Rosella was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1825 and was wrecked on 7 December 1825.
She first appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) for 1826 with T.Hall, master, Noble, owner, and trade Newcastle.[1] According to the Sound Toll Register the name of Rosella's master was Robert Hall.[2]
Rosella sailed for the Baltic and was reported to have been arrived at Dantzig on 17 October from Copenhagen.[3] She may have left and returned because on 1 December she brought to Danzig the crew of Severn, Wilkinson, master, of and for Chepstow, from Memel. Severn's crew had abandoned her on 28 November after she had become waterlogged; one man had been lost.[4]
On 7 December Roselle, Robert Hall, master, was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark.[5]Rosella was on the return leg of her maiden voyage, from Danzig to Newcastle upon Tyne.[6]LL reported on 3 January 1826 that the crew and materials had been saved. Furthermore, part of the cargo was expected to be saved.[7]
In late 1825 or early 1826, Emperor Alexander, Armstrong, master rescued part of Rosella's crew and the members of Severn's crew aboard Rosella. Emperor Alexander had great difficulty rescuing the crews, having to use ropes to haul them individually to shore over the rocks. She rescued eight members of Rosella's crew; the other 12 chose to remain on Bornholm to take care of the wreck and to await another vessel that might bring them home. Off Flamborough Head, Emperor Alexander encountered the brig Henry and William, of Aberdeen, Allan, master and transferred the rescued men to her. Henry and William delivered them to Aberdeen on 17 January 1826.[8]
Earl Fauconberg was launched at Whitby in 1765. From 1784 on she made numerous voyages as a Greenland whaler. She was lost there in 1821.
Sir Francis N. Burton was launched in 1825 at Quebec. She was wrecked on 5 December 1826 on a voyage for the British East India Company (EIC).
Adrian was launched in 1819 at Newcastle upon Tyne. She initially sailed between London and Canada but then in 1822 she started sailing east of the Cape of Good Hope under a license from the British East India Company. She made voyages to Bengal and Batavia. In between, she transported convicts to New South Wales. She foundered in 1833.
Venus was built in Mauritius in 1807. She spent most of her career sailing between London and the Cape of Good Hope (CGH). She also sailed to Mauritius, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She wrecked in July 1826 while sailing from Sydney to Singapore.
Albuera was launched at Aberdeen in 1826. An Argentine privateer seized her in late 1828 and she was detained until March 1829. She was wrecked on 24 October 1829.
Emperor Alexander was launched at Sunderland in 1814. She traded widely during which time she suffered some misfortunes, being plundered once and grounding once. In 1823 she carried settlers from Tobermory, Mull, to Quebec. She was wrecked in November 1832.
Emperor Alexander was launched in 1813 at Chepstow. Relatively early in her career she made two voyages to India and the East Indies under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). On her return she became a West Indiaman, and also sailed to South America, North America, and the Baltic. She carried immigrants to Quebec and transported convicts to Tasmania. She was condemned in 1835 following damage at sea on her way to the Cape and India.
Severn was launched in Chepstow in 1817. Her crew abandoned her in the Baltic on 28 November 1825.
Rosella was launched in 1819 at Newcastle upon Tyne. She made one voyage to Sincapore and possibly one to Bengal, both under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She sailed widely until she was wrecked in 1860.
Several ships have been named Rosella:
Albion Packet was a schooner launched at Berwick by Gowan. She sailed primarily along Britain's coasts, and later to the Baltic. She disappeared from the registers between 1816 and 1822, when she reappeared as Albion. Circa 1827 she became Albion Packet again. She underwent two maritime mishaps, one in August 1802 and one circa December 1827, before being wrecked on 17 November 1832 near Orford High Light.
Alexander was built in Aberdeen in 1813 or 1815. She started as a Plymouth-based transport. In 1817 the British Admiralty hired her as one of two vessels that would go on an expedition to search for a Northwest Passage. The expedition was unsuccessful. After her return in 1818, Alexander traded between Britain and North America. The last mention of Alexander in online sources was in 1830.
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