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Owner | Jn. Wright (1809) |
Builder | 1809, [1] or 1810 [2] [a] |
Launched | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Fate | Wrecked 5 January 1826 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 367, or 374, [1] or 375 [2] (bm) |
Length | 101 ft (31 m) |
Beam | 29 ft (9 m) |
Armament | 2 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pouunder carronades |
Intrepid was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1809. She then became a transport. In 1820 she made a voyage to Bengal, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then reverted to being a transport. She was wrecked on 5 January 1826.
Intrepid was registered in Whitby in June 1809. [1] She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1811. [4]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1811 | Postgate | [R.M.] Atty & Co. | London transport | LR; damages repaired 1810 |
1816 | Postgate Johnson | [R.M.] Atty & Co. | London transport | LR |
On 25 October 1816 Intrepid put into Sheerness. She had been on her way from Woolwich to Barbados with troops when a colliery brig had run into her, carrying away Intrepid's bowsprit and jib-boom. [5]
Intrepid was sold to London in 1817. [1]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1818 | J.Johnson | Atty & Co. | London transport | LR |
1819 | J.Johnson | Atty & Co. | London–Bengal | 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 license from the EIC. [6]
Intrepid sailed for Bengal on 20 January 1820 under a license from the EIC. [7]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1821 | J.Johnson R.Elder | Atty | London–Bengal London transport | LR |
1822 | J.Elter Hammet | Atty | London transport | LR |
1824 | Hammett Metcalf | Atty | Plymouth transport | LR |
1825 | R.Metcalf | Burrell & Co. | Plymouth–America | LR |
On 5 January 1826 Intrepid, Metcalf, master, was driven on shore near Skerries, County Dublin. The violence of the gale resulted in her going to pieces on 6 January. She had been on a voyage from Alexandria to Liverpool. [8]