Rosella (1819 ship)

Rosella was launched in 1819 at Newcastle upon Tyne. She made one voyage to Sincapore and possibly one to Bengal, both under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She sailed widely until she was wrecked in 1860.

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

History
United Kingdom
Name: Rosella
Builder: William Smith, St Peter's Dockyard, Newcastle[1]
Launched: 1819
Fate: Wrecked 24 August 1860
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 213,[1] or 214[2] (bm)
Length: 83 ft 1 in (25.3 m)
Beam: 24 ft 7 in (7.5 m)

Career

Rosella first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1821.[3]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1821 Atkinson Smith & Co. Cowes–Peterburg
Plymouth–New York.		 LR
1825 T.Atkinson Smith & Co. Liverpool–Madeira LR
1826 Robson
Pike		 Smith & co. Liverpool–Sincapore LR

On 3 April 1826 Rosella, Evans, master, arrived at Cowes, and at Gravesend on 16 April. She had left Sumatra on 24 September 1825 and the Cape on 31 December.[4] She had arrived at the Cape on 16 December from Padang, having sustained damage.[5]

On 16 August 1826 Rosella, Pyke, master, sailed for Bengal under a license from the EIC.[6] Rosella, Tuke, master, arrived at Plymouth on 27 August, on her way to Bengal. On 29 August a survey on Rosella at Plymouth condemned her mainmast and two yards.[7]

Unfortunately, there is no online Lloyd's List SAD data available after 1826. Although LR continued to show Rosella with trade London–Calcutta for some more years, there is no confirmation in the listing of licensed ships of any voyages after 1826.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1827 Robson Pyke & Co. London–Calcutta LR
1830 Robson Pyke & Co. London–Calcutta LR
1832 Windsp'r
T.Milburn		 Graham's London–Calcutta LR
1832 Gordon Graham Antwerp–Greenland Register of Shipping (RS); damages repaired 1828

On 25 September 1828 Captain Gordon, master of Rosella, wrote from Monte Video that she had cleared customs, but that he did not expect that she would be able to sail upriver until 7 November when the blockade was expected to be lifted.[8]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1837 J.Finlay R.Trotter Newcastle–Baltic LR
1840 W.Holborn Thew & Co. Shields–London
Shields–Baltic		 LR; small repairs 1840
1845 Holburn Holburn Shields–London LR
1847 W.Hilburn W.Hilburn LR

Fate

Rosella was last listed in LR in 1847 with stale data.

One source, with continuous ownership data, reports that Rosella was lost on 24 August 1860 while carrying coal from South Shields to Rotterdam. It states that she sank off Egmond aan Zee, in the North Sea nine miles from Rotterdam.[1][9]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Tyne Built Ships: Rosella 1819.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 309.
  3. LR (1821), Supple.pages "R", Seq.No.R23.
  4. Lloyd's List (LL) 11 April 1826, №6106, Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data.
  5. LL 24 February 1826, №66093, SAD data.
  6. LR (1827), "Ships Trading to India – 1826".
  7. LL 1 September 1826, №6247.
  8. "Ship News. Times (London, England), 11 December, 1828; pg. 3; Issue 13773.
  9. "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. Newcastle upon Tyne. 31 August 1860.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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