Career
Brunswick first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) with J. Douglas, master, T.Hibbert & Co., owner, and trade London–Jamaica. [2]
After the outbreak of war with France Captain John Graham Douglas acquired a letter of marque on 10 October 1793. [1] The size of the crew previewed on the letter of marque suggested that the initial plan was that Brunswick would cruise as a privateer. There is no sign that she ever did so. Instead, she apparently sailed as a West Indiaman.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1795 | J.Douglas | Hibbert & Co. | London–Jamaica | LR |
| 1801 | J.Douglas
J.Shaw | Hibbert & Co. | London–Jamaica | LR |
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On 4 April 1805 Brunswick, Shaw, master, arrived at Jamaica "with their prize". [3]
Brunswick then disappeared from the registers until 1810–1811.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1810 | J.Tell | Corsbie | London–Copenhagen | RS |
| 1811 | Machie | Ritchie | London
Greenock–Jamaica | LR; small repairs 1804, new topsides and thorough repair 1807 |
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On 5 June 1812 Captain John Otto Richard Clearly acquired a letter of marque. [1] However, he does not appear as master in either LR or the Register of Shipping.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1813 | Mackie
Hart | Ritchie | London–Jamaica | LR; thorough repair 1807 and small repairs 1810 |
| 1814 | Anderson | Ford & Co. | London–Rio de Janeiro | LR; large repairs 1807 & 1810; damages repaired 1813 |
| 1815 | Anderson | Ford & Co. | London–Rio de Janeiro
London–Quebec | LR; large repairs 1807 & 1810; damages repaired 1813 |
| 1820 | R. Blake | Rule & Co. | London–Quebec | LR; [4] |
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In June 1818 Richard Talbot left Cork with 230 settlers for Canada. Brunswick, Blake, master, arrived at Quebec on 29 July. [5]
In 1825 Brunswick, Robert Blake, master, carried 343 assisted immigrants from Cork to Quebec under a scheme organized by Peter Robinson. Brunswick left Cork on 11 May and arrived at Quebec on 12 June. [6] [7]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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| 1825 | R.Blake | Rule & Co. | London–Quebec | LR; large repairs 1818 and small repairs 1820 & 1824. |
| 1830 | R.Blake | Rule & Co. | London–Quebec | LR; large repairs 1818 and small repairs 1820 & 1824. |
| 1835 | H.Blake | Tebbut & Co. | London–Quebec | LR; large repair 1832. |
| 1840 | Veale | Tebbut & Co. | London–Quebec | LR; damage repaired 1839. |
| 1845 | Veale | Tebbut & Co. | London–Ichebo | LR; damage repaired 1839. |
| 1845 | Coppel | Tebbut & Co. | London–Bombay | LR (Supple. pages); damage repaired 1839. |
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Fate
Brunswick was last listed in 1850. LR showed her with T.Poulton, master, Tebbuts & Co., owners, and trade London–Valparaiso. She had undergone small repairs in 1849. [8]
Brunswick, Poulton, master, had sailed to the Chincha Islands to gather guano. She sailed from there for the United States when she became leaky. She put back into Valparaiso on 16 September 1849 and was condemned there. [9] [lower-alpha 1]
Minerva was launched at Lancaster, Lancashire, in 1805. Following trading with Central and South America, she made two voyages under charter to the British East India Company (EIC) between 1811 and 1814. She also made four voyages transporting convicts to Australia between 1818 and 1824, one to Van Diemen's Land and three voyages to New South Wales. She was broken up in 1826.
Several ships have been named Brunswick.
Caesar was launched in 1810 on the Thames River. She sailed first as a West Indiaman, and then after 1814 to the East Indies under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). In 1817 she repatriated from Batavia to London Lord William Amherst and the offices and crew of HMS Alceste. Caesar was last listed in 1825.
Andersons was launched at Poole in 1798. She then made seven voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. After the end of the British slave trade in 1807 her owners sold her to new owners who employed her as a West Indiaman. By 1810 she was registered in Whitby. She then served as a general merchant vessel until she was wrecked in 1823.
