Star (1800 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameStar
BuilderJohn Bannister Hudson, Calcutta
Launched17 December 1800
FateWrecked 18 December 1829
General characteristics
Tons burthen119, or 11968⁄94, [1] or 126 (bm)
Armament2 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 12-pounder carronades
NotesTeak-built

Star was built in Calcutta in 1800. Between 1803 and 1811 she made three seal hunting voyages. (In 1805 she transferred her registry to Great Britain.) From 1812 she sailed as a merchantman until she was wrecked on 18 December 1829 on a voyage to Jamaica.

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Origins

There is some ambiguity about Star's origins and launch year. Hackman states that Star was launched at Calcutta. [2] Lloyd's Register (LR), [3] and the Register of Shipping (RS) agree. [4] However, the most complete listing of vessels built and registered at Calcutta makes no mention of Star. Furthermore, there is no earlier vessel of the same size but with a different name. [5]

Hackman gives a precise date of launch of 17 December 1800. [2] However, both LR and RS noted that she had undergone coppering and a rebuild in 1799. [3] [4] In later issues they no longer mentioned any rebuilding and gave her launch year as 1800.

Career

The first mention in readily accessible online records of what is probably Star occurred in 1801 when Lloyd's List (LL) mentioned on 3 November 1801 that the recently arrived Star had brought news of vessels at St Helena. [6]

Star first appeared in LR in 1803 with J.Birnie, master and owner, and trade London–South Seas. [3]

1st sealing voyage (1803–1805): Captain James Birnie sailed from London on 8 August 1803, bound for Isle of Desolation. She sailed in company with Thames, Charles Gardner, master, and William and Elizabeth, J.Coffin, master. They were given permission on 14 October to leave their convoy, and separated from each other a little later. Star returned on 18 June 1805. [7]

Star was admitted to registry in Great Britain on 11 Sept 1805. [8] [9]

2nd sealing voyage (1805-1808): Captain Birnie sailed from London on 10 August 1805, bound for the waters off New South Wales and New Zealand. [7] Star first arrived at Sydney Cove on 22 February 1806. On 30 March 1807 Star left Port Jackson, bound for England. [10] She sailed via New Zealand, which she visited in April, and she arrived in England on 3 February 1808 with 14,000 fur seal pelts. [7]

Birnie sold Star to J. W. & T. Plummer. She was re-rigged as a snow.

3rd sealing voyage (1808–1811): Captain James Wilkinson sailed from London on 11 February 1808, bound for the fisheries off New South Wales. The snow Star, Wilkinson, master, arrived at Port Jackson on 10 October. She sailed from Port Jackson for the last time on 6 October 1810, bound for the fisheries. [10] She arrived back at Gravesend on 12 August 1811. [11]

Then on 21 March 1813 Star, Wardell, master, sailed to Newfoundland. [12]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1813Wilkinson
W.Wardell		Plummer & Co.London–Botany Bay
London–Newfoundland		LR
1816Wardell
J.Berry		StephensonLondon–Newfoundland
London–Saint Lucia		LR; repairs 1814
1823J.Berry
J.Lister		Stephenson
P.Hays		London–Saint Lucia
Dublin–Gibraltar		LR; repairs 1814

Between 28 February 1823 and 2 March a gale hit Gibraltar, damaging many vessels. Star, of Dublin, Lister, master, lost her bowsprit and foremast. [13]

On 18 January 1825, Star, of Dublin, had to put back to Cork as she was leaky. [14]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1825BlackmoreP.HayesCork–JamaicaLR; repairs 1814
1826J.ListerP.HayesCorkLR; small repairs 1825
1830BroderickP.HayesCork–JamaicaLR; small repairs 1825

Fate

Star, Broderick, master, was wrecked on 18 December 1829 on West Caicos. Her crew and part of the cargo were saved. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Dublin. [15]

Notes

    Citations

    1. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 243.
    2. 1 2 Hackman (2001), p. 247.
    3. 1 2 3 LR (1803), Supple.pages "S" Seq.№S79.
    4. 1 2 RS (1805), Seq.№S592.
    5. ↑ Phipps (1840), pp. 96–98.
    6. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4200. 3 November 1801. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735020 . Retrieved 15 April 2020.
    7. 1 2 3 British Southern Whale Fishery Database – Voyages: Star.
    8. ↑ House of Commons (1814), p. 87.
    9. ↑ It is not clear what registry she had before. Lists of vessels registered at Calcutta in 1802 and 1803 do not include her.
    10. 1 2 "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.16. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
    11. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4589 Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data. 16 August 1811. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735025 . Retrieved 18 April 2020.
    12. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4755 SAD data. 21 March 1813. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735026 . Retrieved 18 April 2020.
    13. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5797. 4 March 1823. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735033 . Retrieved 18 April 2020.
    14. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5980. 25 January 1825. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735035 . Retrieved 18 April 2020.
    15. ↑ "SHIP NEWS". Morning Chronicle (London, England), 12 February 1830; Issue 18857.

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