Tamerlane (1824 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameTamerlane
Namesake Tamerlane
BuilderSt. Martins, New Brunswick [1]
Launched1824
FateAbandoned 26 February 1848
General characteristics
Tons burthen384, [2] or 390 [1] (bm)

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.

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Career

Tamerlane, Corfield, from St John, New Brunswick, arrived at Cork on 22 October 1824. She was driven on shore on 26 October at Jackson's Dam, Liverpool during a gale. She was got off on the morning of 7 November, and was taken into the Brunswick Dock. [3]

A letter from Belfast dated 30 November 1825 reported that Tamerlane, M'Killop, master, had been sailing from Quebec to the Clyde when she dragged her anchors the night before and had gone on shore at Gray's Point in Belfast Loch. She had lost her rudder and had become waterlogged. [4] She was gotten off on 3 December and was bought up to near Gamoyle, where she remained waterlogged. [5] She arrived at Greenock, Renfrewshire on 12 January 1826, still waterlogged. Earlier, on 10 December she had passed the wreck of a brig of about 200 tons (bm) at 43°N55°W / 43°N 55°W / 43; -55 . [6]

Tamerlane first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1826. [7]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1825M'KillockStewart & Co.Greenock–QuebecLR; damages repaired 1824 & 1826
1827M'Killock
R.Miller
Stewart & Co.Greenock–QuebecLR; damages repaired 1824 & 1826
1828B.MillerStewart & Co.Greenock–Bombay LR; damages repaired 1824 & 1826

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. [8]

On 28 July 1828, Captain Miller sailed Tamarlane to Bombay. [9]

Then on 28 September 1829, Captain Miller again sailed Tamarlane to Bombay.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1831J.Miller
W.Black
Stewart & Co.Greenock–BombayLR; damages repaired 1824 & 1826
1832Black
Martin
Stewart & Co.Greenock–QuebecLR; damages repaired 1824 & 1826
1833MartinStewart & Co.Greenock–Sierra LeoneLR; damages 1826 & small repairs 1832
1834T.MartinRodgersGlasgow–ChristianiaLR; homeport Glasgow
1836J.SmithRodgersClyde–QuebecLR; small repairs 1836
1839G.FisherFrosteLiverpool–QuebecLR; homeport Liverpool; small & damage repairs 1840
1842G.Fisher
Bennett
FrosteLiverpool–QuebecLR; homeport Liverpool; small & damage repairs 1840
1844ThompsonFrosteLiverpool–QuebecLR; homeport Liverpool; small & damage repairs 1840
1846McKenney
R.James
FrosteAberystwith–QuebecLR; homeport Aberystwith; small repairs 1847
1846McKenney
R.James
FrosteAberystwith–QuebecLR; homeport Aberystwith; small repairs 1847

Fate

On 26 February 1848 her crew abandoned Tamarlane, James, master, in the Channel. She had lost her rudder and been dismasted. Her crew, except for four men who had drowned, were brought into Cherbourg. [10] A later report stated that a fifth man had been crushed to death and that she had been on a voyage returning from taking 500 emigrants to Carthagena from Aberystwyth. [11]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Library and Archives Canada – Ship Registrations (1787–1966): Item 67737 TAMERLANE.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 316.
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5958. 9 November 1824. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735034.
  4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 6070. 6 December 1825. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735035.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 6072. 13 December 1825. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735035.
  6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 6082. 17 January 1826. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735036.
  7. LR (1826), Seq.No.T14.
  8. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  9. LR (1829), "Ships trading to India – 1828.
  10. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), Monday, 6 March 1848; Issue 19760.
  11. "Miscellaneous". North Wales Chronicle (Bangor, Wales), 21 March 1848; Issue 1097.

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