Career
Lord Wellington first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1811 with J.Hare, master, J. Preston, owner, and trade Yarmouth–London. [2] By the next year she was a West Indiaman.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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| 1815 | Gunhouse | Foster & Co. | London-Martinique | LR |
| 1820 | Anderson | Foster & Co. | London–Batavia | LR |
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On 12 July 1815, Lord Wellington, Gunhouse, master, was on her way back to England from St Domingo and Jamaica. [3] On 9 August, Fanny, Ray, master, was totally dismasted in a gale. Her crew then abandoned her. Aurora and Lord Wellington saved the crew. [4]
On 15 November 1816 LL reported that Lord Wellington, Anderson, master, was on her way from Plymouth to Newcastle when she ran aground on North Sand Head. She was got off and taken into Ramsgate. She had lost her anchor and cable, and was leaky. [5]
On 17 November 1817 Lord Wellington, Anderson, master, was coming from Quebec when she put into Plymouth leaky, and having lost a boat and sails. [6]
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 31 August 1820 Captain J. Anderson sailed Lord Wellington for Bombay. [8]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1825 | R.Bennett | Broderick | Hull–America | LR |
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Fate
On 13 July 1825 Lord Wellington, of Hull, Bennet, master, was sailing from Quebec when she encountered a gale at 47°N39°W / 47°N 39°W / 47; -39 and heavy seas. As she scudded she became waterlogged. On the 18th Nottingham, which had been sailing from Derry to Quebec, rescued the crew from the tops and poop. Henry then took on Lord Wellington's master, mate, carpenter, and a boy from Nottingham. [9] [Note 1]
Caledonia was launched at Sunderland in 1815. She was initially an East Indiaman, sailing between England and Bombay under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). In 1820 and again in 1822 she transported convicts to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). After about 1825 she became a West Indiaman. Her crew abandoned her at sea on 28 August 1832 in a leaky state.
True Briton was launched at Pont Neuf, Quebec, in 1811. Her primary trade was sailing between Britain and New Brunswick, but she also sailed to Jamaica, and made two voyages to India. Her crew abandoned her in the Atlantic in 1822.
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.
Aberdeen was launched at Quebec in 1811. She sailed to England and then traded between Quebec and Britain. She made two voyages to India under license from the British East India Company (EIC). After her return from the second, in 1820, she was no longer listed.
Oracabessa was launched in 1810 at Hull. She was initially a West Indiaman but then from 1818 she started trading with India. She foundered in a hurricane in the Bay of Bengal in 1823.
Lord Wellington was launched in 1811 at Whitby as a London-based transport. She made one voyage to India c. 1816. She sank in May 1823 after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
Lord Wellington was launched in 1809 at Shields. She initially sailed as a London-based transport and then made two voyages to India, and one to Mauritius. Thereafter she traded widely until she was condemned c.1842.
Several ships have been named Lord Wellington for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington:
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.
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.
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.
Theodosia was built at Shields in 1782. She spent 20 years trading with the Baltic, and then another dozen trading with North America and the Baltic. From 1816 she traded with India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company. She was wrecked while returning from a voyage to India in 1825.
Lady Ridley was launched in 1813 at Blyth as a West Indiaman. She transported convicts in 1821 to Van Diemen's Land. She also sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked on 11 November 1831.
Lord Suffield was launched in 1816 at Great Yarmouth. She made a voyage to Peru that proved unsuccessful after she was detained and then released. She made several voyages to Bengal under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). Finally, she grounded on 17 April 1832 in Pentland Firth and was wrecked.
Emperor Alexander was launched in 1813 at Chepstow. Relatively early in her career she made two voyages to India and the East Indies under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). On her return she became a West Indiaman, and also sailed to South America, North America, and the Baltic. She carried immigrants to Quebec and transported convicts to Tasmania. She was condemned in 1835 following damage at sea on her way to the Cape and India.
Leda was launched in 1807 at Whitby. She spent most of her career as a London transport, and then a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in May 1819 on a voyage to Bombay while sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC).
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.
Brailsford was launched at Kingston upon Hull in 1811. She traded widely, including making several voyages to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She suffered mishaps in 1823 and 1826 and was finally wrecked on 19 April 1831.
Tamerlane was launched in New Brunswick in 1824. She transferred her registry to Liverpool. She sailed between Scotland and Canada and then in 1828 sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). After two voyages to India she returned to trading in the Western hemisphere. Her crew abandoned her in the Channel on 26 February 1848.
Westmoreland was launched at Whitby in 1800. She first sailed as a West Indiaman. From 1816 to 1821 and then again from 1823 to 1825 she sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). Here crew abandoned her at sea on 22 October 1825. She eventually floated ashore on the coast of France and was salvaged.
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