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| Name: | Emperor Alexander |
| Namesake: | Alexander I of Russia |
| Builder: | Scarborough [1] |
| Launched: | 1813 [1] |
| Fate: | Last listed 1827 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 202 [1] (bm) |
Emperor Alexander was launched in Scarborough in 1813. She traded to the Mediterranean, North America, and Brazil before suffering a maritime mishap in 1819. She was repaired and returned to service. She then sailed between Liverpool and Hamburg. She was last listed in 1827.
Emperor Alexander first appeared in Lloyd's List (LL) in 1815 with A.Suter, master, Scarborough ownership, and trade Portsmouth–Cork. [1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1816 | A.Suter | Portsmouth–Cork London–Venice | LR | |
| 1818 | Loriman J.Caruachon | London–Bahia Liverpool–Baltimore | LR | |
| 1819 | Loriman J.Caruachon D.Gray | Gray & Co | Liverpool–Baltimore Liverpool–Brazil | LR; small repairs 1819 |
Emperor Alexander, Reay, master, was driven ashore and wrecked on 18 November 1819 at Orfordness, with the loss of two of her crew. Part of her cargo was expected to be saved. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | D.Gray | Gray & Co. | Liverpool–Hamburg | LR; small repairs 1819 |
| 1825 | D.Gray | Gray & Co. | Liverpool–Hamburg | LR; small repairs 1819 |
Scarborough was a double-decked, three-masted, ship-rigged, copper-sheathed, barque that participated in the First Fleet, assigned to transport convicts for the European colonisation of Australia in 1788. Also, the British East India company (EIC) chartered Scarborough to take a cargo of tea back to Britain after her two voyages transporting convicts. She spent much of her career as a West Indiaman, trading between London and the West Indies, but did perform a third voyage in 1801–02 to Bengal for the EIC. In January 1805 she repelled a French privateer of superior force in a single-ship action, before foundering in April.
Alexander was a merchant ship launched at Hull in 1783 or 1784. She was one of the vessels in the First Fleet, that the British government hired to transport convicts for the European colonisation of Australia in 1788. On her return voyage from Australia the British East India Company permitted her to carry a cargo from Canton back to Britain. Thereafter she traded out of London until 1809, when she is no longer listed.
Sydney Packet was an American ship launched in 1801, taken in prize c. 1814 while under another name, condemned, and sold to Alexander Birnie & Co. She sailed to New South Wales, and next made three voyages as a whaler. She was lost in 1826.
Sir Alexander Ball was a merchant vessel launched in 1809 and built in France. She was a prize that her British owners purchased. On 16 July 1814 the famed American privateer General Armstrong captured her, but HMS Niemen recaptured her. Sir Alexander Ball then continued to trade until approximately 1823.
Wanstead was launched in 1802. In 1807 a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her the next day. Then in 1810 she was again captured by a French privateer, and was again recaptured a few days later. In 1819 she traded with India or China under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked in 1820.
Elizabeth was launched at Bristol in 1809. She was originally a West Indiaman, but she wrecked in October 1819 at Table Bay while sailing from Bombay to London.
Hind or Hinde was launched at Hull in 1800. After a voyage to Russia she made one voyage for the British East India Company. She then became a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in April 1815.
Emma was a merchant vessel launched at Calcutta in 1809 that served as a government armed ship in the British invasion of Île de France in 1810. In 1811 she sailed to England where she was sold. She then became a transport and later a whaler. Between 1815 and 1853 she made 11 whaling voyages. She was then sold and became a merchantman on the England-Australia run. Between 1851 and 1853 she made one more whaling voyage to the South Seas fisheries. She then returned to the England-Australia trade. In 1857 her home port became Hull, and she became a Greenland whaler, though that role may have begun as early as 1855. She was converted in 1864 to a screw steamer but was lost in April while sealing.
Lascelles was launched at Hull. She was a general trader, sailing to the Baltic, the Mediterranean, and the Americas. In 1809 she successfully repelled a larger privateer in a single-ship action. She wrecked in 1822.
Welton was launched at Hull in 1809. She first traded between Hull and Quebec and then later with South America and the Caribbean, but then traded with India. She was lost in 1817 at Bengal.
HMS North Star was launched in 1810 and spent much of her naval career on the Jamaica Station. The Navy sold her in 1817 and she became the merchantman Columbo. Columbo sailed between Britain and India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC) until she was damaged in 1822 while returning from Ceylon. She was condemned at Point de Galle and sold there for breaking up.
Paragon was launched at Whitby in 1800. Between 1803 and 1805 she served as an armed defense ship protecting Britain's coasts and convoys. She then served as a transport on the 1805 naval expedition to capture the Cape of Good Hope. Next, she returned to mercantile service and in 1814 a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her the next day. She sailed to India in 1818 under a license from the British East India Company (EIC}, and was wrecked in March 1819 while inbound to Calcutta.
Recovery was built at Liverpool in 1793. She was a West Indiaman that sailed under a letter of marque. The French privateer Courageaux captured her in 1799. She returned to British ownership by 1800 and continued to trade until she foundered in June 1818 on her way from Hull to Miramichi Bay.
Busiris was launched at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1814 as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage as an East Indiaman and then returned to the West Indies trade. She was wrecked in May 1826.
East Indian was built at Hull in 1819. Her first major voyage was to carry immigrants to South Africa under the British Government's 1820 Settlers scheme. She returned to England but then wrecked on 22 or 23 December 1821 outward bound for London and Bengal.
Earl Fauconberg was launched at Whitby in 1765. From 1784 on she made numerous voyages as a Greenland whaler. She was lost there in 1821.
Comet was launched in 1791 at Rotherhithe. At the outbreak of war with France, she briefly became a privateer before the British East India Company (EIC) chartered her for one voyage to bring back sugar, saltpeter, and other goods from Bengal. Between 1812 and 1821 she made three voyages as a whaler in the British Southern Whale Fishery. Then between 1823 and 1840 she became a whaler based in Hull, whaling in the British Northern Whale Fishery. She returned to trade in 1841 and was lost on 1 December 1843 homeward bound from Quebec.
Eddystone was launched at Hull in 1802. She then sailed for the North West Company. The French Navy captured her in 1806 but an armed ship of the Royal Navy recaptured her within weeks. She next sailed for the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1807 to about 1824. She then traded generally until May 1843 when she was wrecked.
In 1812 and after several ships were named Emperor Alexander for Emperor Alexander I, following his victory over Napoleon:
Emperor Alexander was launched in Sunderland in 1812. She traded widely until she was wrecked in October 1821.