Lord Collingwood (1806 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameLord Collingwood
Namesake Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
OwnerBulmer & Co.
BuilderR & J Bulmer, South Shields.
Launched1 April 1806
FateAbandoned October 1828
General characteristics
Tons burthen479, [1] or 47993⁄94 or 480, [2] or 482, or 48263⁄94 [3] (bm)
Length112 ft 6 in (34.3 m)
Beam32 ft 2 in (9.8 m)
Armament10 × 18-pounder carronades [1]

Lord Collingwood was launched in 1806 at South Shields. She initially served as a transport. Then from 1816 on she started sailing to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). In 1828 her crew abandoned Lord Collingwood at sea.

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Career

Lord Collingwood first appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) in 1809. [1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1809R.GllieR.BullmerLondon transportRS
1814RS: no entry

In 1814 Lord Collingwood disappeared from RS, and had not yet entered Lloyd's Register (LR). She first appeared in LR in 1816. [4]

On 15 June 1814, Lord Collingwood and HMS "Picton" sailed from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia, carrying black refugees that had come from the Chesapeake Bay area on British warships. [5] [lower-alpha 1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1816CotesBulmerLondon–IndiaLR; new bulwarks and topsides 1815

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 licence from the EIC. [6] Lord Collingwood's owners applied for such a licence on 1 March 1816 and received it on 12 March. [2]

On 7 February 1816 Lord Collingwood, W. Coates, master, sailed for Bombay. [7]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1818Cotes
Parker		BulmerPlymouth–LondonLR; new bulwarks and topsides 1815 & damages repaired 1818
1818W.Coates
Parker		BulmerLondon–IndiaRS; new topsides, & thorough repair 1818

Lord Collingwood, Parkin, master, was coming out of Shields on 14 March 1818 on her way to London when she grounded. She was gotten off after she had discharged six or seven keels of coal. She was undamaged and proceeded on her voyage. [8]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1819ParkinBulmerLondon–Calcutta LR; new bulwarks and topsides 1815 & damages repaired 1818
1822Parkin
Hawitson		BulmerLondon–Calcutta LR; new bulwarks and topsides 1815 & damages repaired 1818

In 1822, Lord Collingwood was offered for sale at auction. The notice reported that she had been newly coopered, had partly new wales and topsides and a thorough repair in 1818, and had made only one voyage to India. [9]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1823HewetsonHewetsonLondon–QuebecLR; new bulwarks and topsides 1815 & damages repaired 1818
1825HewetsonHewetsonBristol–New BrunswickLR; new bulwarks and topsides 1815, damages repaired 1818, & small repairs 1823
1827Hewetson
Watson		HewetsonPlymouthLR; new bulwarks and topsides 1815, damages repaired 1818, & small repairs 1823
1828J.Wardell
D.Hewson		HewetsonBristol–MiramichiLR; new bulwarks and topsides 1815, damages repaired 1818, & small repairs 1823
1828HewsonD.HewsonBristol–North AmericaRS; large repair 1824 & thorough repair 1827

Fate

Lord Collingwood, Freeman, master, was on a voyage in October 1828 from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec when her crew had to abandon her at ( 40°47′N50°42′W / 40.783°N 50.700°W / 40.783; -50.700 ) in the Atlantic Ocean. The US vessel Eliza Grant rescued the crew and took them to New York. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ The vessel was probably HMS Pictou. Substituting Picton for Pictou was a common mistake but the Royal Navy did not use the name Picton until the 20th century. The mistake may have originated in the town of Pictou being relatively unknown, whilst Thomas Picton was a noted British general then serving in the Peninsular campaign.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 RS (1809), Seq.No.L358.
  2. 1 2 House of Commons (1816).
  3. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 292.
  4. ↑ LR (1816), Supple. pages "L", Seq.No.L23.
  5. ↑ Packwood (1975), pp. 51–52.
  6. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  7. ↑ LR (1816), "Licensed and Country Ships".
  8. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5263. 17 March 1818. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105226351.
  9. ↑ "No. 17816". The London Gazette . 11 May 1822. p. 794.
  10. ↑ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), 14 November 1828, Issue 912.

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