Career
EIC voyages
EIC voyage #1 (1811-1812): Captain John Stevens sailed from Calcutta on 13 December 1811, bound for England. Maitland was at Saugor on 12 February 1812. She reached St Helena on 12 May and arrived at The Downs on 22 July. [7] Captain Stevens acquired a letter of marque on 5 November 1812. [3]
Over a decade passed before Maitland again sailed for the EIC.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1815 | Stevens | Brightman | London–India | Register of Shipping (RS) [4] |
| 1820 | Kersey | Brightman | London–India | RS |
| 1825 | O'Brien
Studd | Ferguson | London–Madras | RS |
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EIC voyage #2 (1825): Captain John Lynch Studd sailed from The Downs on 18 June 1825, bound for Bombay. Maitland arrived at Bombay on 15 November. [7]
EIC voyage #3 (1828-1829): Captain Joseph Short sailed from The Downs on 2 July 1828, bound for Bengal. Maitland reached Colombo on 11 November and arrived at Calcutta on 19 January 1829. Homeward bound, she was at Diamond Harbour on 18 March and Saugor on 1 April. She reached St Helena on 23 June and arrived at The Downs on 18 August. [7]
EIC voyage #4 (1830-1831): Captain James Temple Brown sailed from The Downs on 21 June 1830, bound for Bengal. Maitland arrived at Calcutta on 13 November. Homeward bound, she was at Kedgeree 9 February 1831. She reached the Cape of Good Hope on 20 April and St Helena on 1 June. She arrived at The Downs on 4 August. [7]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1830 | Short
Brown | J. Somes | London–Bombay | RS |
| 1835 | Marshall | J. Somes | London transport | Lloyd's Register (LR) |
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Convict transport
Captain George (or John) Baker sailed from Sheerness on 22 March 1840 and arrived at Sydney on 14 July.Maitland had embarked 305 convicts and suffered three deaths en route.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1840 | Baker | J.Somes | London–Sydney | LR |
| 1844 | Thompson | J.Somes | London–Hobart Town | LR |
| 1845 | Thompson
J. Gray | J.Somes
G. Marshall | London–Hobart Town
London | LR |
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Maitland, Captain G. Thompson, sailed from Portsmouth on 1 September 1843. Maitland arrived at Sydney on 12 January 1844, and left the 25th.
On 7 February 1844 Maitland delivered convicts to Norfolk Island. She had embarked 199; no record of deaths. At Norfolk Island she embarked 338 convicts to transfer them to Hobart Town. She left the island on 14 February and arrived at Hobart Town on 3 March, though the convicts did not disembark until 14 March.
Captain John Gray sailed from London on 26 June 1846, bound for Hobart Town. She arrived at Port Phillip on 9 November. She had embarked 299 convicts and she disembarked 291 at Port Phillip. She then sailed for Hobart Town, where she arrived on 27 October. There she disembarked her remaining six prisoners.
Later career
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1850 | W. Henry | G. Marshall | London–Port Phillip | LR |
| 1855 | B. Miller | G. Marshall | London–Hobart town | LR |
| 1860 | D. Jones | Wilson | Liverpool–Ascension Island | LR |
| 1865 | D. Jones | J&R Wilson | Shields–Mediterranean | LR; Homeport: South Shields |
| 1869 | D. Jones | J&R Wilson | Shields–Mediterranean | LR |
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Baring was a three-decker East Indiaman that made six voyages to India for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1802 and 1814. Her owners then sold her and under new owners she made two voyages transporting convicts to Australia. Her last appearance in Lloyd's Register is in 1820.
Guildford was a two-decker merchant ship launched in 1810. She transported convicts to New South Wales. Of her eight voyages delivering convicts, for three she was under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). She underwent major repairs in 1819, her hull was sheathed in copper in 1822; in 1825 she received new wales, top sides and deck, the copper was repaired and other repairs. Guildford was lost without a trace in 1831.
Henry Porcher was launched in 1817 at Bristol, England. Between 1818 and 1831 she made three voyages to India for the British East India Company (EIC). On the second she first transported convicts to Sydney, New South Wales. Between these voyages for the EIC Henry Porcher traded privately to India as a licensed ship. She made two further voyages as a convict transport, one to Sydney in 1834–35, and one to Hobart in 1836. She grounded in 1858 and was broken up in 1860.
Recovery was a merchant ship built at Batavia in 1799 and taken in prize c.1811. She made two voyages transporting convicts from England to Australia and one voyage from Ireland to Australia. She also made two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was last listed in 1847.
Ann and Amelia was launched in 1816 at Chittagong. She was sold at Calcutta in August 1823 for a "Free Trader". She transported convicts from Britain to Port Jackson, New South Wales, in 1825. She then made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) and was lost in gale on the coast of France in 1835 as she was finishing her third voyage.
Tottenham was launched in 1802 and made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). Her owners then sold her and she became a transport. She made one voyage transporting convicts to Botany Bay. She was sold in 1820 for breaking up.
