Lady Ridley (1813 ship)

Lady Ridley was launched in 1813 at Blyth as a West Indiaman. She transported convicts in 1821 to Van Diemen's Land. She also sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked on 11 November 1831.

For other ships with the same name, see Lady Ridley (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Name: Lady Ridley
Builder: William Stoveld, Blyth
Launched: 10 December 1813
Fate: Wrecked 11 November 1831
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 373,[1] or 379​32⁄94,[2] or 393 (bm)

Career

Lady Ridley first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1814 with P.Inglis, master, Inglis & Co., owners, and tade London-Grenada.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1815 P.Inglis
J.Dyson
Anderson		 Inglis & Co. London–Grenada LR
1816 Anderson Wassak & Co Liverpool–Madeira LR
1820 Boydel
R.Vare		 Robertson London–St John
London–Botany Bay		 LR

In July 1818 Lady Ridley was returning to England from Jamaica when she had to put into Havana leaky. She was repaired and left on 27 July.[3]

A gale at Saint John, New Brunswick, drove Lady Ridley ashore on 21 December 1819 and damaged her.[4] Once she had been refloated, she sailed to Jamaica.

Convict transport: Captain Robert Weir sailed Lady Ridley from England on 4 June 1821. She sailed via Rio de Janeiro and arrived at Hobart on 27 June.[5] She had embarked 138 male convicts and she disembarked 137.[6] On 25 July she arrived at Sydney. She returned to England via Batavia. On 15 April 1822 she arrived at Cape of Good Hope from Batavia. She had put in to fix a trivial leak. She was surveyed and the carpenters put to work.[7] She sailed for England on the 20th. However, she sailed on to Helvoet and Rotterdam. She arrived at Gravesend on 25 September.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1825 W.Scott Captain & Co. Plymouth LR
1830 W.Scott Martin & Co. Dublin–Quebec LR; small repairs 1827

On 13 May 1831 Doris sprang a leak, forcing her crew to abandon her in the Atlantic Ocean. Lady Ridley rescued the crew.[8]

Fate

On 11 November 1831 Lady Ridley was driven ashore and wrecked at Bailey's Mistake, Newfoundland. Her eighteen crew were rescued.[9][10]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. LR (1814), Supple. pages "L", Seq.№L16.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 290.
  3. Lloyd's List (LL) 8 September 1818, №5313.
  4. LL 18 February 1820, №5466.
  5. Bateson (1959), pp. 306–307.
  6. Bateson (1959), p. 329.
  7. LL 2 July 1822, №5712.
  8. "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury (17174). 15 August 1831.
  9. "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (1077). 23 December 1831.
  10. "Domestic Intelligence". North Wales Chronicle (224). 3 January 1832.

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.
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