| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Housaren |
| Namesake | Hussar |
| Launched | 1801, Denmark, [1] or France |
| Renamed | Hussaren (1808) |
| Fate | Wrecked 13 January 1828 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Tons burthen | 260, [3] or 261, or 262 [4] (bm) |
| Length | 92 ft 3 in (28.1 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 0 in (7.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Snow; later brig |
| Complement | 20 [3] |
| Armament |
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Hussaren's origins are obscure. She was taken in prize in 1805, probably as Houseren, and renamed to Hussaren in 1808. She was wrecked in 1828.
The Prize Court condemned Hussaren on 16 December 1805, and she was then sold. [2] One source states that she was built in France. [2] However, she first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1805 as the Danish vessel Houseren. [4]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1805 | Arbohn | Nealsowl | Falmouth–Naples | LR |
Lloyd's Register for 1809 had the first listing for Hussaren, while continuing the listing for Housaren. Houseren first appeared in the volume of the Register of Shipping (RS) for 1809 with the same information as that in Lloyd's Register. [1] Both registers continued to carry the two names, with unchanging data, for some years.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1809 | M'Farlane | Miller & Co. | Greenock–St Thomas | LR |
Captain John McFarlane acquired a letter of marque on 20 September 1808. [3]
Lloyds List reported in October 1809 that Hussariun, M'Farlane, master, had come into Halifax, Nova Scotia in distress, having seven feet of water in her hold. She was on her way from the Clyde to St Thomas. [5]
On 25 December 1810, Hussaren, M'Falane, master, was coming back to England from St Thomas when she ran on shore near Sheerness. She was got off with the loss of an anchor and cable, and her rudder. Once she had been supplied with replacements, she proceeded on to the Thames. [6]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1811 | M'Farlane Wools | Miller & Co. | Greenock–Martinique | LR; new wales 1809, and good repair 1810 |
| 1812 | Wools T.Hamlin (or Hamlyn) | Miller & Co. | London–St Thomas | LR; new wales 1809, and good repair 1810 |
| 1814 | Hamlin J.Swan | Miller & Co. J.Croel | Greenock–St Croix | LR; new wales 1809, and good repair 1810 |
In 1816 there are references in Lloyd's List to the "Hussaren transport".
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1818 | W.Allen Gray Phillips | Borrdailes | Cork transport | LR; new wales 1809, good repair 1810, new deck and thorough repair 1814 |
In April 1817 the transports Kinnersley Castle, Hussaren, and Pomona left Cowes for Portsmouth. There they embarked the 2nd and 63rd Regiments of Foot for Barbados, and the 58th and 61st Regiments of Foot for Jamaica. [7] However, Hussaren, Ailen, master, apparently arrived at Quebec from Cowes on 31 May with 124 officers and men of the 76th and 99th Regiments of Foot. [8] [lower-alpha 1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1819 | W.Phillips G.Gibson | J.Long | London–New Orleans | LR; new wales 1809, good repair 1810, new deck and thorough repair 1814 |
On 27 December 1818, Hussaren, Gibson, master, had to put back to Ancona after five days at sea on her way to London. Her pumps had become choaked; she had been obliged to discharge her cargo. [9]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1821 | G[eorge] Gibson | J[ohn] Long | London | LR; iron standards deck, and thorough repair 1820 |
| 1822 | G.Gibson | J.Long | London | LR; iron standards deck, thorough repair 1820, new deck 1821, & new wales 1822 |
| 1823 | G.Gibson | J.Long | London–Honduras | LR; iron standards & thorough repair 1820, new deck 1821, & new wales 1822 |
| 1825 | G.Gibson | J.Long | London–Straits [of Gibraltar] | LR; almost rebuilt 1824 |
| 1826 | G.Gibson | J.Long | London–CGH | LR; almost rebuilt 1824 |
Although Hussaren apparently did not sail east of the Cape of Good Hope, she apparently did carry cargoes of goods for the British East India Company (EIC). In 1826 the EIC reported that Hussaren had recently arrived from the Cape with goods belonging to the company. [10]
Hussaren also carried passengers. In early 1827 she brought the Methodist missionary Barnabas Shaw and his family home from the Cape on home leave. [11]
On 13 January 1828 a hurricane drove Hussaren, Gibson, master, on the Sandwich Sand at Pegwell Bay, Kent after she had lost both her anchors in the Downs. After all attempts to get her off, including cutting her masts to lighten her, had failed, her crew abandoned her. Part of her cargo and all on board were rescued. She had been on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London. [12]
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Loyalist was launched in 1793. Between 1796 and 1803 she made four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She then sailed as a West Indiaman until she was condemned in 1809 as unseaworthy.
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