Cyrus (1811 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Cyrus (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Name	Cyrus
Namesake	Cyrus
Owner	1811:Holt and Skinner 1814:C. Herring & Co. 1837:Crawford, Newcastle
Builder	Holt & Richardson, Whitby
Launched	1811
Fate	Stranded 3 November 1844
General characteristics
Tons burthen	408, [1] or 40874⁄94, [2] or 409 [3] (bm)

Cyrus was launched in 1811 in Whitby. She spent her early career as a transport. Then after the war she made one or more voyages to Bengal and Ceylon under a license from the British East India Company. After her return she traded between Great Britain and North America. She was wrecked at Quebec in November 1844.

Career

Cyrus initially sailed as a transport. She first entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1818. ^[4]

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] Her owners applied for a licence on 2 September 1815 and received it that same day. ^[2]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1818	I.Fleck	Holt & Co.	Plymouth–India	LR
1821	I.Fleck Badger	Holt & Co.	London–Jamaica	LR
1822	Badger	Holt & Co.	London–Jamaica London–Mirimac	LR
1823	Badger W.Doeg	Holt & Co.	London–Mirimac	LR; small repairs 1823

On 4 May 1823 Cyrus, Doeg, master, arrived at Liverpool from Kinsale. She was carrying part of the cargo of Liverpool Packet which had been condemned as unseaworthy at Kinsale as Liverpool Packet was returning to Liverpool from Savannah. ^[6]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1826	W.Doeg W.Davison	Holt & Co.	Greenock–St John	LR; damage & large repairs 1824
1827	W.Davison	Reed & Co.	Liverpool–New Orleans	LR; damage & large repairs 1824, & small repairs 1827
1830	W.Davison	Reed & Co.	Liverpool–New Quebec	LR; damage & large repairs 1824, & small repairs 1826
1834	Robinson	Crawford	Newcastle–America Liverpool–Bay de Chaleur	LR
1836	Robinson	Crawford	Liverpool–Bay de Chaleur Liverpool–St John Hull–Quebec	LR;large repair 1837
1838	Rae	Crawford	London–Merimac	LR;large repair 1837
1841	Rae	Crawford	London–Quebec London–Memel	LR;large repair 1837, small repair 1840, & "wants repair"
1842	Rae	Crawford	Shields–America	LR;large repair 1837, & small repairs 1840 & 1842
1844	Rae	Crawford	Shields–America	LR;large repair 1837, & small repairs 1840 & 1842

Fate

Cyrus stranded on 3 November 1844 at Portneuf, with the loss of her master and two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. She was stripped. ^[7] Her entry in Lloyd's Register R for 1844 carried the annotation "stranded". ^[8]

Citations

1. Weatherill (1908), p. 122.
2. House of Commons (1816).
3. Hackman (2001), p. 267.
4. LR (1818), Supple. pages "C", Seq.No.C57.
5. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5805. 9 May 1823. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735033.
7. "SHIP NEW". The Times (London, England), 18 December 1844, issue 18797, p. 7.
8. LR (1844), Seq.No.C935.

References

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN   0-905617-96-7.
• House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1816). Parliamentary Papers. Vol. 10.
• Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.