Theodosia (1782 ship)

Theodosia was built at Shields in 1782. She spent 20 years trading with the Baltic, and then another dozen trading with North America and the Baltic. From 1816 she traded with India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company. She was wrecked while returning from a voyage to India in 1825.

History
Great Britain
Name: Theodosia
Builder: Shields
Launched: 1782
Fate: Wrecked 1825
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 385, or 390,[1] or 391, or 500[2] (bm)
Armament: 10 × 6-pounder carronades (1815)

Career

Theodosia first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1784 with J.Culingham, master, James Aram, owner, and trade Onega-Hull.[2] Thereafter she traded with the Baltic and Flanders for some two decades.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1790 J.Cook
Thomas Rogers
J.Aram
Q.Blackburn
Liverpool–Ostend LR; damages repaired 1788
1795 T.Motley Blackburn Liverpool–Ostend LR; damages repaired 1788
1800 P.Sinclair Hern & Co. London Transport LR
1805 P.Sinclair Hern (or J.Heron) & Co. London–Baltic LR
1810 W.Prowse
T.Nicholson
R.Smith
Nicholson
Kidson
Liverpool–Halifax LR; small repairs 1807
1815 R.Smith
J.Unsworth
Dempsey Liverpool–Petersburg
Liverpool–Philadelphia
LR; almost rebuilt 1811 & repairs 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 license from the EIC.[3]

On 2 February 1816 Theodosia, E. Wardropper, master and J.Gladstone, owner, sailed for Fort William, India under a license from the EIC.[4]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1818 Wardropper
Morrison
Gladstone Liverpool–Bengal LR; almost rebuilt 1811 and repairs 1816

On 10 May 1819 Theodosia, Morrison, master, had to put back into Bengal. She was on her way to the Mediterranean but three days out of Coringa she had become leaky.[5]

On 16 March 1822 Theodosia, Kidson, master, was off Liverpool. She had left Bengal on 6 September 1821, Madras on 21 October, and the Cape of Good Hope on about 1 January 1819.[6]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1820 N.Morrison
W.Kidson
Gladstone Liverpool–Ceylon LR; almost rebuilt 1811
1825 W.Kidson Gladstone Liverpool–Bombay LR; large repair 1820 and small repair 1825.

Fate

Theodosia, Kidson, master, from Bengal to London, put back to Saugor on 9 June 1825 being leaky.[7]

Theodosia was wrecked on 14 August 1825 at Pondy on the Coromandel Coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London.[8][9]

Citations and references

Citations

References

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