Stirling Castle (1801 ship)

Stirling Castle was built at Calcutta in 1801. She made one voyage from Calcutta to England for the British East India Company (EIC).

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

United Kingdom
Name: Stirling Castle
Namesake: Sterling Castle
Owner: Downie & Maitland[1] or Palmer[2]
Builder: Calcutta
Launched: 1801
Captured: 1804
Fate: Subsequently lost after October 1805.
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 703,[3] or 705,[1] or 952[4] (bm)
Notes: Teak-built three-decker

EIC voyage (1801-1802): Captain James Honeyman (or Honiman) sailed from Calcutta on 31 December 1801, bound for England. Stirling Castle was at Kedgeree on 8 January 1802 and Saugor on 25 January. She reached Saint Helena on 4 May and by 13 July was off Spithead.[3]

Fate: The French privateer Caroline, Captain Nicholas Surcouf, captured Stirling Castle in the Bay of Bengal on 19 October 1804 while Stirling Castle was on passage from Calcutta to Colombo,[5] with a cargo of rice.

Surcouf put a prize crew on board consisting of his brother Charles Surcouf, and 15 crew members, all under the command of Antoine Lacazerauly. They sailed Stirling Castle to Mauritius, arriving on 5 November.[6] There she was sold for 14,350 piastres, and her cargo for 44,559.[4]

On 17 October 1805, Nicholas Surcouf and Caroline again encountered Sterling Castle. She had been sold at Port Louis to the Sultan of Muscat. Surcouf released her.[7]

Stirling Castle was later lost.[8]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. East-India register and directory (1803), p.99.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 243.
  3. British Library: Stirling Castle.
  4. Roman (2007), p. 169.
  5. Lloyd's List №4199.
  6. Roman (2007), p. 171.
  7. Roman (2007), p. 173.
  8. Phipps (1840), p. 137.

References

  • Delaunay, D. (1890). "Mémoires d'Angenard, 1833". Annales de Bretagne. VI: 535–537.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta) (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
  • Roman, Alain (2007). Robert Surcouf et ses frères [Robert Surcouf and his brothers] (in French). Preface by Olivier Roellinger. Editions Cristel. ISBN 978-2-84421-050-0. OCLC 159954380.
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