Lord Hungerford (1814 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameLord Hungerford
Namesake Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford
BuilderR. Kyd and W. Richardson, Kidderpore, Calcutta
Launched31 October 1814
FateFoundered on 1 June 1861
General characteristics
Tons burthen
  • Old Act: 679, [1] or 685, [2] [3] or 707, [4] 70734⁄94, [5] or 736 (bm)
  • New Act (post 1836): 928 (bm)
Length135 ft 6 in (41.3 m)
Beam34 ft 10 in (10.6 m)
NotesTeak-built; sheathed in Yellow Metal (Muntz metal) in 1851 & 1854

Lord Hungerford was launched at Calcutta in 1814. Her most notable voyages were one transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land and two for the British East India Company. Later she brought laborers to British Guiana and immigrants to Victoria and South Australia. She foundered on 1 June 1861 on her way to Valparaiso to be converted to a coal hulk.

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Career

Origins:Lord Hungerford was built at Calcutta and cost sicca rupees 195,000 to construct. [3]

She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) for 1816 with J.Napier, master and owner, and trade London–India. [6]

On 10 October 1816 Lord Hungerford was proceeding down the Hooghly River from Calcutta to complete her loading at the New Anchorage (near Diamond Harbour and Kedgeree), for the journey back to England. Fires twice broke out as she was passing Fulta. The first fire was easily put out. The second came out of the main hold and was more serious. The crew steered her to run her aground, but was able to put it out first, and she continued on her way. The suspicion was that the source of the fires was arson by the lascars as they had stood by and refused to help fight the fire. A new crew of lascars was going to be taken on and the existing lascars were going to be turned over to the police. [7]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1820J.NapierCapt. & Co.London–IndiaLR
1821J.Napier
O'Brien		Capt. & Co.London–India
London–New South Wales		LR

Convict voyage to Van Diemen's Land (1821): Captain Michael O'Brien sailed from Gravesend on 22 June. However, on 29 June at Deal Lord Hungerford and Caroline, Campbell, master, bound to New Brunswick, ran foul of each other. Caroline lost her bowsprit and had to put back to the Downs. [8]

Lord Hungerford sailed from England in July 1821. She sailed via Madeira and arrived a Hobart on 26 December. [4] She had embarked 228 convicts and she landed 228. [9] The guard came from the 67th Regiment of Foot. From Hobart she sailed to Sydney, arriving on 1 February 1826, and then on to Madras and to Bengal.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1825FarquharsonHeathornLondon–CalcuttaLR
1826J.TalbertHeathornLondon–CalcuttaLR

1st EIC voyage (1825): Captain James Talbert sailed from the Downs on 4 July 1825, bound for Calcutta. [2] She had sailed from Deal some days before but on 29 June off Dover had run foul of Caroline, Campbell, master, which had had to return to the Downs. [10] Lord Hungerford reached Kedgeree on 12 November and arrived at Calcutta on 21 November. [2]

2nd EIC voyage (1827-1828): Captain William Heathorn sailed from the Downs on 16 April 1827, bound for China. Lord Hungerford arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 4 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 22 October, reached Saint Helena on 12 January 1828, and arrived back at the Downs on 10 March. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1830HeathornHeathornLondon–ChinaLR
1835
1840SaundersFarquharsonLondon–CalcuttaLR
1845PigottFarquharsonLondon–CalcuttaLR; damages repaired 1843

Labour transport to British Guiana (1845 & 1847): On 26 January 1845 Lord Hungerford, Captain W.H.Norman, left Calcutta bearing the first Indian labourers to British Guiana after the lifting of the c.1839 embargo on the importation of Indian laborers. [11] She arrived on 4 May 1845 and landed 352 coolies at Georgetown, ten having died on the voyage (a mortality rate of 2.8%). [12] She landed another 341 on 12 May 1848.

On 25 October 1848 Lord Hungerford, Captain Patterson, sailed for Australia. On 10 February 1849 she arrived at Port Phillip where she landed 179 immigrants.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1851Patterson
Brown		FarquharsonLondon–Sydney
Liverpool–Bombay 		LR; small repairs 1851
1855HurstTeighe & Co.LondonLR; small repairs 1847, 1848, & 1851

On 2 August 1856 Captain J.W.Hurst sailed from Plymouth. Lord Hungerford arrived at Port Adelaide on 28 November 1856. There she landed 299 immigrants, having had eight births and nine deaths on the voyage. [13]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1860HurstTeighe & Co.LR
1865HurstTeighe & Co.LR

Fate

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company purchased Lord Hungerford to use her as a coal hulk at Valparaiso. However, she foundered on the way. [14] [lower-alpha 1]

On 12 February 1861 Lord Hungerford was at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly when three apprentices from her refused to reboard, arguing that she was unsafe, and that there were irregularities in their articles of service. Magistrtes heard the complaints but ruled against the apprentices. When the apprentices refused nevertheless not to board Lord Hungerford, the constables declined to enforce the order, especially in the face of physical opposition by some local women, and a riot of sorts ensued. Military from a local garrison were called out and the Riot Act was read. In a subsequent search of the island the three apprentices were not to be found. [15]

On 21 February Lord Hungerford was still at St Mary's when a gale drove her aground. [16]

In March, in trials at St Mary's a seaman from Lord Hungerford received a sentence of 12 weeks hard labor for having assaulted Captain Cooper. A constable received a fine of £9 for failing to do his duty, and another man was fined 30 shillings for having obstructed the constables in their duty. [17]

Lord Hungerford foundered on 1 June 1861. Her crew were rescued. [18]

The crew arrived at Valparaiso on the French ship Samarang. [19]

Notes

  1. ↑ There is an incorrect report that in 1867 Lord Hungerford was sold for use as a hulk. [5]

Citations

  1. ↑ Phipps (1840), p. 130.
  2. 1 2 3 4 British Library: Lord Hungerford.
  3. 1 2 Phipps (1840), p. 106.
  4. 1 2 Bateson (1959), pp. 308–309.
  5. 1 2 Hackman (2001), p. 146.
  6. ↑ LR (1816), Supple. pages "L", Seq.№L3.
  7. ↑ "Ship News". Morning Post (London, England), 22 March 1817; Issue 14404.
  8. ↑ Lloyd's List (LL) 1 July 1825, №6025.
  9. ↑ Bateson (1959), p. 329.
  10. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 6025. 1 July 1825. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735035 . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Bisnauth (2000), p. 16.
  12. ↑ Nath (1970), p. 31.
  13. ↑ "The Lord Hungerfoord", South Australian Register 29 November 1856, Page 2.
  14. ↑ Collard (2014).
  15. ↑ ""THE PROPOSED COBDEN DEMONSTRATION AT BRADFORD", Morning Chronicle (London, England), 18 February 1861; Issue 29363.
  16. ↑ "Frightful Shipwreck". The Times. No. 23866. London. 26 February 1861. col E, p. 10.
  17. ↑ "Multiple News Items", Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser (Truro, England), 8 March 1861; pg. 4; Issue 3011.
  18. ↑ "The West India and Pacific Mails". The Times. No. 24024. London. 29 August 1861. col A, p. 9.
  19. ↑ "FROM VALPARAISO.; A Curious Case in the Courts--The Coming Money and Commercial Affairs". New York Times 26 August 1861, p.2.

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