Prince Regent (1811 Montreal ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NamePrince Regent
Namesake The Prince Regent
Builder Montreal
Launched1811 [1]
FateStranded June 1839
General characteristics
Tons burthen244, or 245, or 250, or 256, or 263, [2] or 264 [1] [3] (bm)
Armament10 × 9 & 2 × 6-pounder guns (1812)

Prince Regent was launched at Montreal in 1811. She sailed to England and thereafter traded from England with the Mediterranean, but mostly across the Atlantic. She suffered maritime mishaps in 1815, 1817, 1826, and 1827. She finally stranded and was lost, though with no loss of life, in June 1839.

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Career

Prince Regent first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1812JonesAt LiverpoolLondon–West IndiesLR

On 3 January 1812, Prince Regent, Jones, master, arrived at Sheerness from Quebec.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1813J.JonesMorrall & Co.London–MaltaRegister of Shipping (RS)
1814J.Jones
J.Stafford		At LiverpoolLondon–MaltaLR
1815J.StaffordBaringLondon–HavanaRS

On 25 January 1815 Prince Regent, Stafford, master, was anchored at Gibraltar when a gale caused her to part her cables and drove her aground. She was carrying a cargo from Malta to Havana. She was soon got off with little damage. [4]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1816J.Stafford
W.Barden		Baring
Holmes		London–Havana
London–Gibraltar		RS

On 13 August 1817, Prince Regent, Bardon, master, was on her way from Havana to Amsterdam when she ran aground on the flats near Eyerland. After 216 boxes of sugar had been offloaded she was refloated and came into the Texel. [5]

On 25 April 1818, Prince Regent, Bardon, master, came Harwich from Amsterdam with the loss of cables and two anchors. She had been blown out of the Texel on the 23rd.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1818W.BardonH.HolmesLondon–JamaicaLR
1819W.YoungH.HolmesLondon–JamaicaLR
1820W.YoungH.HolmesLondon–News BrunswickLR
1821W.Young
Holmes
Coppinger		H.HolmesLondon–News BrunswickLR
1822T.CoppingerH.HolmesLondon–DemeraraLR
1826T.Coppinger
Masterman		H.HolmesLondon–Demerara
Bristol–Quebec		LR; good repair 1826

On 27 November 1825, Prince Regent, Masterman, master, was on her way from St John, New Brunswick, to Newport, when she encountered a gale at 50°N25°W / 50°N 25°W / 50; -25 . She received considerable damage to her upperworks and took on eight feet of water in her hold. On 13 December she passed through Cardiff Roads. [6]

On 8 July 1826 as Prince Regent, Masterman, master, was on her way from Bristol to Quebec she lost her mainmast and sails. On 18 July she had to put into Plymouth. [7] While she was there she was found to be very leaky and had to discharge part of her cargo. [8]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1829Masterman
G.Bosence		Captain & Co.Bristol–QuebecLR; good repair 1826
1830G.BosenetHumphreyWaterford–QuebecLR; good repair 1826
1831G.BosenetHumphreyCork–BostonLR; good repair 1826 and large repair 1831
1834RosencePhillipsNewport–QuebecLR; good repair 1826 and some repairs 1831
1835J.SmithPhillipsNewport–QuebecLR; good repair 1826 and some repairs 1831
1839W.PinesPhillipsNewport–New YorkLR; large repair 1836, and some repairs 1833 & 1839

In December 1838, Prince Regent, Pures, master, arrived at Newport from Quebec with her foremast sprung and her deck having been swept by the seas.

Fate

In June 1839, Prince Regent, Price, master, was on her way from Newport to New York with a cargo of rod iron, when she came into Tramore Bay. Captain Price was able to get her anchors out before she drove onto the strand. He had intended to go into Waterford to exchange his crew but had mistaken Tramore for the Waterford estuary a few miles to the east. The coastguard was able to land safely all 27 passengers and the 13 or so men of her crew. She grounded, and the initial expectations were that she might be gotten off. [9] Some of her cargo was unloaded. The passengers were emigrants from Wales.

Her entry in Lloyd's Register for 1839 bore the annotation Stranded, [10] and she was not listed again in the volume for 1840.

Citations

  1. 1 2 Marcil (1995), p. 385.
  2. 1 2 LR (1812), Supple. pages "P", Seq.no.P33.
  3. ↑ Library and Archives Canada – Ship Ship Registrations, 1787-1966: Item: 57143: PRINCE REGENT
  4. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4953. 7 March 1815. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735027.
  5. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5213. 19 September 1817. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005778173.
  6. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 6073. 16 December 1825. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735035.
  7. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 6135. 21 July 1826. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735036.
  8. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 6136. 25 July 1826. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735036.
  9. ↑ "SHIP NEWS". 26 June 1839. Freeman's Journal (Dublin, Ireland).]
  10. ↑ LR (1839), Seq.no.P398.

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