Career
Early career
Shortly after her launch Orient sailed to England. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1815 with W. Rutter, master, Js. Murry, owner, and trade London–Bengal. [4]
From 1814 the EIC lost its monopoly on the trade between Britain and India. Orient then traded with India under a license from the EIC. For instance, on 17 March 1817 Captain R. Cook sailed for Bengal.
Punitive expedition
In late 1819 the government appointed Captain Francis Augustus Collier of HMS Liverpool to command the naval portion of a joint navy-army punitive expedition against the Joasmi (Al Qasimi) pirates at Ras al-Khaimah in the Persian Gulf. The naval force consisted of HMS Liverpool, Eden, Curlew, several EIC cruisers including HCS Aurora, and a number of gun and mortar boats. [5] Eighteen transports, most merchant vessels registered at Bombay, carried troops and supplies. One of the transports was Orient.
After destroying Ras al-Khaima, the British then spent the rest of December and early January moving up and down the coast destroying forts and vessels. The capture and destruction of the fortifications and ships in the port was a massive blow for the Gulf pirates. British casualties were minimal.
Then on 3 April 1821 Captain P. Wallace sailed Orient to Madras.
EIC voyages
The EIC chartered Orient four times, each time for a single voyage.
EIC voyage #1 (1823–1824)
On 22 April 1822, the EIC accepted a tender from Orient's owner for a voyage at a rate of £10 15s per chartered ton. Captain Thomas White sailed from Portsmouth on 26 May 1823, bound for Bengal and Madras. Orient reached Simon's Bay on 14 August and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 30 October. She was Calcutta on 18 November. Homeward bound, she was at Diamond Harbour again on 3 January 1824. She was at Madras on 17 January and Point de Galle on 11 February. She reached St Helena on 19 April and arrived at The Downs on 18 June. [3]
EIC voyage #2 (1825–1826)
The EIC accepted a tender of £14 7s per chartered ton for one voyage to China and Quebec. Captain White sailed from Portsmouth on 3 July 1825, bound for China and Quebec. She reached Penang on 13 November and arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 30 January 1826. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 10 March, and reached on St Helena on 4 July. She arrived at Quebec on 4 September and returned to her mornings on 20 November. [3]
EIC voyage #3 (1831–1832)
The EIC on 29 April 1831 chartered Orient for a voyage to and from Bengal at a rate of £7 19s d per ton. Captain White sailed from Portsmouth on 12 July 1831, bound for Bengal. Orient reached the Cape of Good Hope on 13 September and arrived at Calcutta on 29 November. Homeward bound, she was at Kedgeree on 14 February 1832, was at the Cape on 20 April, reached St Helena on 7 May, and arrived at The Downs on 22 June. [3]
EIC voyage #4 (1833–1834)
The EIC on 1 May 1833 chartered Orient for a voyage to and from Bengal at a rate of £8 13s 6d per ton. Captain White sailed from Portsmouth on 18 June 1833, bound for Madras and Bengal. Orient reached Madras on 4 November and arrived at Calcutta on 19 December. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 6 February 1834 and Madras again on 24 February, reached St Helena on 28 May, and arrived at The Downs on 20 July. [3]
Later career
The data below comes from Lloyd's Register, which was only as accurate as shipowners chose to keep it.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Notes |
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| 1835 | T. White | White | London–Calcutta |
| 1840 | T. White | White | London–Sydney | Damages repaired in 1838 |
| 1841 | Wales | | London | |
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Between 1839 and 1841 Orient carried emigrants to Australia. Captain Douglas Wales sailed from England on 6 April 1839 with passengers and some 300 emigrants for Australia.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Notes |
|---|
| 1845 | | | | Not listed |
| 1846 | D. Wales | D. Wales | London–Madras | Underwent a "large repair" in 1845 |
| 1850 | P. Cory | J. Griffiths | London–China | |
| 1855 | | Griffiths | London | Underwent a "small repair" in 1853 |
| 1860 | F. King | Griffiths | London | Underwent a "small repair" in 1857 |
| 1861 | F. King
N. Merritt | Griffiths
Shearer & Co. | London
Clyde–West Indies | Homeport of Ardrossan |
| 1864 | N. Merritt | J. Barr & Co. | Clyde | Homeport of Ardrossan; entry marked "condemned" |
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Northumberland was launched in 1805. She made six voyages as an extra ship of the British East India Company (EIC), between 1805 and 1818. In 1810 and 1811 she served as a transport in the British invasions of Mauritius and Java. She was sold for breaking up in 1819.
