Westmoreland (1817 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameWestmoreland
BuilderHull
Launched1817
FateCondemned October 1845
General characteristics
Tons burthen415, or 420 [1] (bm)
Sail plan Ship-rigged; later Barque

Westmoreland was a ship launched at Hull in 1817. She sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). Next, she sailed to Australia with passengers. From Sydney she visited New Zealand, Tahiti, and Valparaiso, before returning to England. She then traded widely, to Russia, North America, West Africa, and India again. She was condemned at Saint Helena on 29 October 1845 as she was returning from the coast of Africa.

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Career

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. [2] Westmoreland first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1818 (the LR volume for 1817, if any, is not available on line), and already showed her sailing to India. Westmoreland, Cope, master, sailed for Bengal on 21 April 1818. [3] She arrived at Madeira on 8 May 1818 and sailed on 15 May for Bengal.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1818J.CopeHewitsonHull–CalcuttaLR
1820J.Cope
J.Potton		HewitsonLondon–Calcutta
London–Cape of Good Hope		LR
1821J.Cope
J.Potton		HewitsonLeith–New South WalesLR; repairs 1820

In 1820 Westmoreland's owners advertised that she would leave Leith on 1 November, call at Portsmouth, and sail to the Cape of Good Hope, Van Diemen's Land, and Sydney. The advertisements described her as "2 years old", and of "600 tons". They also described her as having excellent accommodations for passengers and that she would have an experienced surgeon on board. [4] Her second officer was John Dibbs, who would leave her at Sydney to become a prominent mariner in the area. Westmoreland was at Portsmouth on 29 November and left for Van Diemen's Land on 14 December. She left the Cape on 23 March 1821.

Westmoreland arrived at Hobart, Van Diemen's Land, on 5 May 1821 with 41 passengers. She arrived at Port Jackson on 31 May. She sailed from Port Jackson on 4 July, bound for New Zealand and Otaheiti.

Passengers on Westmoreland on her voyage from Sydney to New Zealand included Rev. Thomas Kendall, and the Maori chieftains Waitkato and Hongi Hika, to whom King George IV had gifted a suit of armour. While in England Hongi Hika had also negotiated a large quantity of muskets and ammunition for land from the French adventurer Baron Charles de Thierry who shipped them to Sydney. These munitions fundamentally changed the balance of power in Maori New Zealand. Waitkato and Hongi Hika and their armaments landed in New Zealand in July 1821, and Westmoreland continued north east to Tahiti for extra cargo and passengers. The missionary Rev. John Williams arrived at Aitutaki on 26 October 1821 on board her. She then sailed to Sydney, where she arrived on 12 December. She sailed for New Zealand again on 2 February 1822.

Westmoreland sailed from the Society Islands on 12 August 1822. She reached Valparaiso on 2 December, and Saint Helena on 19 February 1823. She arrived at Falmouth on 27 April 1823 and sailed for London two days later and was at Portsmouth on 3 May. She finally arrived at Gravesend on 11 May.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1823J.Potton
Bingham		HewitsonLeith–New South Wales
London–Petersburg		LR; repairs 1820
1824Bingham
Webster		HewitsonLondon–PetersburgLR; repairs 1820

On 1 September [ O.S. 20 August] 1823 Westmoreland, Bingham, master, rescued the crew of Traveller, which had upset off Hogland two hours earlier; Traveller sank shortly thereafter. [5]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1825A.WebsterHewitsonLiverpool–CharlestonLR; repairs 1820
1826G.ClarkHewitsonLiverpool–QuebecLR; repairs 1820 and 1826
1828G.Clark
T.Neil		HewitsonLiverpool–IrelandLR; repairs 1820 and 1826
1834T.KnillHewitsonHull–QuebecLR

In 1834 Westmoreland, Knill, master, was sailing from Quebec to Harwich when she grounded on Crosslands and had to be assisted in leaky.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1836T.KnillW.WardHull–Quebec
Hull–Sierra Leone		LR; damages repaired 1835 & small repairs 1836
1839T.Knill
J.Todrig
Emery		W.WardLondon–Bermuda
Hull–Bombay 		LR; damages repaired 1835 & small repairs 1836
1844W.Emery
Harrison		W.WardHull–Bombay
Liverpool-Icheboe 		LR; damages repaired 183, small repairs 1836, & large repairs 1840

On 5 July 1844 Westmoreland, Emery, master, put into Mauritius leaky. She had to discharge part of her cargo. [6] She had left Bombay on 29 March, and she left Mauritius on 4 August and Saint Helena on 9 September. She arrived back in Liverpool in late November.

Next, she sailed to Ichaboe Island, which was undergoing a "white gold" rush. Hundreds of vessels converged on the island to pick up cargoes of guano.

Fate

Westmoreland was returning to London from the coast of Africa when she put into Saint Helena. On 29 October 1845 she was condemned there. [7] LR for 1846 carried the annotation "LOST" beneath her name. [8]

Citations

  1. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 322.
  2. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  3. ↑ LR (1819), "Licensed India Ships".
  4. ↑ The Times (london, England), 11 August 1820; pg. 1; Issue 11009.
  5. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5840). 23 September 1823.
  6. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), 11 October 1844; Issue 1744.
  7. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), 19 December 1845; Issue 3178.
  8. ↑ LR (1846), Seq.No.W141.

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