Boddingtons (1793 ship)

Boddingtons, or Boddington, was a merchantman that was launched in 1793 upon the Thames River for Boddingtons. She spent most of her career as a West Indiaman. She did make one voyage to Australia carrying passengers. Her crew abandoned her at sea in November 1840.

History
Great Britain
Name:	Boddingtons
Owner:	Boddingtons (1793-1805+)
Builder:	William Mellish, Limehouse, River Thames[1]
Launched:	19 November 1793[1]
Fate:	Abandoned at sea November 1840
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	298,[2] or 301,[1] or 305[3] (bm)
Armament:	1795:6 × 4-pounder guns [3] 1805:6 × 4-pounder guns[2] 1815:2 × 18-pounder + 2 × 12-pounder carronades

Career

Boddingtons enters Lloyd's Register in 1794 with P. Scallon, master, Boddingtons, owner, and trade London—Nevis.[4]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade
1795	J. Clarke	Boddingtons	London—Nevis
1800	P. Seale	Boddingtons	London—Nevis

Boddington, Soal, master, bound for St Vincent, put into Plymouth on 1 February 1804. She was part of a fleet of 43 sail under the escort of the 74-gun HMS Courageaux that had left Portsmouth on 2 January, bound for the West Indies. For some reason, the whole fleet put back into Plymouth.[5] Still, Boddington reportedly put into Cork, Ireland, on 3 February. The West Indies fleet left Cork the next day under the escort of the frigates HMS Galatea and HMS Topaze.[6]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade
1805	P. Soal	Boddingtons	London—St Vincent
1810	P. Soal	Boddingtons	London—St Kitts
1815	Stranack	Boddingtons	London—St Vincent
1820	Parents	Neal	London—Bermuda

On the morning of 16 December 1821 Boddingtons was in ballast when she caught fire at St. Catherine's Stairs, Wapping. Her crew scuttled her and afterwards her main and mizzen masts were cut away.[7] Lloyd's Register for 1823 carries the notation that Boddingtons was rebuilt in 1822.[8]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade
1823	Sayre Ford	M'Ghie & Co.	London—Antigua
1825	Timm Brown	M'Ghe & Co. Marshall	London—St Lucia

Under the command of J. Taylor, she sailed from London on 1 October 1827, stopping at the Cape of Good Hope and arrived at Hobart Town on 14 March 1828, with cargo and passengers.[9] She left Hobart Town and arrived at Sydney on 22 April, carrying cargo, passengers and a number of convicts.[Note 1] She left Port Jackson on 2 September bound for London.[11]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade
1830	Taylor Noyes	Marshall	London—Demerara
1835	S. Ellis		Belonging to Liverpool
1840	P. Vinnes	J. Terry	Liverpool-Quebec

Fate

Lloyd's Register for 1840 shows Boddingtons, now with homeport of Whitby, as having been "Abandoned".[12] The Naval Journal reported that the barque Boddingtons, of Whitby, was abandoned at sea on 14 November 1840. Her crew of 14 was taken off.[13]

Notes, citations, and reference

Notes

1. Bateson does not list Boddingtons among the vessels delivering convicts to either Hobart or Sydney in 1827-29.[10] She may simply have transferred some convicts.

Citations

1. Hackman (2001), p. 254.
2. Register of Shipping (1805), Seq. №379.
3. Lloyd's Register (1795), Seq. №B257.
4. Lloyd's Register (1794), Seq. №463.
5. Lloyd's List, №4424.
6. Lloyd's List, №4426.
7. Lloyd's List №5654.
8. Lloyd's Register (1823), Seq. №354.
9. "Trade & Shipping". The Hobart Town Courier, Saturday 15 March 1828, p.3. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
10. Bateson (1974), pp. 330-2. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFBateson1974 (help)
11. "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 1828 Next issue p.2. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
12. Lloyd's Register (1840), Seq. №262.
13. Naval Journal, (March 1841), Vol. 13, p.231.

References

• Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)