Career
Hyperion enters the Registry of Shipping in 1815 with Dandeson, master, changing to J. Davison, and J. Davison, owner. Her trade was Suderland—London, changing to London—Petersburg. [1]
On 10 September 1815 Lloyd's List reported Hyperion, Lashley, master, had got on shore at Summers Island. She was got off and arrived in the Downs on 18 October. [4] In its next issue Lloyd's List reported that it was not Hyperion, Lashley, master, from Petersburg to the Downs that had gone on shore but rather Hyperion, Davison, master, from Petersburg, that had gone on shore. [5] Actually, Lloyd's List had already reported that Hyperion had gone on shore on Summers Island on 13 September, but that part of her cargo had been landed and that she was expected to be refloated. [6] Hyperion was got off on 8 October and sent into Fredericksburg to repair. [7]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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| 1816 | J.Davison
H. Horne | J.Davison | London—Petersburg
London—India | Register of Shipping |
| 1818 | H. Horne
J. Galloway | J.Davison
J. Short | London—India
London—Bengal | Register of Shipping |
| 1819 | J. Galloway | J. Short | London—Bengal | Register of Shipping |
| 1820 | J. Galloway | J. Short | London—Bengal | Register of Shipping |
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The EIC then chartered Hyperion for one voyage to India and return.
EIC voyage (1820-1821): Captain Robert Wright Norfor sailed from the Downs on 26 June 1820, bound for Bombay. Hyperion reached the Cape of Good Hope on 29 September and arrived at Bombay on 31 December. Homeward bound, she was at Tellichery on 20 March 1821, Mauritius on 23 May, and Saint Helena on 25 July. She returned to her moorings on 4 October. [3]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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| 1821 | Norfar | J. Short | London—Bengal | Register of Shipping |
| 1822 | Norfar
Burleson | J. Short | London—Bengal
London—Quebec | Register of Shipping |
| 1823 | Burleson | J. Short | London—Quebec | Register of Shipping |
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This entry continues unchanged in the Register of Shipping into 1828, after which there is no mention of Hyperion. Lloyd's Register has different information.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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| 1823 | R. Burlison
Stevens | J. Short | London—Quebec | Lloyd's Register |
| 1824 | C. Stevens | Allen & Co. | Liverpool—New Brunswick | Lloyd's Register |
| 1825 | C. Stevens | Allen & Co. | Liverpool—New Brunswick | Lloyd's Register |
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Fate
Lloyd's List reported on 15 June 1824 that her crew had abandoned Hyperion, of "Shields", in the Atlantic Ocean. Broderick rescued the crew. [8] (Note: Sunderland is slightly inland on the Tyne River, and North and South Shields are closer to the mouth. Also, Hyperion is a rare name and the registers show no vessel by that name from Shields, or anywhere else on or near the Tyne.)
Hyperion is no longer listed after 1825 in Lloyd's Register, or after 1828 in the Register of Shipping.
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