| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Severn |
| Namesake | River Severn |
| Builder | Chepstow [1] |
| Launched | 1817 [1] |
| Fate | Abandoned 28 November 1825 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 112 [1] (bm) |
| Sail plan | Snow |
Severn was launched in Chepstow in 1817. Her crew abandoned her in the Baltic on 28 November 1825.
Severn first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1818 with Williams, master, Pephorne, owner, and trade London. [1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | Williams | Boucher & Co. | Plymouth–Chester | LR |
| 1826 | Williams | Hodges | Cork | LR |
On 1 December 1825 Rosella brought to Danzig the crew of Severn, Wilkinson, master, of and for Chepstow, from Memel. Her crew had abandoned Severn on 28 November after she had become waterlogged; one man had been lost. [2]
On 7 December Roselle was driven ashore and wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. 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. [3]
Some fishermen recovered Severn and brought her into port near Carlscrona where the British Consul took possession. [4] She was sold for £130. Nothing had yet been decided concerning the sale of her cargo, sails, rigging, etc. [5]
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Elizabeth was a merchant ship built at Chepstow, Wales in 1809. She made three voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia. Elizabeth is no longer listed after 1832 and may have been lost in 1831.
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Lord Wellington was launched in 1810 at Rochester, or equally, Chatham, as a West Indiaman. She made at least one voyage to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then made a voyage to New South Wales transporting female convicts from England and Ireland. She was lost in December 1822 off Denmark while sailing from Saint Petersburg to London.
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Venus was built in Mauritius in 1807. She most of her career sailing between London and the Cape of Good Hope (CGH), and Mauritius. She wrecked in July 1826 while sailing from Sydney to Singapore.
Stedcombe was launched at Lyme Regis in 1818. She traded between London and the Cape of Good Hope, and the Cape and the Dutch East Indies. Local pirates at Timor Laut murdered her crew in 1825.
Theodosia was built at Shields in 1782. She spent 20 years trading with the Baltic, and then another dozen trading with North America and the Baltic. From 1816 she traded with India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company. She was wrecked while returning from a voyage to India in 1825.
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.
Rosella was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1825 and was wrecked on 7 December 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.
John was launched at Chepstow in 1804. She then became a West Indiaman, sailing between Bristol and Jamaica. In 1826 she started sailing to Bengal under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked on 30 June 1827 on such a voyage.
Fairfield was launched in Aberdeen in 1825 and sailed to Australia and the West Indies. She was last listed in 1839.
Caroline was launched at Philadelphia in 1800. She was taken in prize. New owners retained her name and she appeared in British records from 1813. From 1820 on she was based at Hobart in Van Diemen's Land. From there she sailed to and from Port Jackson and on seal hunting voyages to Macquarie Island. She departed on a sealing voyage in November 1824 and wrecked at Macquarie Island on 17 March 1825; her crew were rescued some five months later.
Lady Kennaway was launched in Calcutta in 1816. In 1819 and thereafter she sailed between England and India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). In 1823 she was sold in London. She made three voyages under charter to the EIC. In 1835 and again in 1851 she made voyages transporting convicts to Tasmania. On one voyage some of the convicts were young men for the Pankhurst apprentice scheme. In between, in 1836, she transported convicts to New South Wales. She made five voyages carrying immigrants to Australia, including young Irish women for the Earl Grey Irish Famine Orphan scheme. In 1847 her crew abandoned her in the Bay of Biscay although she seemed to have sustained little damage; she was salvaged and returned to service. She was finally wrecked on 25 November 1857 at South Africa.
Tamerlane was launched in New Brunswick in 1824. She transferred her registry to Liverpool. She sailed between Scotland and Canada and then in 1828 sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). After two voyages to India she returned to trading in the Western hemisphere. Her crew abandoned her in the Channel on 26 February 1848.
Isabella was launched in Kingston upon Hull in 1813. She initially sailed as a transport, and then as a merchantman trading with Canada. 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. In 1820 she underwent two maritime mishaps, only one of which was substantive. From 1824 until she wrecked in the ice in June 1835 she was a whaler in the northern whale fishery.
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.
Harriet was launched in Massachusetts in 1809. The British captured her and on 13 January 1813 a prize court condemned her. New owners retained her name. She became a West Indiaman, and made one voyage to New South Wales. Between 1818 and 1832 she made four complete voyages as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. She was lost in October 1833 in the Seychelles on her fifth whaling voyage.