Captain Cook (1826 ship)

Captain Cook was a merchant ship built at Whitby, England in 1826. She made one voyage to Bombay under a license from the British East India Company (EIC) in 1828. She then made three voyages transporting convicts from Ireland and England to Australia. In August 1843 she was wrecked on her way with a cargo of coal from Shields to Aden.

History
United Kingdom
Name: Captain Cook
Builder: Robert Campion,[1] or John & William Campion, Whitby[2]
Launched: 1826
Fate: Wrecked August 1843
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 451,[3] or 452 (bm)
Length: 116 ft 0 in (35.4 m)[1]
Beam: 29 ft 9 1⁄2 in (9.1 m)[1]
Propulsion: Sail

Career

Captain Cook first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1827.[3]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1827 Willis. J. Champion Bristol–Quebec LR

On 28 April 1828 Captain Cook, G.Willis, master, sailed for Bombay.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1832 Willis, j. Campion London–New South Wales LR

1st convict voyage (1831–1832): Captain William Steward and surgeon Eben Johnson, departed Dublin, Ireland on 5 November 1831. Captain Cook arrived in Sydney on 2 April 1832.[4] She had embarked 200 male convicts and there were two convict deaths en route.[5] Captain Cook left Port Jackson on 15 May bound for Launceston.[6]

2nd convict voyage (1833): Captain William Thompson and surgeon John Morgan departed Portsmouth, England on 5 May 1833. Captain Cook arrived in Sydney on 26 August 1833.[4] She had embarked 230 male convicts and there were four convict deaths en route.[7]

3rd convict voyage (1836): Captain George Brown and surgeon Arthur Savage departed Cork, Ireland on 5 July 1836. Captain Cook arrived in Sydney on 13 November.[4] She had embarked 229 male convicts and had one convict death en route.[8]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1836 Brown Gordon & Co. London–Hobart Town LR; small repairs 1836
1838 Johnston Gordon & Co. London–Sydney LR; small repairs 1836 & 1837
1839 Johnston Gordon & Co.
G.Willis		 London–Sydney
London–Sierra Leone		 LR; small repairs 1836 & 1837
1840 Johnston
W.Finch		 G.Willis London–Sierra Leone
Plymouth–United States		 LR; small repairs 1836 & 1837, & damages repaired 1841
1842 W.Finch G.Willis Plymouth–United States
Scarborough–Shields		 LR; small repairs 1836 & 1837, damages repaired 1841, & small repairs 1843

Fate

Captain Cook, Finch, master, was lost before 21 August 1843. She was carrying a cargo of 700 tons of coal from Shields to Aden on behalf of the British government. She was wrecked on the coast of Africa 9 nautical miles (17 km) south east of "Burnt Island" (11.22°N 47.24°E / 11.22; 47.24). Midas rescued the crew.[9][10]

Citations
  1. Weatherill (1908), p. 144.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 259.
  3. LR (1827), Supple.pages "C", Seq.No.C77.
  4. Bateson (1959), pp. 302–303.
  5. Bateson (1959), p. 333.
  6. "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 17 May 1832, p.2. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. Bateson (1959), p. 334.
  8. Bateson (1959), p. 335.
  9. "Loss of the steam ship Memnon with the Indian Mail-Crew and Passengers Saved". (8 October 1843) Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper (London, England) issue 46.
  10. "MARINE INTELLIGENCE". Newcastle Courant (1803), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 13 October 1843, issue 8810.

References
  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.
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