Sappho (1813 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameSappho
Namesake Sappho
BuilderHolt & Richardson, Whitby
Launched11 November 1813
FateLast listed 1833
General characteristics
Tons burthen360, [1] or 3604994, [2] or 361 (bm)
Length104 ft 1 in (31.7 m) [1]
Beam28 ft 9 in (8.8 m) [1]

Sappho was launched in Whitby in 1813, and moved her registration to London in 1814. Thereafter she traded widely. She made a voyage to Bombay and one to Bengal, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She was last listed in 1833.

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Career

Sappho first appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) in 1813. [3] Missing pages in the online 1814 volume of Lloyd's Register (LR) mean that she first appeared in the 1815 online volume.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1813GrangerS.HoltWhitby–LondonRS
1815W.Granger
W.Sleigh
Captain & Co.London–JamaicaLR
1816W.Sligh
C.Hall
Captain & Co.London–JamaicaLR
1816C.HallHerringLondon–Bombay LR

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. [4]

On 30 March 1817 Sappho, C.Hall, master, sailed for Bombay, under a license from the EIC. [5]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1818C.HallHerringLondon–BombayLR
1819C.Hall
Stewart
HerringLondon–BombayLR

On 10 September 1819, Sappho, F.G.Stewart, sailed for Fort William, (Calcutta).

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1821Stewart
Lamb
HerringLondon–India
London–CGH
LR
1822G.LambHerringLondon–CGH
London–Petersburg
LR
1824G.Lamb
Gattenby
HerringLondon–Petersburg
London–Lisbon
LR
1825J.GattenbyHerringLondon–QuebecLR
1826J.GattenbyHerringLondon–PetersburgLR
1830J.GattenbyHerringLondon–QuebecLR
1831J.GattenbyRichardsonLondon–PetersburgLR

Fate

Sappho was last listed in 1833.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Weatherill (1908), p. 125.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 311.
  3. RS (1814), "S" supple.pages.
  4. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  5. LR (1818), "Licensed and Country Ships".

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