Egfrid (1810 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameEgfrid
Namesake Egfrid
OwnerBrown & Co.
Builder Temple of Jarrow, [1] South Shields
Launched28 August 1810 [1]
FateCondemned 1821
General characteristics
Tons burthen450, [2] or 4502494 [1] (bm)
Armament10 × 18-pounder carronades

Egrid (or Egfried) was launched at Shields in 1810. She was initially a London-based transport but then after the British East India Company in 1813 lost its monopoly on the trade between Britain and the East Indies started trading with India. Egfrid put into St Helena in September 1821 leaky and was condemned there and her cargo transshipped on another vessel.

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Career

Egfrid first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1810 as "Elfrid" with G. Taylor, master, and Templer, owner. [3] Lloyd's Register still carried the Elfrid name in 1811, but with unchanging data. It also carried the Egfrid.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1811S.Taylor
J.Findlay
Temple
Brown
London
London transport
LR
1811S.Taylor
Finlay
Captain
T. & R. Brown
Shields–London
London transport
Register of Shipping (RS) [2]
1815FinlayT. & R. BrownLondon transportRS; no data in LR
1818KirbyT. BrownLondon–IndiaLR
1820KirbyT. BrownLondon–Fort William (Calcutta)LR
1822BrownT.&R. Brown Calcutta RS

Fate

Egfrid, Brown, master, arrived at Bengal from London and Mauritius prior to 9 December 1820. [4]

She left Bengal and put into Mauritius from where she was expected to sail on 1 May 1821. She then sailed to the Cape of Good Hope and arrived there leaky on 4 July. [5] It was expected that she would have to discharge part of her cargo to repair, and then would sail for London in the first week of August. [6]

She sailed for England but had to put into St Helena on 22 August, leaky. It was expected that she would be condemned and so her cargo was transshipped on Centurion, Mead, master. [7]

Egfrid was surveyed and condemned as a constructive total loss on 28 September. [8] She was then sold at public auction on 23 October for breaking up. [1]

Centurion, Meade, master, sailed from St Helena on 29 September and arrived at Deal on 4 December, with Egfrid's cargo. [9]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hackman 2001, p. 272.
  2. 1 2 RS (1811), Seq.№E136.
  3. LR (1810), Supple. pages "E", Seq.№E97.
  4. Lloyd's List №5583, Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data.
  5. Lloyd's List №5625.
  6. Lloyd's List №5632.
  7. Lloyd's List №5641.
  8. Lloyd's List №5648.
  9. Lloyd's List №5651, SAD data.

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