| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Ocean |
| Owner | Atty & Co. |
| Builder | Barrick, Whitby, England |
| Launched | 1808 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 435, [1] or 43536⁄94, [2] or 437, [3] [4] [5] or 439 [6] |
| Length | 116 ft (35.4 m) [5] |
| Beam | 29 ft 9 in (9.1 m) [5] |
| Propulsion | Sail |
Ocean was built in 1808 at Whitby, England, that once carried settlers to South Africa and twice transported convicts to Australia.
Ocean appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) in 1809 with Barrick, master and owner, and trade Whitby–London. [3]
Lloyd's Register (LR) for 1818 showed Ocean with Remington, master, Attys, owner, and trade London–New South Wales. She had undergone a "good repair" in 1815. [7]
Under the command of Samuel Remington she sailed from Spithead, England, on 21 August 1817, and arrived at Port Jackson on 10 January 1818. [4] She transported 180 male convicts, none of whom died on the voyage. [8]
Ocean left Port Jackson on 15 February bound for Batavia. [9]
In 1820 Ocean carried settlers from England to South Africa under the British Government's 1820 Settlers scheme. Captain Davis sailed from London on 13 December 1819 with 206 settlers. Ocean arrived at Table Bay, Cape Town, on 29 March 1820, and Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, on 15 April. [10]
Under the command of William Harrison, Ocean sailed from Portsmouth on 24 April 1823, and arrived at Port Jackson on 27 August 1823. [11] She transported 173 male convicts, six of whom died on the voyage. [12]
Ocean left Port Jackson in February 1824 bound for London. While en route she encountered a large gale and she lost her live stock overboard. She also rescued the 36-man crew of the whaler Arab, before Arab sank. Ocean went to Saint Helena to undertake repairs and buy provisions. [13] She arrived in London in 1825.
In 1828 her owners changed her registration to London. [5] Lloyd's Register for 1829 still showed Atty as her owners. It gave her master as Dean, and her trade as London-Quebec. [1] The Register of Shipping for 1830 showed her with Major, master, T.Ward, owner, and trade London–Sierra Leone.
However, the change of master and trade actually had changed in 1828. In late 1828 Ocean, Major, master, carried the missionary William Munro to Sierra Leone, where he died a year or so later. [14]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1833 | Bacon | T.Ward | London–Quebec London–Sierra Leone | RS; some repairs 1828 & 1832; zinc plating 1833 |
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Elizabeth was a merchant ship built at Chepstow, Wales in 1809. She made three voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia. Elizabeth is no longer listed after 1832 and may have been lost in 1831.
Lotus was a ship launched at Whitby, England in 1826. She made several voyages to Australia carrying emigrants. She made one voyage transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land. On that voyage, in 1833, she rescued 61 survivors from Hibernia, which a fire had destroyed in the South Atlantic as Hibenia was carrying immigrants to Van Diemen's Land. Lotus herself was lost in May 1844 while sailing between Bristol and Quebec.
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Tyne was launched in 1807 in Rotherhithe. She spent the first part of her career as a West Indiaman. However, in 1810–1811 she made a voyage to India for the British East India Company (EIC) as an "extra" ship, i.e., under charter. Thereafter, with a change of owners, she traded with the Far East under a license issued by the EIC. Then in 1818 she made a voyage to Port Jackson, New South Wales transporting convicts. A fire destroyed her in 1828 in Bombay Harbour.
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Competitor was launched at Whitby in 1813. She was initially a West Indiaman and then traded with India. She made two voyages transporting convicts to Australia, one to Van Diemen's Land and one to Port Jackson. She is last listed in 1833.
Skelton was launched in 1818 at Whitby. She made one notable voyage in 1820 to Australia, notable because her captain later published a detailed account with extensive economic, commercial, and other observational information about the Cape of Good Hope, Hobart Town, Port Jackson, and Rio de Janeiro. She later became a West Indiaman and was wrecked in 1828.
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.
Lord Wellington was launched in 1811 at Whitby as a London-based transport. She made one voyage to India c. 1816. In 1821 she made one voyage carrying Swiss settlers to Hudson's Bay. She sank in May 1823 after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
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.
Regalia was launched at Sunderland in 1811. In 1819 she made a voyage to Calcutta, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She also sailed to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. From Sydney she engaged in several sealing hunting voyages to the waters around Macquarie Island. In 1826 she transported convicts from Dublin to New South Wales. From 1831 until 1852, when she was wrecked at Davis Strait, Regalia was a whaler in the northern whale fishery.
Stakesby was launched at Whitby in 1814. She carried immigrants to Quebec, traded with Batavia and Bombay, transported convicts to Van Diemen's Land, and made a voyage to Calcutta for the British East India Company (EIC). She disappeared in 1846 on a voyage from London to Quebec.