Sappho (1810 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameSappho
Namesake Sappho
BuilderSunderland
Launched1810
FateStranded 9 July 1833
General characteristics
Tons burthen401, or 419, [1] or 420 (bm)
Complement
Armament
  • 1810:12 × 18&9-pounder guns [1]
  • 1811:12 × 18&9-pounder guns [1]
  • 1811:4 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades

Sappho was launched in 1810 in Sunderland. She traded widely, first as a West Indiaman and later to the Baltic. She also made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She stranded on 9 July 1823, was gotten off, condemned, and sold. She was wrecked in 1833.

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Career

Sappho first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1810. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1810C.Compton Francis Baring London–SurinameLR

On 31 March 1810 Captain Charles Spencer Compton acquired a letter of marque. [1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1812C.Compton
Cranitch		Sir F. BaringLondon–SurinameLR

Captain William Cranitch acquired a letter of marque on 5 December 1811. [1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1818PriceThompson & Co.London–Isle de France (Mauritius) LR; thorough repair 1816

In 1813 the EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a licence from the EIC. [3]

On 30 March 1817 Sappho, W.Grice, master, sailed for Bombay, under a license from the EIC. [4]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1819Price
T.Arman		Thompson & Co.London–Isle de France
London–Jamaica		LR; thorough repair 1816
1821T.Arman
Heppinstal		HerringLondon–Jamaica
London–Malta		LR; thorough repair 1816
1824HeppinstallStaniforthPlymouth–ChiozaLR; thorough repair 1816 & damages repaired 1822
1825HeppinstallDawson & Co.PlymouthLR; thorough repair 1816 & damages repaired 1822
1826J.Smith
M.Craig
Wilkie		Nichols & Co.Falmouth–St JohnsLR; thorough repair 1816, damages repaired 1822, & large repair 1826
1827C.WlkieJohnson & Co.Leith–PetersburgLR
1828C.WlkieJohnson & Co.London–ElsinorLR; large repair 1826
1829C.Wlkie
Holmes		Vertue & Co.London–PetersburgLR; good repair 1826 & large repair 1828
1830Holmes
Mullins		Vertue & Co.London–Sierra LeoneLR; good repair 1826 & large repair 1828
1832T.DuncanVertue & Co.Leith–AlloaLR; good repair 1826, large repair 1828, & new bottom and large repair 1832

Fate

On 9 July 1833 Sappho, Duncan, master, was on her way from Savannah to Saint John, New Brunswick, when she stranded on "the Wolves" (the Wolves Archipelago, at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy). The crew was saved. Sappho and her cargo were to be sold at Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. [5]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Letter of Marque, p.86 – Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ↑ LR (1810), Supple.pages "S", Seq.No.S56.
  3. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  4. ↑ LR (1818), "Licensed and Country Ships".
  5. ↑ "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". Hull Packet (Hull, England), 30 August 1833, Issue 2545.

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