Recovery was built at Liverpool in 1793. She was a West Indiaman that sailed under a letter of marque. The French privateer Courageaux captured her in 1799. She returned to British ownership by 1800 and continued to trade until she foundered in June 1818 on her way from Hull to Miramichi Bay.
Commerce was launched at Liverpool in 1791. She was initially a West Indiaman. New owners in 1795 sent Commerce to the southern whale fishery in 1796. The Spanish captured her in 1797, but by 1799 she had returned to British ownership. She then traded generally until a French privateer captured her in 1805.
Chesterfield was built in America in 1781, but it is not clear where and under what name. She arrived in England in 1791. Between 1792 and 1798 Chesterfield made three voyages to the southern whale fishery. She then traded with the Mediterranean until a Spanish privateer captured her in 1805.
Busiris was launched at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1814 as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage as an East Indiaman and then returned to the West Indies trade. She was wrecked in May 1826.
Brook Watson was launched in 1796, probably in Holland but possibly in Denmark. She became a prize in 1801 and by 1802 was a whaler in the British Southern Whale Fishery. She made two whaling voyages between 1802 and 1806. She then became a West Indiaman and was last listed in 1809 or 1810.
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.
Lord Wellington was launched in 1810 at Rochester, or equally, Chatham, as a West Indiaman. She made at least one voyage to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then made a voyage to New South Wales transporting female convicts from England and Ireland. She was lost in December 1822 off Denmark while sailing from Saint Petersburg to London.
Stakesby was launched at Whitby in 1814. She carried immigrants to Quebec, traded with Batavia and Bombay, transported convicts to Van Diemen's Land, and made a voyage to Calcutta for the British East India Company (EIC). She disappeared in 1846 on a voyage from London to Quebec.
Falmouth was launched in 1806 at Liverpool as a slave ship. After the British slave trade ended in 1807, she became a West Indiaman until a privateer captured her in 1812.
Comet was launched in 1791 at Rotherhithe. At the outbreak of war with France, she briefly became a privateer before the British East India Company (EIC) chartered her for one voyage to bring back sugar, saltpeter, and other goods from Bengal. Between 1812 and 1821 she made three voyages as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. Then between 1823 and 1840 she became a whaler based in Hull, whaling in the northern whale fishery. She returned to trade in 1841 and was lost on 1 December 1843 homeward bound from Quebec.
Barbara was launched in Philadelphia in 1771 and came to England circa 1787. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman, but then between 1788 and 1800 made five complete voyages as a whaler. The Spanish captured her late in 1800 in the Pacific during her sixth whaling voyage.
Diana was launched in 1799 as a West Indiaman. From 1805 she made four voyages as an East Indiaman under charter to the British East India Company. She made a fifth voyage to India in 1817 under a license from the EIC. She ran into difficulties in the Hooghly River while homeward bound and was condemned in Bengal in June 1818.
Willerby was launched in 1799 as a West Indiaman. French privateers captured her around early 1802, but then released her. She suffered damage in a gale in 1815, but continued to trade. She sailed to New South Wales and was wrecked in early 1818.
Trelawney or Trelawny was a ship launched at Bristol in 1781. Initially she was a West Indiaman. In 1791 she made one voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She then made one voyage as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. She was sold to Liverpool and then made two voyages as a slave ship. She was damaged outbound on a fourth slave trading voyage and then disappears from online records.
William Ashton was launched at Lancaster in 1810 as a West Indiaman. In 1810 she repelled a French privateer in a single ship action, and in 1813 she captured a ship. Then in 1818–1819 she made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). Thereafter she traded widely until she was wrecked on 9 August 1830 at Newfoundland on her way from Dublin to Quebec.
Bloom was launched in 1789 at Liverpool as a Guineaman. She made three complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She then made a voyage as a West Indiaman, before trading between Cork and Liverpool. She was last listed in 1799.
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