Coromandel (1820 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
BuilderGeorge Gooch, executor of the late Peter Everitt Mestaer, King and Queen Dock, Rotherhithe
Launched3 January 1820
FateBroken up 1857
General characteristics
Tons burthen639, [1] or 643, or 645, [2] or 654, [3] or 660 (bm)

Coromandel was launched on the Thames in 1820. Notable voyages include two for the British East India Company, and one transporting convicts to Tasmania. For the first 15 years of her career she primarily sailed to India. Thereafter, she primarily sailed to Australia and New Zealand. She was broken up in 1857.

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Career

Coromandel first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1820 with Hunter, master, Scott & Co., owners, and trade London–India. [4]

1st EIC voyage (1820–1821): Under the command of Captain William Hunter, she left The Downs on 24 April 1820, bound for Madras. She stopped in at Madeira on 5 May, and reached Madras on 3 August. On her return leg she left Madras on 14 October and stopped at the Cape of Good Hope on 17 December; she arrived at Gravesend, Kent on 6 March 1821. [2]

2nd EIC voyage (1826–1829): The second voyage for the EIC was a one-way voyage to Bengal. Under the command of Captain Thomas Boyes, she left Portsmouth on 12 July 1826. She stopped at Colombo on 19 November, and reached Calcutta on 24 January 1829. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1830BoyesPlummer & Co.London–IndiaLR
1835T.BoyesJoad & Co.London–Madras LR; thorough repair 1835

Convict voyage (1838): Captain William Loader sailed from London on 14 August 1838. Coromandel arrived at Hobart 26 October. [1] She had embarked 340 male convicts, of whom 338 disembarked at Hobart. [5]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1840W.LoaderT.OldfieldLondon–New ZealandLR; thorough repair 1835
1845Lobbin
Fraser		T.OldfieldLondonLR; thorough repair 1835 & large repair 1844
1850Ingram & Co.London–Port PhillipLR; large repair 1844
1856J.ByronIngram & Co.London–AustraliaLR; large repair 1844, & keelson and repairs 1853

Fate

Coromandel was last listed in 1856.

A Coromandel of 660 tons burthen, Anderson, master was wrecked on 28 September 1856, on the Ridge Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk whilst on a voyage from Archangelsk to London. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Falcon and a fishing smack. Coromandel was subsequently beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [6] [7]

By another report she was broken up in 1857. [3]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Bateson (1959), pp. 314–315.
  2. 1 2 3 British Library: Coromandel (2).
  3. 1 2 Hackman (2001), p. 84.
  4. ↑ LR (1820), Supple.pages "C", Seq.№C18.
  5. ↑ Bateson (1959), p. 336.
  6. ↑ "The Equinoctal Gales". The Times. No. 22486. London. 30 September 1856. col B-C, p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Shipwreck on the Norfolk Coast". The Times. No. 22491. London. 6 October 1856. col D, p. 12.

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