| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name: | Kingston |
| Owner: | |
| Builder: | Holt & Richardson, Whitby [2] |
| Launched: | 30 January 1806 [2] |
| Fate: | Abandoned by her crew 1819 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 418, [3] or 41849⁄94, [2] or 426 [4] (bm) |
| Sail plan: | Ship |
| Armament: | 6-12 × 6-pounder guns |
Kingston was launched in 1806 and spent her career trading primarily between England and the West Indies, though also trading with Sicily, America, and India, and possibly Russia. Her crew abandoned her in 1819 when she developed a leak.
Kingston enters the Register of Shipping and Lloyd's Register with slightly inconsistent information. Discrepancies between the two registers appear several times, probably reflecting differences in the dates of the information and in publication, stale information, and possibly error.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806 | Atkinson | Capt. & Co. | Whitby—London London—Dominica | Register of Shipping [1] | Atkinson | Hardcastle & Co. | London—Dominica | Lloyd's Register [3] |
| 1809 | R. Atkinson Hunter | Capt. & Co. Atkinson & Co. | London—Dominica London—St Kitts | Register of Shipping | R. Atkinson | Hardcastle & Co. | London—Dominica | Lloyd's Register |
| 1810 | Hunter | Atkinson Horncastle | London—St Kitts | Register of Shipping | R.Atkinson Hunter | Hardcastle | London—West Indies | Lloyd's Register |
| 1811 | R. Hunter | Horncastle | London—St Kitts London—Sicily | Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London—Jamaica | Lloyd's Register |
| 1812 | Hunter | Horncastle | London—Sicily | Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London transport | Lloyd's Register |
| 1813 | Hunter | Horncastle | London—West Indies | Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London transport | Lloyd's Register |
| 1814 | Hunter | Horncastle | London—St Croix | Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London—St Croix | Lloyd's Register |
| 1815 | Hunter W. Smith | Horncastle Barber | London—St Croix London—America | Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London—Petersburg London—Jamaica | Lloyd's Register |
| 1816 | W. Smith Hunter | J.Barber Horncastle | Liverpool—America London—America | Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London—Jamaica | Lloyd's Register |
| 1818 | Barlow | Horncastle | London—India | Register of Shipping | Marlow | Hardcastle | London—India | Lloyd's Register |
| 1819 | Barlow | Horncastle | London—India | Register of Shipping | Marlow | Hardcastle | London—India | Lloyd's Register |
| 1820 | Horncastle | Horncastle | London—Yucatán | Register of Shipping [4] | Marlow | Hardcastle | London—India | Lloyd's Register |
Lloyd's List reported on 3 December 1819 that Kingston, Horncastle, master, had sprung a leak while sailing from Honduras to London. The crew abandoned her in the Gulf of Florida. [5]
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References
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Oswin was launched in 1810. In 1818 she sailed for India. She foundered at sea in January 1819. All aboard survived despite having had to sail in a longboat for almost two weeks over 1400 miles to Saint Helena.
Wolfe's Cove was built by Baldwin & Co and launched in 1812 at Ile d'Orleans near Quebec. She sailed to England and from there first traded with Canada and then from 1816 with Mauritius, India, and Java. An American privateer captured her in 1813, but the Royal Navy recaptured her within weeks. She was damaged and hulked at Mauritius in 1819.
Lord Forbes was launched at Chester in 1803 as a West Indiaman. She soon became an "armed defense ship", but by 1805 had returned to being a West Indiaman. She made two voyages as an "extra" ship for the British East India Company (EIC). She continued trading with India until 1817 when she sustained damage on her way to Bengal. There she was surveyed, condemned and sold.
Agincourt was a merchant vessel launched at North Shields in 1804. She was a transport and later sailed between Britain and Quebec. Her crew abandoned her at sea in 1821.
Paragon was launched at Whitby in 1800. Between 1803 and 1805 she served as an armed defense ship protecting Britain's coasts and convoys. She then served as a transport on the 1805 naval expedition to capture the Cape of Good Hope. Next, she returned to mercantile service and in 1814 a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her the next day. She sailed to India in 1818 under a license from the British East India Company (EIC}, and was wrecked in March 1819 while inbound to Calcutta.
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Lord Wellington was launched in 1811 in Montreal. She became a London-based transport that made one voyage to India in 1819 under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). Afterwards she continued to sail to the Baltic and North America. She was last listed in 1829.
