Maister (1802 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameMaister
Launched1802, Kingston upon Hull
FateWrecked 13 December 1822
General characteristics
Tons burthen369 [1] [2] (bm)
Armament
  • 1804:8 × 18-pounder carronades
  • 1809:2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pounder carronades

Maister (or Maisters) was launched in 1802 at Hull. She initially sailed to the Baltic, but then became a government transport until the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She twice sailed to India under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). In her career she suffered at least three maritime mishaps before she was wrecked on 13 December 1822.

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Career

Maister first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1802. [3]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1802R.CowhamMaister & Co.Hull–PetersburgLR

On 18 August 1802 Maister, Cowham, master, arrived at Petersburg from Hull. In November Lloyd's List reported that as she was coming from Petersburg she had gotten on shore at Carlsheim, on the coast of Sweden, but was expected to be gotten off. [4]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1804R.Cowham
O.Connell
T.Park
Maister & Co.
T.Egginton
Hull–Petersburg
London Transport
LR
1808T.ParkEggintonLondon TransportLR; damages repaired 1804

On 25 January 1809 the Maisters transport was coming from Spithead when she drove on to the Hospital Shoal. She lost two anchors and cables. [5] She was later refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [6]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1809T.ParkT.EggintonLondon TransportLR; damages repaired 1804
1813T.Park
Mentrap
T.EggintonLondon TransportLR; damages repaired 1804 & large repair 1813

On 25 November 1813, Maister was on her way from Hull to Martinique when HMS Bulwark ran into her off the Owers. The collision dismasted Maister, which went into Cowes the next day. [7]

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. [8] Maister's owners applied for a licence on 27 November 1814, and received the licence on 29 December. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1815Wm.WisemanT.EggintonLondon–Isle de France (Mauritius) LR; damages repaired 1804 & large repair 1813

Maister, Wiseman, master, Parkinson, owner, sailed for Bombay on 7 February 1816 under a licence from the EIC. [9]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1818F.BerrymanParkinson & Co.Hull-PetersburgLR; large repair 1813 & repairs 1818
1819F.Berryman (or Berriman)Parkinson & Co.Hull-Petersburg
London–Ceylon
LR; large repair 1813 & 1818

On 28 January 1819 Maister sailed to Fort William, India (Calcutta), again under a licence from the EIC.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1820F.BerrymanParkinson & Co.Hull-Petersburg
London–Picton
LR; large repair 1813 & repairs 1818

On 14 July 1821, Maister, Berriman, master, arrived at Quebec with 48 settlers after a voyage of 59 days from Hull. [10]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1822F.Berryman
Wokes
Stokes
RichardsonLondon–Nova ScotiaLR; thorough repair 1821 & repairs 1822
1823T.StokesMartin & Co.Greenock–New BrunswickLR; large repair 1821 & repairs 1822

Fate

On 13 December 1822, Maister, of Port Glasgow, Wokes, master, was sailing from St John, New Brunswick when she was wrecked on the Isle of Tyrie in the Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued, and it was expected that her cargo would be recovered. [11]

Citations

  1. Hackman (2001), p. 294.
  2. 1 2 House of Commons (1816).
  3. LR (1802), Supple. pages "M", Seq.No.M112.
  4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4309. 19 November 1802. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233084.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4322). 27 January 1809.
  6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4323). 31 January 1809.
  7. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4826. 30 December 1813. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232912.
  8. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  9. LR (1816), "Licensed and Country Ships".
  10. Ship Arrivals at the Port of Quebec, June 22 – August 17 1821.
  11. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5763). 27 December 1822.

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