Sir William Bensley was launched in 1802 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). Between 1802 and 1813 she made six voyages for the EIC. Her owners sold her and she became a transport. During this time she repelled an American privateer in a single-ship action. She made one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales (1816–1817). She continued to trade until 1841 when she wrecked at Nova Scotia.
Batavia was built at Topsham, England in 1802. At first she traded independently with the East Indies, but then she made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). Lastly, she made one voyage in 1818 transporting convicts to Australia. She was broken up in 1819.
Ocean was launched in 1802 at Quebec. She made five voyages under charter to the British East India Company (EIC) between 1804 and 1814. Her owners then sold her and she continued to sail between Britain and India under a license issued by the EIC. In 1815–1816 she made one voyage transporting convicts to Australia. She was last listed in 1825.
Peggy was built at Calcutta in 1793 and initially sailed in the Indian coastal and Far East trade. In 1801 she assumed British registry and her name was changed to Juliana. Her owners sold her to the Transport Board but in 1804 the government resold her and she was sailing as a West Indiaman between London and Antigua. She then made two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and one voyage to Hobart, Van Dieman's Land, transporting convicts. On her return from this voyage she wrecked in 1821 on the English coast.
Larkins made ten voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), all as an "extra ship", i.e. under contract. On two of these voyages she first transported convicts to Australia. She also made one convict voyage independently of the EIC. She traded extensively between England and India or China, and in this twice suffered serious but not fatal maritime mishaps. In 1853 she became a coal hulk at Albany, Western Australia, and remained there until she was broken up in 1876.
Minerva was launched at Lancaster, Lancashire, in 1805. Following trading with Central and South America, she made two voyages under charter to the British East India Company (EIC) between 1811 and 1814. She also made four voyages transporting convicts to Australia between 1818 and 1824, one to Van Diemen's Land and three voyages to New South Wales. She was broken up in 1826.
Susan was launched at Calcutta in 1813. She initially traded in the East Indies as a country ship, and with Britain under license from the British East India Company (EIC). Between 1829 and 1831 she made two voyages for the EIC. Then between 1834 and 1836 she made four voyages transporting convicts, two to New South Wales, and two to Tasmania. She foundered in 1846 as she was sailing between London and the Cape of Good Hope.
Boyne was launched at Calcutta in 1807. In 1809 she sailed to England. She was sold to the Danes, but by 1811 was under English ownership under the name Moffat. She then made seven voyages as a "regular ship" for the British East India Company (EIC). After the EIC exited its maritime activities in 1833–34, Moffat made four voyages transporting convicts to Australia: one voyage to Port Jackson and three to Van Diemen's Land. She also made at least one voyage carrying immigrants to South Australia, and later regularly traded between Liverpool and Bombay. She was last listed in 1856.
Fairlie was launched at Calcutta in 1810 and sailed to England. There she became a regular ship for the British East India Company (EIC). Including her voyage to England, she made four voyages for the EIC. From around 1821 on she became a Free Trader, continuing to trade with India under a license from the EIC. She also made two voyages transporting convicts to New South Wales (1834), and Tasmania (1852). She made several voyages carrying immigrants to South Australia, New South Wales, and British Guiana. She foundered in November 1865.
Mary was launched in 1811 at Ipswich. She immediately made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC), to New South Wales (NSW), and Bengal. She continued to trade with Australia and then made five voyages transporting convicts there: two to New South Wales, two to Van Diemen's Land, and one in which she carried convicts to both. She was last listed in 1841.
Barrosa was launched in 1811 at Cossipore. She sailed to England and then made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC); during this period she also made one voyage carrying immigrants to South Africa. After the EIC gave up its maritime activities in 1833-1834, Barossa became a transport. She made three voyages transporting convicts to Australia. She was lost in 1847, without loss of life, while transporting contract labourers from Madras to Jamaica.
Lady Castlereagh was launched in 1803. She made six apparently uneventful voyages to India and one to China for the British East India Company (EIC). She left the EIC's service and made one voyage transporting convicts to Australia. She was returning from having delivered her convicts to Port Jackson and Van Diemen's Land when she was damaged in October 1818 a gale at Madras. She was surveyed there, condemned, and sold for breaking up.
Princess Charlotte was a ship launched in Sunderland in 1813. She immediately started trading with the Indian Ocean and India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She made one voyage for the EIC, and she made two voyages transporting convicts to Australia, one to Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, and one to Port Jackson, New South Wales. She foundered in 1828 in the Bay of Bengal.
Mangles was built in Calcutta in 1803 and immediately sailed for England. Including that voyage, she made a total of six voyages as an "extra ship" for the British East India Company (EIC). Between her first as second voyages for the EIC a French privateer captured her. Mangles also made nine voyages transporting convicts to Australia: eight voyages to Port Jackson, one to Hobart Town, and one in which she delivered some convicts to Port Jackson but carried most of her charges to Norfolk Island. She was last listed in 1844.
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