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.
Retreat was launched in 1801 and briefly sailed as a West Indiaman between London and Jamaica. She then made five voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) as an "extra ship", that is, under charter. She was broken up in 1814.
Moira, was launched at Calcutta in 1813. Between 1820 and 1834 she made four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) under voyage charters, and transported troops to Burma in 1824. She was lost in 1844.
Monarch was built at Quebec in 1800. She sailed to England where under new ownership she proceeded to make five voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) as an "extra ship", that is, under charter. In 1813 she became a transport, and then in 1818 or so a regular merchantman. She was broken up in 1820.
Lord Keith was launched in 1804 by and for Peter Everitt Mestaer. He chartered her to the East India Company (EIC) for six voyages, and she then went on to make another two voyages for the EIC. On her second voyage, and unusually for an East Indiaman, she participated in the proceeds for the recapture of a former British Royal Navy brig and possibly in a skirmish with a French ship. On her third voyage she participated in a notable action. She was broken up c.1820.
Lord Melville was launched in 1803 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made six voyages for the company before she was sold for a hulk in 1817.
Huddart was launched in 1803 as an East Indiaman. She made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1803 and 1818. In 1810-1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. In 1818 new owners deployed her in sailing to Canada. She was wrecked there in 1821.
Hugh Inglis was launched in 1799 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1800 and 1817. In 1810 and 1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. She was sold for breaking up in 1817.
Contractor was launched in 1779 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and one as transport for a military expedition before her owners sold her in 1800 for use as a transport.
General Stuart was launched in 1801 as an East Indiaman. She made seven voyages as an "extra ship" for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1801 and 1814. She then sailed between England and India under a license from the EIC. In 1819 she transported convicts from England to New South Wales. She continued to trade with Australia and was last listed in 1825.
Lady Carrington was launched at Bristol in 1809. In an apparently short and uneventful career, she made five voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was broken up in 1823.
Harriet was a two-decker East Indiaman launched in 1802. She made five complete voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), as an "extra ship" i.e., under charter, and accidentally burnt as she was preparing to return to England from her sixth voyage.
Worcester was launched in 1785 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made eight voyages to India and China for the EIC and participated as a transport in two naval expeditions before she was sold in 1809 for breaking up.
Lady Lushington was launched in 1808. Then in 1809 the British East India Company (EIC) chartered her. She made four voyages to India for the EIC and several others while under a license from the EIC. She was on a voyage to India under a license from the EIC when she was wrecked on 10 August 1821.
Diana was launched in 1799 as a West Indiaman. From 1805 she made four voyages as an East Indiaman under charter to the British East India Company. She made a fifth voyage to India in 1817 under a license from the EIC. She ran into difficulties in the Hooghly River while homeward bound and was condemned in Bengal in June 1818.
Atlas was launched at Kingston upon Hull in 1812 as an East Indiaman. She made nine voyages to India or China for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was sold in 1831 for breaking up.
Sovereign was launched at Rotherhithe in 1800 as a West Indiaman. The British East India Company (EIC) then took her up as an "extra" ship on several contracts; in all she made seven voyages as an East Indiaman for the EIC. After she left the EIC's service in 1817 she continued to trade with India, but under a license from the EIC. She was broken up in 1822.
Devaynes was launched in 1802 and made six voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She then made one more round-trip to India, sailing under a license from the EIC. She was condemned at Bengal in 1817 on a second licensed voyage to Bengal.
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