| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Brailsford |
| Namesake | Brailsford |
| Builder | Kingston upon Hull |
| Launched | 1811 |
| Fate | Wrecked 19 April 1831 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 466 [1] (bm) |
Brailsford was launched at Kingston upon Hull in 1811. She traded widely, including making several voyages to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She suffered mishaps in 1823 and 1826 and was finally wrecked on 19 April 1831.
Brailsford first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1815. [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1815 | A.Wood | A.Wood | Cork–Liverpool | LR |
| 1816 | A.Wood W.Robb | Capt.&Co. J.Smith | Cork–Liverpool | LR |
In 1817–1818 Brailsford sailed to the West indies and as a transport.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1818 | Springer | Baker & Co. | London–India | LR |
| 1819 | Springer | Baker & Co. | London–India London–Quebec | LR; repairs 1819 |
On 22 April 1819 Brailsford, [John] Spring, master, sailed from Gravesend, bound for Quebec. She arrived there on 9 June with 16 passengers and was back at Deal on 31 August. On 12 November she sailed from Gravesend for Sierra Leone. Brailsford arrived there on 2 December.
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. [3]
On 29 August 1820 Captain Springer sailed from London, bound for Bombay. On 18 September Brailsford arrived at Madeira and on 19 November she arrived at the Cape; she sailed for Bombay on the 25th. She sailed from Bombay on 12 April 1821 and the Cape on 18 July, arriving at Deal on 25 September and Gravesend on the 28th.
On 16 October 1821 she sailed from Plymouth for London.
On 3 January 1822 Captain Springer arrived at Deal from London, bound for Bombay. [4] She arrived at Madeira on 13 January 1822 and sailed for Bombay on the 22nd. She arrived at Bombay on 26 May. She sailed from Bombay on 22 July and the Cape on 25 September, arriving at Gravesend on 26 November.
On 13 April 1823 Brailsford, Spring, master, sailed for Bombay. In May she sailed from Madeira and arrived at Bombay prior to 4 September.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1824 | J.Springer J.Newton | Springer & Co. T.Pope | London–Bombay Plymouth–Montreal | LR; small repairs 1819 |
On 22 November 1823 came into the Cape of Good Hope leaky. She had run into bad weather in Algoa Bay and was making 13 inches of water per hour. It was expected that she would have to unload her cargo to deal with the leak. [5] By 14 February 1824 she had completed her repairs and reloaded her cargo. She was expected to sail for London in a few days. [6] Brailsford arrived back at Gravesend on 1 May.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1825 | J.Newton | T.Pope | Plymouth–Montreal | LR; small repairs 1819 |
In September or October 1824 Brailsford, Sanderson, master was in the Miramichi River. On 3 January 1825 she arrived at Plymouth from Ramshag, Nova Scotia.
On 5 June 1825 she arrived at Miramichi from Weymouth. On 7 July she arrived back at Plymouth from Miramichi.
Trident found Brailsford on 17 December at 51°20′N8°00′W / 51.333°N 8.000°W . Brailsford had been waterlogged for 35 days. Trident supplied her with necessities; Brailsford was expected at Cork. [7] On 19 January 1826 Brailsford came into Cork due to the extraordinary exertions of here master and mariners. Her crew had been living in the vessel''s roundhouse and were short of water and provisions before Castle Forbes and Malay came by and assisted her. [8] On 30 December Archimedes encountered a waterlogged Brailsford at 47°N14°W / 47°N 14°W . Brailsford was reported to have come from Saint John, New Brunswick. Brailsford, Wilson, master, bound for Falmouth, arrived at the Cove of Cork leaky and having thrown part of her cargo overboard. [9]
On 25 April Brailsford, Moon, master, came into Plymouth in a very leaky state. She had been on a voyage from Cork to Saint John, New Brunswick, with 300 passengers. [10] On 3 September she returned to Plymouth from New Brunswick.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1827 | F.Moon | T.Pope | Cork–Quebec | LR; large repair 1825 |
| 1831 | S.Cleverley | T.Pope | Plymouth–Sierra Leone | LR; large repair 1825 |
On 19 April 1831 Brailsford, Cleverely, master, struck on Langley Island as Brailsford was sailing from Plymouth to Quebec. Her crew abandoned her on 24 April after securing her sails and rigging. However, a gale sprang up and afterwards the wreck had disappeared; it was believed that she had sunk. [11]
Castle Forbes was a merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She was the first vessel built at Aberdeen for the trade with India. She then made several voyages to India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. She sustained damage in 1826 on a voyage to India and was condemned at the Cape of Good Hope. However, she was repaired. She was last listed in 1832, and in 1838 in Lloyd's Register (LR).
