Prince of Saxe Coburg (1816 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameUnknown
LaunchedCowes, 1803 [1]
RenamedPrince of Saxe Cobourg (1816)
FateWrecked 16 December 1826
General characteristics
Tons burthen103, or 10382⁄94, [2] or 105, [1] or 106, [3] or 107 [4] (bm)
Sail plan Sloop [3] or schooner

Prince of Saxe Coburg (or Prince Saxe Coburg) was launched at Cowes in 1803 or so under another name. She acquired the name Prince of Saxe Coburg in 1816. She then sailed to the eastern Atlantic. Her owners decided in 1826 to send her on a seal hunting voyage to the South Shetland Islands. She was wrecked at Tierra del Fuego in December.

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Career

Prince of Saxe Coburg first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1816. [3] Original research may be required to determine her earlier name or names.


YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1816Jn.LaddUnderwoodLondon–RotterdamLR
1819J.Ladd
Smith		Underwood
Pirie & Co.		London–Rotterdam
London–Madeira		LR
1822G.Smith
Tremayne		Pirie & Co.London–MadeiraLR; small repairs 1822, & "No Hemp"
1826Tremayne
Carss		Pirie & Co.Plymouth–GibraltarLR; almost rebuilt 1823 & damages repaired 1824
1827CarssPirie & Co.London–CGH LR; almost rebuilt 1823 & damages repaired 1824

Pirie & Co. appointed Matthew Brisbane captain of Prince of Saxe Coburg on 16 June 1826. [5] [2] Brisbane had returned in April from the third of three voyages to the South Shetland Islands in Beaufoy. Pirie & Co. outfitted Prince of Saxe Coburg for a sealing voyage to the South Shetlands. [5] Having come from London, on 20 July she sailed from Bona Vista, Cape Verde for the South Shetlands.

Fate

While off the South Shetlands Prince of Saxe Coburg encountered bad weather and pack-ice. Brisbane sailed to Tierra del Fuego to effect repairs. On 16 December 1826, as she was at anchor in Cockburn Channel, violent williwaws (cold blasts of wind) drove her ashore and wrecked her. [5] All 21 crew members survived, and were able to rescue three boats and provisions. [5]

The men established a camp. In subsequent weeks one man died and an accidental explosion of a casks of gunpowder severely injured another. Three crew members became mutinous and were exiled to three separate islands with a week's provisions each. Eventually Brisbane permitted seven crew members to take the largest boat. These men survived and joined a Buenos Aires squadron operating against Brazil. Brisbane sent the other two boats out to scout for possible rescuers. On 3 March 1827, one boat encountered HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain Pringle Stokes, who sent two launches 80 miles through the Barbara Channel to rescue Brisbane and the remaining survivors from Prince of Saxe Coburg. [5]

Citations

  1. 1 2 LR (1827), Seq.No.P529.
  2. 1 2 Jones (1992), p. 112.
  3. 1 2 3 LR (1816), Suppl. pages "P", Seq.No.P39.
  4. ↑ Register of Shipping (1826), Seq.No.P521.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Dictionary of Falklands Biography – Brisbane, Matthew (1797–1833). Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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