Career
She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1806 with Bellamy, master, Bousfield, owner, and trade London transport. [3]
Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 24 February 1807 that the transports Cybelle, Jupiter and Retreat had run aground at Sheerness but had been gotten off with trifling damage. [4]
The Jupiter transport, which had left Portsmouth on 19 December 1807, was reported to have run onshore at the Isle of Wight. [5]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1810 | Martin | Bousfield | London–Brazil | LR; damage repaired and large repair 1807 |
| 1815 | J.Martin
J.Goldsmith | Bousfield | London transport | LR; large repair 1807 |
| 1820 | Smith
Swan | Bousfield | London–Curacoa | LR; large repair 1807, thorough repairs 1817 and 1820 |
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On 2 February Jupiter, Smith, master, was off Poole, on her way to the Spanish Main.
On 17 August 1819, Jupiter, Smith, master, was sailing from Jamaica to London when she ran onshore on the coast of Florida. The crew threw some 70–80 hogsheads of sugar overboard on the 21st and was gotten off with the assistance of some wrecking vessels. She arrived at Nassau, Bahamas, on 7 September. [6] She arrived back at Gravesend on 1 December.
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.
On 4 February 1821 Jupiter, Swan, master, sailed from Gravesend, bound for Bombay. On 1 January 1822 Jupiter, Swan, master, sailed from Bengal for London. On 27 April Jupiter, Swan, master, was at Saint Helena, having come from Bengal. She sailed for London on 1 May, and arrived at Deal on 1 July.
Jupiter, Captain John (or Johnathon) Park, sailed from London on 2 June 1823. She arrived at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, on 6 November, and Port Jackson on 27 November. She carried a number of women and families sent out by government to join their relatives, together with 12 females from the Guardian Society, and 15 pensioned non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Royal Artillery to occupy situations of superintendents. She had sailed via Cape Town. [8]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1825 | Park | Bousfield | London–New South Wales | Register of Shipping (RS); damages and large repair 1817, & thorough repair 1820 |
| 1828 | Heyward | Bousfield
Moats | Cork–New South Wales
London transport | RS; damages and large repair 1817, & thorough repair 1820 |
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In 1827 Jupiter, Hawood, master, was serving as a troop transport. Lloyd's List reported on 11 May 1827 that the Jupiter transport, from Jamaica to Portsmouth, had put into Nassau on 11 March. She had struck on the Colerados and a reef. The troops she was carrying had disembarked and her stores were being landed.
Castle Forbes was a merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made several voyages to India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. She sustained damage in 1826 on a voyage to India and was condemned at the Cape of Good Hope. However, she was repaired. She was last listed in 1832, and in 1838 in Lloyd's Register (LR).
Sir Godfrey Webster was launched in 1799. She was a West Indiaman until 1812 when she made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). On her return she returned to trading with the West Indies. However, she then performed two voyages transporting convicts, the first to Van Diemen's Land, and the second to New South Wales. She ran into difficulties on her way home from Singapore after the second voyage and was condemned at Mauritius.
Malabar was launched at Shields in 1804. She sailed primarily as a London-based transport. After the British East India Company (EIC) in 1814 lost its monopoly on the trade with India, Malabar made several voyages to India under a licence from the EIC. Then in 1819 she made a voyage transporting convicts to Port Jackson, Australia, followed by one in 1821 where she transported convicts to Van Diemen's Land. She is last listed in 1824.
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.
Lady Banks was launched in 1810 at Boston. After some voyages as a transport and West Indiaman she sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company. She was condemned at Mauritius in 1821. However, a local merchant repaired and purchased her and sailed her to China.
Ajax was launched in 1811 at South Shields. She was initially a London-based transport, but from 1816 became an East Indiaman, sailing between Britain and India. She was condemned at Calcutta in 1822.
Ceres was launched at Kolkata in August 1793 as Lutchmy and renamed in 1794. She sailed to England in 1798 and became a West Indiaman. She was condemned at Barbados in 1806. New owners returned her to service, first as a West Indiaman and then as an East Indiaman. She was damaged at Mauritius in 1818 and although she was listed until 1824, it is not clear that she sailed again after the damage she sustained in Mauritius.
Thames was launched in 1818 as an East Indiaman, trading with India and Ceylon under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She made one voyage transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land. She became leaky and was condemned at Swan River in 1830 as she was sailing to Île de France from having delivered her convicts at Hobart.
Glenmore was launched in 1806 at Elgin. She was initially a West Indiaman. She made one voyage to Bengal in 1813–14. She became a Greenland whaler in 1818 and made four full whaling voyages. She was lost in the White Sea in 1822.
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.
Adrian was launched in 1819 at Newcastle-on-Tyne. She initially sailed between London and Canada but then in 1822 she started sailing east of the Cape of Good Hope under a license from the British East India Company. She made voyages to Bengal and Batavia. In between, she transported convicts to New South Wales. She foundered in 1833.
Stakesby was launched at Whitby in 1814. She carried immigrants to Quebec, traded with Batavia and Bombay, transported convicts to Van Diemen's Land, and made a voyage to Calcutta for the British East India Company (EIC). She disappeared in 1846 on a voyage from London to Quebec.
Sesostris was launched at Hull in 1818. She traded with India, the Baltic, and Russia, carried troops for a Chilean military expedition against Peru, and transported convicts to New South Wales. She was broken up in 1843.
Medina was launched in 1811 and quickly became a West Indiaman. Ten years later she started sailing to the East Indies under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She made two voyages transporting convicts to Australia, first to Sydney and then to Hobart. She also brought immigrants to the Swan River Colony. On that voyage she sustained damage that caused her to be condemned in July 1831.
Caroline was a merchant vessel launched at Shoreham in 1804 as a West Indiaman. She spent almost her entire career sailing to the West Indies, and endured two maritime mishaps during that period, one at Sierra Leone. She sailed to Batavia in 1824 under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). From Batavia she sailed to Sincapore, where she was condemned.
Brilliant was launched at Whitehaven in 1807. Initially, she was a West Indiaman. Then from 1816 she started sailing to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She grounded in February or on 10 March 1821 at Coringa while sailing from London to Bengal. She was refloated, repaired, and sold locally.
Westmoreland was a ship launched at Hull in 1817. She sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). Next, she sailed to Australia with passengers. From Sydney she visited New Zealand, Tahiti, and Valparaiso, before returning to England. She then traded widely, to Russia, North America, West Africa, and India again. She was condemned at Saint Helena on 29 October 1845 as she was returning from the coast of Africa.
Cyrus was launched in 1811 in Whitby. She spent her early career as a transport. Then after the war she made one or more voyages to Bengal and Ceylon under a license from the British East India Company. After her return she traded between Great Britain and North America. She was wrecked at Quebec in November 1844.
Woodman was launched at Gainsborough in 1808. She traded with northern Spain and then became a West Indiaman, and later a government transport. From 1816 on she made several voyages to India and South East Asia, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She also made two voyages transporting convicts, one to New South Wales (NSW) in 1823 and one to Van Diemen's Land in 1825. She was lost in 1836.
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