Theodosia (1782 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameTheodosia
BuilderShields
Launched1782
FateWrecked 1825
General characteristics
Tons burthen385, or 390, [1] or 391, or 500 [2] (bm)
Armament10 × 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.

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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.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1790J.Cook
Thomas Rogers		J.Aram
Q.Blackburn		Liverpool–OstendLR; damages repaired 1788
1795T.MotleyBlackburnLiverpool–OstendLR; damages repaired 1788
1800P.SinclairHern & Co.London TransportLR
1805P.SinclairHern (or J.Heron) & Co.London–BalticLR
1810W.Prowse
T.Nicholson
R.Smith		Nicholson
Kidson		Liverpool–Halifax LR; small repairs 1807
1815R.Smith
J.Unsworth		DempseyLiverpool–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]

On 2 February 1816 Theodosia, E. Wardropper, master and J.Gladstone, owner, sailed for Fort William, India under a license from the EIC. [4]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1818Wardropper
Morrison		GladstoneLiverpool–BengalLR; 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. [5]

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. [6]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1820N.Morrison
W.Kidson		GladstoneLiverpool–CeylonLR; almost rebuilt 1811
1825W.KidsonGladstoneLiverpool–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. [7]

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. [8] [9]

Citations

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

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