| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Hindostan |
| Launched | 1817, Liverpool |
| Fate | Wrecked 24 December 1838 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 364, [1] or 380 [2] (bm) |
Hindostan was launched at Liverpool in 1817. initially, she traded with India under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She also traded with the United States, Singapore, Africa, and Central America. She was wrecked on 24 December 1838 near Omoa, Honduras.
Hindostan first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1818. [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1818 | Steward | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Calcutta | LR |
| 1819 | Steward C.Kirkwood | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Calcutta | 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. [3]
Hindostan, R.Stewart, master, sailed for Bombay on 31 January 1817. [4] She arrived back at Liverpool from Bengal on 13 January 1819. She had sailed from the Cape on 8 December 1818.
On 25 January 1820, Hindostan, Kirkwood, master, sailed for Bombay.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1821 | C.Kirkwood | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Calcutta Liverpool–Savannah | LR |
| 1822 | C.Kirkwood | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Calcutta | LR |
| 1823 | C.Kirkwood M'Callum | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Calcutta Liverpool–Philadelphia | LR |
| 1825 | M'Cullum | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Calcutta | LR |
| 1826 | M'Cullum | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Straits [of Gibraltar] | LR |
| 1827 | M'Cullum Renner | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Straits | LR |
| 1828 | Renner | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Sincapore | LR |
| 1830 | Renner | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Bombay | LR |
| 1831 | Renner J.Pattison | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–Bombay | LR; new wales and pitch pine deck, and large repair 1831 |
| 1832 | J.Pattison | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool | LR; new wales and pitch pine deck, and large repair 1831 |
| 1834 | J.Pattison | J. Cropper & Co. | Liverpool–New Orleans | LR; large repair 1833 |
| 1836 | J.Pattison C.Jackson | J. Cropper & Co. T.Harrison | Liverpool–New Orleans Liverpool–Africa | LR; large repair 1833 |
Hindostan, C.Jackson, master, was among the British ships in the Bonny River in April 1837 when Commander Robert Craigie of the sloop HMS Scout overthrew the usurper Annah Pepple, to the Kingdom of Bonny, and reinstated Dappa Pepple. The British signed a new treaty on 9 April 1837. [5]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1838 | C.Jackson J.Pearce | T.Harrison | Liverpool–Africa Liverpool–Demerara | LR; large repair 1833 |
Hindostan, Pearce, master, was on her way from Omoa, Honduras to Belize when she wrecked on 24 December 1838 near Omoa. Her materials, cargo, and crew were saved. [6] [7]
Hindostan was no longer listed in the volume of Lloyd's Register for 1839.
A number of ships have been named Hindostan or Hindustan, after the old name for the Indian subcontinent:
Several vessels have been named Caledonian for the people of Caledonia:
Camden was built at Whitby in 1813. She served as a general trader for much of her career, though in 1820-21 she made one voyage to Bombay for the British East India Company (EIC). Between 1824 and 1831, Camden sailed under charter to the Hudson's Bay Company. Between 1833 and 1837 she was a Greenland whaler out of the Whitby whale fishery, and was the last vessel from Whitby to engage in whaling. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1850.
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.
British Army was launched in 1811 at Quebec. She initially traded across the Atlantic. After the British East India Company in 1814 lost its monopoly on the trade with the East Indies, British Army made several voyages there. She then traded across the Atlantic again, and to the Mediterranean. A wave wrecked her at sea in 1822 in the Atlantic.
Earl of Buckinghamshire was built at Montreal in 1814. She sailed to Britain and made two voyages to India. She then started trading between Liverpool and North America. In 1821 she carried some 600 settlers from Greenock to Quebec. Her crew abandoned her in the North Atlantic in October 1822 and she was wrecked in November when she drifted ashore at Galway Bay, Ireland.
Sir James Henry Craig was launched at Quebec in 1811. She sailed to England and made three voyages as a West Indiaman. The British East India Company (EIC), in 1813 lost its monopoly on the trade between Britain and India. In 1817 she sailed for India but was condemned at Calcutta after she sustained extensive storm-damage at the start of her homeward-bound voyage.
Christopher was launched in Quebec in 1811. She transferred her registry to Britain, and then sailed between Quebec and Britain. She made one voyage to India under license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was last listed in 1820.
Aberdeen was launched at Quebec in 1811. She sailed to England and then traded between Quebec and Britain. She made two voyages to India under license from the British East India Company (EIC). After her return from the second, in 1820, she was no longer listed.
Lord Wellington was launched in 1810 at Rochester, or equally, Chatham, as a West Indiaman. She made at least one voyage to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then made a voyage to New South Wales transporting female convicts from England and Ireland. She was lost in December 1822 off Denmark while sailing from Saint Petersburg to London.
Waterloo was launched in 1815 at Bideford, originally as a West Indiaman. Between 1817 and 1821 she made three voyages to India. She then returned to the West Indies trade. Her crew abandoned her at sea in 1829.
Calcutta was launched at Chester in 1817. She was a general trader and in her early years traded with India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She suffered a maritime mishap in 1833, but then traded for another 20+ years; she was last listed in 1857 with stale data.
Woodford was launched in 1815 at Whitby as a West Indiaman. Between 1816 and 1817 she made two voyages to the Indian Ocean or the East Indies, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked at Laeso in November 1837.
Cornwall was launched in Whitby in 1798 or 1799 as a West Indiaman. Between 1817 and 1819 she made two voyages to Bengal, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She made a third voyage, this time in 1825, to Bombay. The last readily accessible reports of her movements have her returning to Liverpool from Demerara in early 1827.
Sappho was launched in 1810 in Sunderland. She traded widely, first as a West Indiaman and later to the Baltic. She also made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She stranded on 9 July 1823, was gotten off, condemned, and sold. She was wrecked in 1833.
Sappho was launched in Whitby in 1813, and moved her registration to London in 1814. Thereafter she traded widely. She made a voyage to Bombay and one to Bengal, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She was last listed in 1833.
Indus was launched in Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1817, or Newbury, Massachusetts in 1814. She first appeared in the British registries in 1823. Throughout her career she remained owned in the United States, and sailing under the United States flag. She may have briefly traded between Great Britain and Batavia, Dutch East Indies, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company. Thereafter, she sailed between Liverpool and New York. She was probably the Indus wrecked on 24 September 1829; she was last listed in 1833.
Bengal was launched at Greenock in February 1815. She was the first vessel built in Scotland for the East India trade. She immediately made three voyages to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She then traded with the United States, alternating that with other voyages to India. In 1819, on one voyage to India, she was anchored at Calcutta and the venue for a party that resulted in her captain, surgeon, and about a fifth of the guests all dying within days of an unknown disease. She was wrecked in about 1847.
Robert Quayle was launched at Liverpool in 1814. Between 1816 and 1819 she made several voyages to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). Between 1819 and 1821 she made one voyage with cargo to New South Wales, and then remained to engage in whaling. After her return to Britain she traded to South and North America. She was wrecked in December 1838 while engaged in the timber trade with Canada.
Prince Regent was launched at Whitehaven in 1812. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman. Then from 1817 she made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). Afterwards, she traded across the Atlantic, primarily to the United States. She was last listed in 1839.