Career
Stentor appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1815 with J.Hodgson, master, changing to G.Surr, Bevorn & Co., owners, and trade London, changing to Liverpool–Boston. [3]
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 license from the EIC.
On 16 June 1816 Stentor, Harris, master, sailed for Bombay under a license from the EIC. [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1818 | Harrison | Taylor & Co.
Beavir & Co. | Liverpool–India | LR; damages repaired 1816 |
| 1820 | Harris | Beavin & Co. | Liverpool–Calcutta
London–Cape of Good Hope (CGH; the Cape) | LR; damages repaired 1818 |
| 1821 | T.Harris | Beavin & Co. | London–CGH
London–Baltimore | LR; damages repaired 1818 |
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In 1820, Stentor served as a transport vessel under the British government's 1820 Settlers scheme. Stentor, Harris, master, sailed from Liverpool on 13 January 1820 with 194 settlers. She reached Table Bay on 19 April. [5] At Simon's Bay Stentor's immigrants had to transfer to Weymouth to finish their journey.Weymouth arrived at Algoa Bay on 15 May.
On 2 November 1821 Stentor, of and from London and bound for Baltimore, was at 34°35′N73°51′W / 34.583°N 73.850°W / 34.583; -73.850 , having lost her foremast and bowsprit. [7]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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| 1822 | T.Harris | J.Taylor | London–Baltimore | LR; damages repaired 1821 |
| 1824 | T.Harris | J.Taylor | London–Bengal
London–Quebec | LR; damages repaired 1821 |
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On 3 October 1823 Stentor, Harris, master, ran aground on the Long Sand near Saugor Point while sailing from Bengal back to London. She was got off and put into Diamond Harbour. It was expected that she would return to Calcutta to go into dock. [8]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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| 1826 | A.Wade | J.Somes | Cork [transport] | LR; damages repaired 1821 |
| 1827 | Marshall
Wade | T.Somes | London Transport | LR; damages repaired 1821 |
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On 8 October 1826, the Stentor Transport, Marshall, master, put into Portsmouth. She had been sailing from London to Africa and had reached Longitude 16°, but on 29 September experienced heavy gale. She had lost sails and bulwarks, had had to throw her guns and spars overboard, and had become leaky. [9]
Lloyd's List reported on 6 March 1827 that on the 2nd the Stentor Transport had run into the Champion Transport at Portsmouth and had done considerable damage to Champion.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1830 | T.Birkitt | J.Somes | Cork-based transport | LR; small repairs 1830 |
| 1835 | | | | Not listed |
| 1836 | | J.Somes | London | LR; large repair 1835 |
| 1840 | A.Smith | Hull Shipping Co. | Hull–Africa | LR; large repair 1835, small repair 1838, & damage repair and small repair 1840 |
| 1845 | Wright | W.Wright | Hull–Quebec | LR; large repair 1835 & damage repair and small repairs 1840 |
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In 1831 Stentor transported supplies to Fernando Po where the Royal Navy wished to establish a naval depot where the ships of the West Africa Squadron might refit and re-provision. While she was there her master and a boy died of disease. (The West Africa, or Preventative Squadron, was employed in suppressing the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.)
Minstrel was launched at Hull in 1811. She transported convicts to Australia in 1812 and again in 1825. Between these voyages she traded east of the Cape of Good Hope under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). In 1829 she brought immigrants from England to the Swan River Colony. She then traded widely, including across the Atlantic. Minstrel foundered in March 1851.
England was built at Chepstow, Wales in 1813. She made three voyages transporting convicts from England to Australia. On the first she was under charter to the British East India Company (EIC) and, after delivering her convicts, sailed to Canton where she picked up a cargo for the EIC. She foundered in 1843 in the Channel while on a voyage to Sierra Leone.
Agamemnon was launched at Sunderland in 1811. She traded with India and made one voyage in 1820 transporting convicts to New South Wales. She was wrecked in 1826.
Barrosa was launched in 1811 at Cossipore. She sailed to England and then made six voyages for the British East India Company (EIC); during this period she also made one voyage carrying immigrants to South Africa. After the EIC gave up its maritime activities in 1833-1834, Barossa became a transport. She made three voyages transporting convicts to Australia. She was lost in 1847, without loss of life, while transporting contract labourers from Madras to Jamaica.
British Hero was launched at Jarrow in 1809. She initially was a government transport and so did not appear in Lloyd's Register (LR) or the Register of Shipping (RS) until she came into mercantile service c. 1813. She was lost in November 1816 on a voyage to India.
True Briton was launched at Pont Neuf, Quebec, in 1811. Her primary trade was sailing between Britain and New Brunswick, but she also sailed to Jamaica, and made two voyages to India. Her crew abandoned her in the Atlantic in 1822.
Thames was launched in 1818 as an East Indiaman, trading with India and Ceylon under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She made one voyage transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land. She became leaky and was condemned at Swan River in 1830 as she was sailing to Île de France from having delivered her convicts at Hobart.
Aberdeen was launched at Quebec in 1811. She sailed to England and then traded between Quebec and Britain. She made two voyages to India under license from the British East India Company (EIC). After her return from the second, in 1820, she was no longer listed.
Lord Wellington was launched in 1811 at Whitby as a London-based transport. She made one voyage to India c. 1816. She sank in May 1823 after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
Lord Wellington was launched in 1809 at Shields. She initially sailed as a London-based transport and then made two voyages to India, and one to Mauritius. Thereafter she traded widely until she was condemned c.1842.
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.
Lord Wellington was launched in 1811 at Great Yarmouth. She was a West Indiaman but in 1820 made one voyage to India under license from the British East India Company (EIC). Her crew abandoned her in the North Atlantic in July 1825 when she became waterlogged.
Lord Wellington was launched in 1811 in Montreal. She became a London-based transport that made one voyage to India in 1819 under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). Afterwards she continued to sail to the Baltic and North America. She was last listed in 1829.
Adrian was launched in 1819 at Newcastle-on-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.
Stakesby was launched at Whitby in 1814. She carried immigrants to Quebec, traded with Batavia and Bombay, transported convicts to Van Diemen's Land, and made a voyage to Calcutta for the British East India Company (EIC). She disappeared in 1846 on a voyage from London to Quebec.
Waterloo was launched in 1815 at Plymouth. She made two voyages to India. Heavy seas in October 1820 so damaged her that her crew had to abandon her in the North Atlantic.
Jane was launched in 1813 at Fort Gloucester. She transferred her registry to Britain and sailed between Britain and India or Batavia. She was last mentioned in 1820, though the registers continued to carry her until 1826.
Theodosia was built in the United States in 1811, almost certainly under another name. She was taken in prize and began sailing under the British flag in 1815. She sailed between London and India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She caught fire in February 1820 and her crew and passengers had to abandon ship.
Leda was launched in 1807 at Whitby. She spent most of her career as a London transport, and then a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in May 1819 on a voyage to Bombay while sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC).
Intrepid was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1809. She then became a transport. In 1820 she made a voyage to Bengal, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then reverted to being a transport. She was wrecked on 5 January 1826.
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