Brunswick (1795 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameBrunswick
Owner
BuilderHurry & Co. [1]
Launched7 February 1795 [1]
FateFoundered 21 or 27 July 1809
General characteristics
Tons burthen480, [2] or 484, [1] or 485, [3] [4] or 486 [5] (bm)
Length119 ft 0 in (36.3 m) [4]
Beam31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) [4]
PropulsionSail
Complement40 [5]
Armament

Brunswick was launched at Newcastle in 1795. She made one voyage as an "extra ship", i.e., under charter, to the British East India Company (EIC). She then traded generally until she foundered in 1809.

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Career

Brunswick enters Lloyd's Register in 1795 with G. Ryland, master, Hurry & Co., owners, and trade London–India. [3] Captain George Ryland acquired a letter of marque on 3 September 1795. [5]

Captain Ryland sailed from The Downs on 23 September 1795. Brunswick reached Calcutta on 12 April 1796. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 28 July, reached St Helena on 22 November, and arrived at Long Reach on 17 February 1797. [6]

On her return from India Hurry & Co. sold Brunswick and she became a West Indiaman.{{efn|Hackman reports that Brunswick made a second voyage to Bengal for the EIC between 1799 and 1802, [1] but there is no trace of such a voyage in [7]

YearMasterOwnerTradeNotes & source
1797G.Ryland
J.Savage		Hurry & Co.
Wedderburn		London–East Indies
London−Jamaica		Lloyd's Register (LR)
1799J. Savage
R. Hill		WederburnLondon−JamaicaLR
1800R. HillWederburnLondon−JamaicaRegister of Shipping (RS)
1801R.Hill
Drysdale		WederburnLondon−JamaicaLR
1802DrysdaleWederburnLondon−JamaicaRS
1803DrysdaleWedderburnLondon−JamaicaLR

On 1 May 1804 Lloyd's List reported that Brunswick, Drysdale, master, had had to put back to Portsmouth having lost her mainmast and having suffered other damage. She had left the convoy on 25 April at 46°N10°W / 46°N 10°W / 46; -10 . The convoy was under the escort of the brig HMS Busy. [8]

Fate

The Register of Shipping for 1810 shows Brunswick with Simpson, master, Penton & Co., owners, and trade London transport. [2]

Brunswick, Simpson, master, foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on either 21 [9] or 27 July 1809 (sources disagree) while sailing from London to Quebec. Her crew were rescued. [10] [lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Weatherill states that Brunswick, George Simpson, master, T. Benson, owner, was lost in 1811. [4]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hackman (2001), p. 226.
  2. 1 2 3 Register of Shipping (1810), Seq. №B558.
  3. 1 2 Lloyd's Register (1795), Seq.№B482.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Weatherill (1908), p. 230.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Letter of Marque, p.54 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ↑ British Library: Brunswick (2).
  7. ↑ Hardy (1800), p. 222}, or the British Library on-line listing of East Indiamen, or Lloyd's Register, or the Register of Shipping..
  8. ↑ Lloyd's List №4449.
  9. ↑ "Lloyd's Marine List - August 12, 1809". Caledonian Mercury. No. 13673. 12 August 1809.
  10. ↑ Lloyd's List №4377.

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