JamaicaLR; repairs 1826

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 license from the EIC. [5]

Fate

On 22 September 1828, Braddock sailed from Calcutta for Liverpool. On 31 January 1829 Chatham, Bragg, master, encountered Bradock at 3°18′N24°18′W / 3.300°N 24.300°W / 3.300; -24.300 . Bradock was in a sinking state with six feet of water in her hold. Chatham took off the crew. [6] Another report has her crew abandoning Bradock, Wyngates, master, on 21 January at 3°N25°W / 3°N 25°W / 3; -25 . [7] A third source has the same date and location as the previous, but adds the information that Braddock had lost her bulwarks, and that three crew members had died after their rescue by Chatham. [8] [lower-alpha 1]

Lloyd's Register (1829) has the annotation "abandoned" to her entry. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Chatham, W.Bragg, master, of 354 tons (bm), had been launched at Liverpool in 1827. [9] She too was sailing under a licence from the EIC.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 LR (1816), Supple.pages "B", Seq.№B26.
  2. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 255.
  3. ↑ Lloyd's List (LL), 31 December 1816, Seq.№5139.
  4. ↑ Marx (1987), p. 185, no.359.
  5. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  6. ↑ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), 3 April 1829; Issue 935.
  7. ↑ "SHIP NEWS". The Morning Post (London, England), 30 March 1829; Issue 18188.
  8. ↑ Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany (July 1829), p.126.
  9. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 261.
  10. ↑ LR (1829), Seq.№B439.

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