Intrepid (1809 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
OwnerJn. Wright (1809)
Builder1809, [1] or 1810 [2] [lower-alpha 1]
LaunchedNewcastle upon Tyne
FateWrecked 5 January 1826
General characteristics
Tons burthen367, or 374, [1] or 375 [2] (bm)
Length101 ft (31 m)
Beam29 ft (9 m)
Armament2 × 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.

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Career

Intrepid was registered in Whitby in June 1809. [1] She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1811. [4]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1811Postgate[R.M.] Atty & Co.London transportLR; damages repaired 1810
1816Postgate
Johnson		[R.M.] Atty & Co.London transportLR

On 25 October 1816 Intrepid put into Sheerness. She had been on her way from Woolwich to Barbados with troops when a colliere brig had run into her, carrying away Intrepid's bowsprit and jib-boom. [5]

Intrepid was sold to London in 1817. [1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1818J.JohnsonAtty & Co.London transportLR
1819J.JohnsonAtty & Co.London–BengalLR

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]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1821J.Johnson
R.Elder		AttyLondon–Bengal
London transport		LR
1822J.Elter
Hammet		AttyLondon transportLR
1824Hammett
Metcalf		AttyPlymouth transportLR
1825R.MetcalfBurrell & Co.Plymouth–AmericaLR

Fate

On 5 January 1826 Intrepid, Metcalf, master, was driven on shore near Skerries, 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]

Notes

  1. ↑ One source has Intrepid being built by Temple shipbuilders in 1803. [3] There is no support for the 1803 launch year in Lloyd's Register or the Register of Shipping.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Weatherill (1908), p. 285.
  2. 1 2 Hackman (2001), p. 285.
  3. ↑ Tyne Built Ships: I.
  4. ↑ LR (1811), Supple. pages "IJ", Seq.No.IJ12.
  5. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5121. 29 October 1816. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735027 . Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  7. ↑ {LR (1820), "Licensed India Ships".
  8. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 6080. 10 January 1826. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735036 . Retrieved 24 February 2021.

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