Theodosia (1782 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Theodosia (ship).

History
Great Britain
Name	Theodosia
Builder	Shields
Launched	1782
Fate	Wrecked 1825
General characteristics
Tons burthen	385, or 390, [1] or 391, or 500 [2] (bm)
Armament	10 × 6-pounder carronades (1815)

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.

Career

Theodosia first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1784 with J.Culingham, master, James Aram, owner, and trade Onega-Hull. ^[2] Thereafter she traded with the Baltic and Flanders for some two decades.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1790	J.Cook Thomas Rogers	J.Aram Q.Blackburn	Liverpool–Ostend	LR; damages repaired 1788
1795	T.Motley	Blackburn	Liverpool–Ostend	LR; damages repaired 1788
1800	P.Sinclair	Hern & Co.	London Transport	LR
1805	P.Sinclair	Hern (or J.Heron) & Co.	London–Baltic	LR
1810	W.Prowse T.Nicholson R.Smith	Nicholson Kidson	Liverpool–Halifax	LR; small repairs 1807
1815	R.Smith J.Unsworth	Dempsey	Liverpool–Petersburg Liverpool–Philadelphia	LR; almost rebuilt 1811 & repairs 1816

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. ^[3] Thereafter, John Gladstone, of Liverpool, purchased Westmoreland and other vessels to trade with India. ^[a]

On 2 February 1816 Theodosia, E. Wardropper, master and J.Gladstone, owner, sailed for Fort William, India under a license from the EIC. ^[5]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1818	Wardropper Morrison	Gladstone	Liverpool–Bengal	LR; almost rebuilt 1811 and repairs 1816

On 10 May 1819 Theodosia, Morrison, master, had to put back into Bengal. She was on her way to the Mediterranean but three days out of Coringa she had become leaky. ^[6]

On 16 March 1822 Theodosia, Kidson, master, was off Liverpool. She had left Bengal on 6 September 1821, Madras on 21 October, and the Cape of Good Hope on about 1 January 1819. ^[7]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1820	N.Morrison W.Kidson	Gladstone	Liverpool–Ceylon	LR; almost rebuilt 1811
1825	W.Kidson	Gladstone	Liverpool–Bombay	LR; large repair 1820 and small repair 1825.

Fate

Theodosia, Kidson, master, from Bengal to London, put back to Saugor on 9 June 1825 being leaky. ^[8]

Theodosia was wrecked on 14 August 1825 at Pondy on the Coromandel Coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London. ^{[9] [10]}

Notes

1. Other vessels trading with India in which Gladstone had an ownership interest included: Roscoe, Duke of Lancaster, Seaforth, Richard, Bencoolen, and Westmoreland. ^[4]

Citations

1. Hackman (2001), p. 390.
2. LR (1784), Seq.№T492.
3. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
4. Checkland (1954), p. 218.
5. LR (1818), "Licensed and India ships".
6. Lloyd's List (LL) 9 November 1819, №5427.
7. LL 19 March 1822, №5682, Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data.
8. LL 11 November 1825, №6063.
9. "(untitled)". The Times. No. 12869. London. 20 January 1826. col C, p. 2.
10. LL 20 January 1825, №6083.

References

• Checkland, S. G. (1954). "John Gladstone as Trader and Planter". The Economic History Review. 7, New Series (2): 216–229. doi:10.2307/2591623. JSTOR   2591623.
• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN   0-905617-96-7.