Egyptian (1825 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameEgyptian
Owner
  • 1825: John Fenwick, North Shields & William Lilburn, South Shields
  • 1834: John Fenwick, North Shields
  • 1841: Henry Hayman Toulmin, London
BuilderThomas Metcalf & Son, South Shields [1]
Launched1825
Completed22 August 1825 [1]
FateWrecked 20 October 1843
General characteristics
Tons burthen359 [1] [2] (bm)
Length101 ft 4 in (30.9 m) [1]
Beam28 ft 0 in (8.5 m) [1]

Egyptian was launched in 1825 at Shields. She began trading to India in 1827 under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). In 1830 and 1831, she brought immigrants to the Swan River Colony. In 1839 and 1840, she transported convicts from England or Ireland to Tasmania. She was wrecked on 20 October 1843, while sailing from England to Sierra Leone.

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Career

Egyptian first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1826. [3]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1826W.SelburnJ.FenwickLiverpoolLR
1827W.LitburnJ.FenwickLiverpool–Bombay LR

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 licence from the EIC. [4]

Captain W.Litburn sailed for Bombay on 18 February 1827. [5] She arrived there on 24 June. She sailed on 16 August, from Bombay and 6 November, from St Helena. She arrived back at London on 18 December.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1830W. LilburnJ.FenwickLondonLR

On 3 September 1829, Captain Lilburn sailed for the Swan River Colony with migrants. Egyptian arrived in Gage's Road in February 1830, having come via Cape Town, where she had arrived on 4 December. She had 69 passengers on board.

On 21 August 1831, Captain Lilburn again sailed for the Swan River Colony. Egyptian arrived there on 28 December. She arrived back at London in October 1832. In January 1833, she again sailed for Bombay.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1834ButcherFenwickLondonLR; homeport of Newcastle
1836Redman
N.R.Sayers		FenwickLondon
London–New York		LR; damages repaired 1836

On 19 December 1836, Egyptian, one of the Union Line of packets, Sayers, master, arrived in London after a passage of 24 days. She carried a cargo of silk, ivory, cochineal, indigo, woo, spice, drugs, etc., valued at some £50,000. It was one of the richest cargoes from New York in some years. [6]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1838Sayers
Duncan		FenwickLondon–New York
Clyde–Honduras		LR; damages repaired 1836 & small repair 1838
1841Duncan
J.Skelton		Fenwick
Toulminn		London–SydneyLR; damages repaired 1836 & small repair 1838

1st convict voyage to Tasmania (1839): Captain John Skelton sailed from Sheerness on 9 April 1839. Egyptian arrived at Hobart on 24 August. [7] She had embarked 190 male convicts and she landed 189. [8] The 51st Regiment of Foot provided the guard.

On 20 October 1839, Egyptian, Skelton, master, sailed from Hobart Town to Ceylon. She arrived at Trincomalee on 26 December. On 31 March 1840, she sailed for London. On 5 June, she arrived at Deal.

2nd convict voyage to Tasmania (1840): Captain Skelton arrived at Kingstown, Dublin on 3 August 1840. Egyptian sailed from Dublin on 19 August, and arrived at Hobart on 12 December. [7] She arrived with 170 convicts, possibly the same number she had embarked. [9]

Egyptian sailed from Hobart on 13 January 1841, and arrived at Ceylon on 3 March. She sailed from there 2 May, bound for London. She was at St Helena on 2 July, and arrived back at London on 26 September.

In 1841/42 Henry Hayman Toulmin purchased Egyptian and re-registered her in London.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1842J.SkeltonToulminLondonLR; part fir plank wales, topsides, and deck, and small repairs 1841.
1843J.Skelton
Walmsley		ToulminnLondon
London–Ceylon		LR; part fir plank wales, topsides, and deck, and small repairs 1841.

Actually, on 4 September 1843, Egyptian, Walmsley, master, sailed from Gravesend, Kent for Sierra Leone.

Fate

Egyptian was wrecked 20 October 1843, on the Red Bank, off the coast of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate. She was on a voyage from Gravesend to Sierra Leone. [10]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tyne Built Ships: Egyptian.
  2. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 272.
  3. ↑ LR (1800), Supple. pages "E", Seq.no.E34.
  4. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  5. ↑ LR (1828), "Ships Trading to India – 1827".
  6. ↑ "London", 24 December 1836, Southampton Herald (Southampton, England), Volume 14, Issue 701.
  7. 1 2 Bateson (1959), pp. 314–315.
  8. ↑ Bateson (1959), p. 336.
  9. ↑ Bateson (1959), p. 337.
  10. ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 18480. London. 15 December 1843. col B, p. 7.

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