Ceres was launched at Kolkata in August 1793 as Lutchmy and renamed in 1794. She sailed to England in 1798 and became a West Indiaman. She was condemned at Barbados in 1806. New owners returned her to service, first as a West Indiaman and then as an East Indiaman. She was damaged at Mauritius in 1818 and although she was listed until 1824, it is not clear that she sailed again after the damage she sustained in Mauritius.
Thames was launched in 1818 as an East Indiaman, trading with India and Ceylon under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She made one voyage transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land. She became leaky and was condemned at Swan River in 1830 as she was sailing to Île de France from having delivered her convicts at Hobart.
Jane was launched in 1813 at Fort Gloucester, Calcutta. She transferred her registry to Britain and sailed between Britain and India or Batavia. She was last mentioned in 1820, though the registers continued to carry her until 1826.
Partridge was built at Antwerp in 1813, under another name, and was taken in prize. From 1814 she was under British ownership. Between 1814 and 1822 she traded with India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then became a whaler, making three voyages to the British southern whale fishery before she was broken up in 1834.
Medina was launched in 1811 and quickly became a West Indiaman. Ten years later she started sailing to the East Indies under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She made two voyages transporting convicts to Australia, first to Sydney and then to Hobart. She also brought immigrants to the Swan River Colony. On that voyage she sustained damage that caused her to be condemned in July 1831.
Caroline was a merchant vessel launched at Shoreham in 1804 as a West Indiaman. She spent almost her entire career sailing to the West Indies, and endured two maritime mishaps during that period, one at Sierra Leone. She sailed to Batavia in 1824 under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). From Batavia she sailed to Sincapore, where she was condemned.
Brilliant was launched at Whitehaven in 1807. Initially, she was a West Indiaman. Then from 1816 she started sailing to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She grounded in February or on 10 March 1821 at Coringa while sailing from London to Bengal. She was refloated, repaired, and sold locally.
Princess Charlotte was launched in New York in 1810 or 1811 under another name, but captured by the British in 1813. The prize court condemned her on 11 March 1813. Pirie & C. purchased her and renamed her. She then sailed to the West Indies, Central America, and Peru before wrecking on 2 April 1824 off Belize.
Tamerlane was launched in New Brunswick in 1824. She transferred her registry to Liverpool. She sailed between Scotland and Canada and then in 1828 sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). After two voyages to India she returned to trading in the Western hemisphere. Her crew abandoned her in the Channel on 26 February 1848.
Devaynes was launched in 1802 and made six voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She then made one more round-trip to India, sailing under a license from the EIC. She was condemned at Bengal in 1817 on a second licensed voyage to Bengal.
Ogle Castle was launched at Cowes in 1821. She made two complete voyages to India sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was lost with all aboard on 3 November 1825 while returning to London from her third.
Nimble was built at Plymouth in 1813. Initially she engaged in a triangular trade between Africa, Brazil, and Britain. She then sailed between Britain and the eastern Mediterranean. She was twice plundered by pirates, once while on her way to Brazil and the some years later as she was on her way to Smyrna. In 1824 her owners had her lengthened. In 1828–1830 Nimble sailed to Mauritius under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She was last listed in 1833.
Cumbrian was launched in 1803 at Bombay, possibly at the Bombay Dockyard. She was a "country ship", generally trading east of the Cape of Good Hope. She also made three voyages for the British East India Company. She was sold in 1835.
David Shaw was launched at Whitehaven in 1805. She quickly became a West Indiaman. Between 1817 and 1821 she made two voyages to New South Wales, returning from the second voyage via Batavia and Mauritius. She suffered a major maritime incident in 1822. Prior to 3 July 1826 her crew abandoned her at sea waterlogged.
Intrepid was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1809. She then became a transport. In 1820 she made a voyage to Bengal, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then reverted to being a transport. She was wrecked on 5 January 1826.
Cornwall was launched in Whitby in 1798 or 1799 as a West Indiaman. Between 1817 and 1819 she made two voyages to Bengal, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She made a third voyage, this time in 1825, to Bombay. The last readily accessible reports of her movements have her returning to Liverpool from Demerara in early 1827.
Cossack was launched in Quebec in 1813 and then moved her registry to the United Kingdom. She made one voyage to the East Indies under a license from the British East India Company. She was damaged December 1823 and probably condemned.
William was launched at the Bombay Dockyard in 1800 as a country ship, i.e., a vessel trading east of the Cape of Good Hope. In 1801 she served as a transport in a naval campaign. In 1809 she made a voyage to London for the British East India Company (EIC). She survived several maritime incidents while sailing as a West Indiaman. She was last listed in 1826.
William Dawson was launched at Lancaster in 1812 as a West Indiaman. In 1818–1819, she made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). Thereafter William Dawson sailed to North America, primarily Canada from homeports such as Liverpool and later Alloa. She suffered several relatively minor mishaps and was last listed in 1859.