Prince George (1806 ship)

Prince George was launched in 1806 at Rotherhithe. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman. The French captured and released her in December 1814. She then sailed as a West Indiaman again, but towards the end of the 1820s started sailing to New South Wales. In 1834 she made a voyage under charter to the Hudson's Bay Company. Thereafter she traded between London and Quebec, and was last listed in 1854.

For other ships with the same name, see Prince George (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Name: Prince George
Builder: Peter Everitt Mestaer, King and Queen Dock, Rotherhithe
Launched: 2 August 1806
Fate: Last listed 1854
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 436,[1] or 436​41⁄94,[2] or 437, or 450 (bm)
Armament:
  • 1806:2 × 4-pounder guns[1]
  • 1809:6 × 6-pounder guns

Career

Prince George first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the 1806 volume with J.Bailey, master, Frier & Co., owner, changing to Rutherford & Co., and trade London–Jamaica.[1] She appears to have replaced an earlier Prince George that Rutherford owned,[3] and that next year appears with a new master, Pizzie, and owner, Boyman & Co., though still in the London–Jamaica trade.[4]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1810 J.Bailey Rutherford & Co. London–Jamaica LR
1815 J.Bailey Rutherford & Co. London–Jamaica LR

Between 27 and 29 December 1814, the French frigates Nymphe and Méduse captured a number of British merchant ships at 16°N 39°W.[Note 1] The vessels captured were Prince George, Dalley, master, Lady Caroline Barham, Boyce, master, and Potsdam, Cummings, master all three coming from London and bound to Jamaica; Flora, Ireland, master, from London to Martinique; Brazil Packet, from Madeira to the Brazils; and Rosario and Thetis, from Cape Verde. The French burnt all the vessels they captured, except Prince George. They put their prisoners into her and sent her off as a cartel to Barbados, which she reached on 10 January 1815.[7]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1820 T.Parker Bailey London–Jamaica LR; thorough repair 1820
1825 T.Parker Rutherford London–Jamaica LR; thorough repair 1820
1830 M.Andrews Andrews London–New South Wales LR; thorough repair 1820 & damages repaired 1826
1833 M.Andrews
D. Friend		 Andrews
Gould & Co.		 London–New South Wales; London–Quebec? Register of Shipping; repair 1820, damages repaired 1826, & small repairs
1834 D.Friend Gould & Co. London–Hudson's Bay LR;

In 1834 the Hudson's Bay Company chartered Prince George for a voyage from London to York Factory,[8] and back to London. She may have made a second such voyage in 1837.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1835 D.Friend D.Gould & Co. London–Hudson's Bay
London–Virginia		 LR
1837 D.Friend Gould & Co. London–Hudson's Bay LR; small repairs 1835
1840 D.Friend Gould & Co. London–Quebec LR; small repairs 1835 & damages repaired 1838
1845 D.Friend Gould & Co. London–Quebec LR; small repairs 1835, damages repaired 1842, & small repairs 1843
1850 Fenner Gould & Co. London–Quebec LR; small repairs 1845 & 1848
Year Master Owner Trade Source
1856 J.Young Kirk London LR
1860 J.Young Kirk LR

Fate

Prince George was last listed in 1863 with data unchanged since 1860.

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. The news item in Lloyd's List (LL) gave the names of the frigates as Nymphe and Modeste, but there was no Modeste in service with the French Navy at that time,[5] but there was a Méduse,[6] and she was operating with Nymphe.

Citations

  1. LR (1806), Supple. pages "P", Seq.№P66.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 306.
  3. LR (1806), Seq№500.
  4. '"LR (1807), Seq.№P498.
  5. Winfield & Roberts (2015).
  6. Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 149.
  7. LL 8 March 1814, №4851.
  8. Dobson (2009), p. 120.

References

  • Dobson, David (2009). Ships from Scotland to North America, 1830-1860. 2. Genealogical Publishing. ISBN 9780806353807.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848322042.
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