Cyrus (1811 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameCyrus
Namesake Cyrus
Owner
  • 1811:Holt and Skinner
  • 1814:C. Herring & Co.
  • 1837:Crawford, Newcastle
BuilderHolt & Richardson, Whitby
Launched1811
FateStranded 3 November 1844
General characteristics
Tons burthen408, [1] or 4087494, [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.

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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]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1818I.FleckHolt & Co.Plymouth–IndiaLR
1821I.Fleck
Badger
Holt & Co.London–JamaicaLR
1822BadgerHolt & Co.London–Jamaica
London–Mirimac
LR
1823Badger
W.Doeg
Holt & Co.London–MirimacLR; 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]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1826W.Doeg
W.Davison
Holt & Co.Greenock–St JohnLR; damage & large repairs 1824
1827W.DavisonReed & Co.Liverpool–New OrleansLR; damage & large repairs 1824, & small repairs 1827
1830W.DavisonReed & Co.Liverpool–New QuebecLR; damage & large repairs 1824, & small repairs 1826
1834RobinsonCrawfordNewcastle–America
Liverpool–Bay de Chaleur
LR
1836RobinsonCrawfordLiverpool–Bay de Chaleur
Liverpool–St John
Hull–Quebec
LR;large repair 1837
1838RaeCrawfordLondon–MerimacLR;large repair 1837
1841RaeCrawfordLondon–Quebec
London–Memel
LR;large repair 1837, small repair 1840, & "wants repair"
1842RaeCrawfordShields–AmericaLR;large repair 1837, & small repairs 1840 & 1842
1844RaeCrawfordShields–AmericaLR;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. 1 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.

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