Sappho was launched in 1810 in Sunderland. She traded widely, first as a West Indiaman and later to the Baltic. She also made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She stranded on 9 July 1823, was gotten off, condemned, and sold. She was wrecked in 1833.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sappho |
| Namesake | Sappho |
| Builder | Sunderland |
| Launched | 1810 |
| Fate | Stranded 9 July 1833 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 401, or 419,[1] or 420 (bm) |
| Complement | |
| Armament |
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Career
editSappho first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1810.[2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810 | C.Compton | Francis Baring | London–Suriname | LR |
On 31 March 1810 Captain Charles Spencer Compton acquired a letter of marque.[1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1812 | C.Compton Cranitch |
Sir F. Baring | London–Suriname | LR |
Captain William Cranitch acquired a letter of marque on 5 December 1811.[1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1818 | Price | Thompson & Co. | London–Isle de France (Mauritius) | LR; thorough repair 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 licence from the EIC.[3]
On 30 March 1817 Sappho, W.Grice, master, sailed for Bombay, under a license from the EIC.[4]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1819 | Price T.Arman |
Thompson & Co. | London–Isle de France London–Jamaica |
LR; thorough repair 1816 |
| 1821 | T.Arman Heppinstal |
Herring | London–Jamaica London–Malta |
LR; thorough repair 1816 |
| 1824 | Heppinstall | Staniforth | Plymouth–Chioza | LR; thorough repair 1816 & damages repaired 1822 |
| 1825 | Heppinstall | Dawson & Co. | Plymouth | LR; thorough repair 1816 & damages repaired 1822 |
| 1826 | J.Smith M.Craig Wilkie |
Nichols & Co. | Falmouth–St Johns | LR; thorough repair 1816, damages repaired 1822, & large repair 1826 |
| 1827 | C.Wlkie | Johnson & Co. | Leith–Petersburg | LR |
| 1828 | C.Wlkie | Johnson & Co. | London–Elsinor | LR; large repair 1826 |
| 1829 | C.Wlkie Holmes |
Vertue & Co. | London–Petersburg | LR; good repair 1826 & large repair 1828 |
| 1830 | Holmes Mullins |
Vertue & Co. | London–Sierra Leone | LR; good repair 1826 & large repair 1828 |
| 1832 | T.Duncan | Vertue & Co. | Leith–Alloa | LR; good repair 1826, large repair 1828, & new bottom and large repair 1832 |
Fate
editOn 9 July 1833 Sappho, Duncan, master, was on her way from Savannah to Saint John, New Brunswick, when she stranded on "the Wolves" (the Wolves Archipelago, at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy). The crew was saved. Sappho and her cargo were to be sold at Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.[5]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Letter of Marque, p.86 – Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ LR (1810), Supple.pages "S", Seq.No.S56.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
- ^ LR (1818), "Licensed and Country Ships".
- ^ "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". Hull Packet (Hull, England), 30 August 1833, Issue 2545.
References
edit- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.