Marquis of Huntley (1804 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameMarquis of Huntley
BuilderDuthie, Aberdeen [1]
Launched1804
FateLast listed in 1843; possibly wrecked 24 June 1844
General characteristics
Tons burthen547, or 560, [2] [1] or 564, or 56457⁄94 [3] (bm)
Length128 ft 4 in (39.1 m)
Beam31 ft 11 in (9.7 m)
Armament6 × 6-pounder + 2 × 4-pounder guns (1813)
NotesMade in part of old materials [2]

Marquis of Huntley was launched at Aberdeen in 1804 as a West Indiaman. She disappeared from the registers between 1814 and 1824. She then made four voyages transporting convicts to New South Wales. She was a transport for much of her career, carrying cargoes and troops for the British government. She suffered a maritime incident in November 1834. She was last listed in 1843, possibly having been wrecked 24 June 1844.

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Career

Marquis of Huntley first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1804. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1804HartLatham & Co.London–NevisLR
1807HartFraser & Co.London–NevisLR
1813J.HartFrazer and Co.London–NevisLR & Register of Shipping

Marquis of Huntley disappeared from both LR and the Register of Shipping, after the 1813 issues, and did not reappear until 1824.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1824A.Jameson Somes London transportLR; thorough repair 1824
1825A.JamesonSomesCowes transportLR; thorough repair 1824
1826A.Jameson
Ascough		J.SomesCowes transportLR; thorough repair 1824

1st convict voyage (1826): Captain William Ascough departed Sheerness on 16 May 1826 and arrived in Sydney on 13 September. [4] Marquis of Huntley had embarked 200 male convicts and suffered two convict deaths en route. [5] She sailed from New South Wales on 11 February 1827 and from Bahia on 5 May, and arrived in Portsmouth in mid-June. She carried a cargo that included cedar, blue gum plats, tree nails, Zealand spars, spokes, oil, wool, salted hides, and three half-pipes of colonial wine.

2nd convict voyage (1827–1828): Captain Ascough departed Cork, Ireland on 27 September 1827 and arrived in Sydney on 30 January 1828. [4] Marquis of Huntley had embarked 160 male convicts and had suffered no convict deaths en route. [6] She was off Portsmouth in mid-June 1829, having sailed from Mauritius on 19 March.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1829AscoughJ.SomesCork transportLR; thorough repair 1824

3rd convict voyage (1830): Captain Ascough had departed Sheerness on 9 April 1830 and arrived in Sydney on 21 August. [7] Marquis of Huntley had embarked 228 male convicts and had suffered one convict death en route. [8] She left on 24 December and was off Portsmouth on 23 May.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1831Ascough
J.Austin		J.SomesLondon transportLR; thorough repair 1824, large repair 1829, & damages repaired 1830
1833Austin
Mollison		SomesLondon–Belleisle
London transport		Register of Shipping; almost rebuilt 1824, large repair 1829, & small repairs 1833

By one account the ex-Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro, Duke of Braganza, hired Marquis of Huntley on 26 June 1832. The Portuguese converted her into the warship Madeira, of 10 guns, with a crew of 50. They returned her to J.Somes in 1834, who returned her to her original name. [3] [lower-alpha 1]

However, a list of vessels arriving at Quebec shows Marquis of Huntley, arriving at Quebec in ballast on 14 September 1832, having left Oporto on 5 August. [10]

A source stated that Marquis of Huntley's registration was cancelled on 23 July 1834, demolition having been completed, [3] This is incorrect as she continued to sail for about a decade.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1834MollisonJ.SomesLondon transportLR; small repairs 1835

On 10 November 1834 Marquis of Huntley, of 564 tons burthen and 33 crew, ran aground on the Middle Sand. The British government had chartered her to carry ordnance and admiralty stores, and 11 invalids from Leith to London. Eight smacks came out from Colchester and helped her to get off. The issue of an appropriate salvage resulted in a court case. The owners put a value of £1500 on their vessel, but had insured her for £3000 and stated that her sale value was £2500. The owners had also just chartered Marquis of Huntley to the government for £4000 a year to carry convicts to New South Wales. The owners offered £400 to the salvors, three of whom had died when their boat overturned during salvage efforts. The judge awarded the salvors £1300, £150 for each of the smacks and £100 to be apportioned to the families of the three men who had drowned. [11]

4th convict voyage (1835): Captain A.L.Molison departed the Downs on 27 March 1835 and arrived in Sydney on 5 July. [12] Marquis of Huntley had embarked 320 male convicts and had suffered one convict death en route. [13]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1836Mollison
Motley		J.Somes
Chapman		London transport
London–Quebec
London–Malta		LR; small repairs 1835
1843MotleyChapmanLondon–QuebecLR; small repairs 1835

Fate

Marquis of Huntley was last listed in LR in 1843. She may have been the vessel that was wrecked on 24 June 1844 on "Briton Island" or "Brier Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Cork with cargo of deals. [14] [15] [16]

Notes

  1. ↑ The most complete listing of Portuguese warships of the period has no vessel named Madeira. Although the listing shows various vessels acquired from England during this period, none appears to be Marquis of Huntley. [9]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Aberdeen Built ships: Marquis of Huntley.
  2. 1 2 3 LR (1804), "M" supple. pages, Seq.No.M122.
  3. 1 2 3 Hackman (2001), pp. 295–296.
  4. 1 2 Bateson (1959), pp. 296–297.
  5. ↑ Bateson (1959), p. 330.
  6. ↑ Bateson (1959), p. 331.
  7. ↑ Bateson (1959), pp. 298–299.
  8. ↑ Bateson (1959), p. 332.
  9. ↑ Marques Esparteiro (1976).
  10. ↑ "Ship Arrivals Canada August - November 1832". www.theshipslist.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Bail Court". 13 November 1835, The Times (London, England) Issue: 15946.]
  12. ↑ Bateson (1959), pp. 302–303.
  13. ↑ Bateson (1959), p. 334.
  14. ↑ "Ship News". The Times (18676). London. 31 July 1844. col E-F, p. 7.
  15. ↑ "Ship News". Greenock Advertiser. No. XLV - 6043. The British Newspaper Archive (subscription). 6 August 1844. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  16. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19389. Edinburgh: The British Newspaper Archive (subscription). 15 August 1844. p. 4. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

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