Sun (1819 ship)

Sun was a brig built in 1819 at Sunderland and was condemned at the Cape of Good Hope (the Cape) in August 1822. She was repaired and began sailing east of the Cape. She was wrecked in May 1826 in the Torres Strait.

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

History
United Kingdom
Name: Sun
Builder: Oswald Partis,[1] Sunderland[2]
Launched: 1819[2]
Fate:
  • Condemned August 1822
  • Finally wrecked May 1826
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 185[2] (bm)
Sail plan: Brig

Career

Sun first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the 1820 volume.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1820 G.Murray J.Hay London-Riga LR
1823 G.Murray J.Hay London-CGH LR

On 21–22 July 1822 a tremendous gale drove Sun, Murray, master, ashore at the Cape of Good Hope.[3] She had been nearly loaded for London. A letter dated 10 August stated that the greater part of Sun's cargo had been saved, but that she had been condemned.[4][Note 1]

The next report was that it was expected that Sun would be gotten off the shore.[5] After being condemned, Sun was sold, gotten off, repaired, and fitted out. She was expected to sail to Bengal under the name George Ballard.[6] There is no further mention in online resources of George Ballard.

Instead, Sun retained her name and continued to sail, but trading as a country ship, i.e., east of the Cape. She was registered at the Cape in 1823,[1] and may later have transferred her registry to Calcutta,[7] though she does not appear in an 1825 list of vessels registered there.[Note 2]

Sun, Anderson, master, arrived in Bengal on 2 March 1823 from the Cape of Good Hope. She returned to the Cape on 19 November. On 1 February 1824 Sun, Griffiths, master, sailed from the Cape for Bengal. She arrived there on 21 May.

She sailed with a cargo of tea from Canton, China on 28 November 1825 to Van Diemens Land. Leaving the River Derwent on 16 March 1826, she sailed to Sydney arriving on 24 March.[8][9]

Loss

Under the command of Captain W. Gillett, on 11 May 1826 Sun left on a voyage from Sydney to Batavia. On the way she struck a reef off Eastern Fields, north-east of Thursday Island, and was wrecked with the loss of 24 of the 36 people on board.[10][12] The survivors made for Murray Island, where the vessels John Munro and Industry rescued them. The brig was reported to be carrying 40,000 Spanish dollars.[13][14]

One contemporary newspaper report had Sun in company with Venus, Killgour, master, and both being wrecked. The account states that Industry rescued the crews of both Venus and Sun.[15] Venus was wrecked on 1 July 1826 on the Alerts Reef; Security rescued her crew.[16]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. The same storm also resulted in the loss of other ships, including Adriatic, Leander, and Olive Branch, and damage to Royal George.
  2. LR continued to carry Sun for several years with details unchanged from 1823.

Citations

  1. The Sunderland site: Ships built in Sunderland in the 810s. Accessed 11 December 2020.
  2. LR (1820), Supple. pages "S", Seq.№S24.
  3. "Storm At The Cape Of Good Hope". The Times (London, England), 15 October 1822; pg. 2; Issue 11690.
  4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5742). 15 October 1822. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5744). 22 October 1822.
  6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5760). 17 December 1822.
  7. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6173). 1 December 1826. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. "Shipping Intelligence". Hobart Town Gazette, Saturday 18 March 1826, p.2. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  9. "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 25 March 1826, p.2.
  10. "LOSS OF THE BRIG SUN". The Morning Post (17465). 6 December 1826.
  11. Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia, (1827), Volume 23, p.179.
  12. The dead included the first and second officers, and 22 lascars. Captain Gillett and the survivors were in the ship's jolly boat.[11]
  13. "Ship Arrivals". Hobart Town Gazette, Saturday 16 December 1826, p.2. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  14. "Latest Indian News - Loss of the Brig Sun". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Friday 26 January 1827, p.3. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  15. "STATE OF THE WEATHER, FROM DECEMBER 8 TO 15, 1826" Hobart Town Gazette 16 December 1826 Page 2.
  16. Nicholson (1996), pp. 82–83.

References

  • Bateson, Charles (1972). Australian Shipwrecks: including vessels wrecked en route to and from Australia and some strandings. Volume 1 1622-1850. Reed, AH; Reed, AW.
  • Nicholson, Ian Hawkins (1996). Via Torres Strait: a maritime history of the Torres Strait Route and the ship's post office at Booby Island. Yaroomba, Qld.: Ian Nicholson [on behalf of the Roebuck Society].

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