Lady Hannah Ellice (1812 ship)
Lady Hannah Ellice (or Lady Hannah Ellis) was launched in 1812 as a West Indiaman. Later, she traded more widely, including making two voyages to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She survived two maritime misadventures only to suffer a final wrecking in August 1838.
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | Lady Hannah Ellice |
Namesake: | Wife of Edward "Bear" Ellice |
Builder: | Edward Adams, Bucklers Hard, Hampshire |
Launched: | 13 April 1812 |
Fate: | Wrecked 27 August 1838 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen: | 341,[1] or 350[2] (bm) |
Length: | 106 ft 5 in (32.4 m) |
Beam: | 26 ft 6 in (8.1 m) |
Armament: | 12 × 9-pounder carronades |
Career
Lady Hannah Ellis first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812 with Lawton, master, Ch almers & Co. owners, and trade London–West Indies[2]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1816 | R.Garrick | Chalmers & Co. | London–Saint Lucia | LR |
A dreadful hurricane on 21 October 1817 devastated the harbour of Castries, Saint Lucia, and drove Lady Hannah Ellice, and 11 other vessels on shore.[3][4]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1818 | Hutchinson Urquhardt |
Chalmers | London–Saint Lucia | LR; damages and good repair 1818 |
1820 | Urquhardt | Joad | London–Jamaica | LR; damages and good repair 1818 |
1825 | J.Liddle | Marquardt | Greenock-Miramichi, New Brunswick | LR; good repairs 1818 & 1819 |
On 3 November 1825 a gale at Milford Haven drove Lady Hannah Ellice into the lazaretto and other vessels under quarantine; she lost her bowsprit,foremast and head. She then ran aground on the mudflats near the dockyard. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to London.[5]
Sailed from Bombay on 12 June 1828 and arrived in the Downs end-September 1828.
On 23 December 1828 sailed for Bengal from Gravesend, but she sprang a leak and had to return on 28 December. She arrived at Bengal on 1 June 1829. She sailed from Calcutta on 6 August and Saugor on 17 August.
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1830 | J.Liddle | M'Farland | London–Calcutta | LR; good repairs 1818 & 1819, & damages and good repair 1827 |
1835 | J.Liddell | M'Farland | Liverpool–Virginia | LR; homeport Alloa, large repair 1833 |
Fate
Lady Hannah Ellice was wrecked on 27 August 1838 on The Triangles.[Note 1] She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London.[6]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
- The Triangles 18.313890°N 64.916559°W, are rocks between Green Cay and the harbour at Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Citations
- Hackman (2001), p. 289.
- LR (1812), Supple.pages "L", Seq.№74.
- "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5242). 2 January 1818.
- It was expected that she would be got off without much damage."The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5244). 9 January 1818.
- Lloyd's List 8 November 1825, №6062.
- "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle (21507). London. 19 October 1838.
References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)