Albion was an East Indiaman launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1792.
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Albion |
| Namesake | Albion |
| Owner | F. W. Hurry |
| Builder | F. W. Hurry, Newcastle upon Tyne[1] |
| Launched | 1792 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Tons burthen | 430,[2] or 43063⁄94,[1] or 501[3][4] (bm) |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 30 ft 6+1⁄2 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 11 in (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | |
| Armament | |
| Notes | Three decks |
Albion made one voyage for the East India Company (EIC) as an "extra" (chartered) ship. The EIC had Perry measure and repair her in 1797. Captain John Parson (or Pearson) received a letter of marque 17 March 1797.[3]
In 1782 the Albion was involved with several other letters-of-marque ships (Lord North, Hector, Friendship, John, Byron and Britannia) in the capture of a Spanish built ship the Three Brothers. The Three Brothers was legally condemned as prize at a court of the Vice Admiralty in Jamaica on the 27th January 1783. She was then transferred to Liverpool for sale.[5]
Parson sailed from the Downs on 24 May 1797, bound for Bengal. She arrived at Calcutta on 5 September 1797. Homeward-bound, she was at Culpee on 28 October 1797,[a] and then at Saugor on 3 December 1797. She reached the Cape of Good Hope on 14 February 1798 and Saint Helena on 4 March 1798 before arriving at Blackwall on 19 June 1798.[2]
In 1799 Albion was sent out to Calcutta to trade within the Far East.[1]
An Albion, of 400 tons (bm), A. Wallace, master, was listed in 1803 as belonging to Madras.[6] She was no longer listed in 1819.
Although one source states that she was destroyed by fire at Canton in December 1807,[1] the vessel that burned was Albion.[7]
Notes
edit- ^ Culpee (or Coulpy, Kulpi, Kalpi, or Kulpee), was an anchorage towards Calcutta, and just below Diamond Harbour and opposite Diamond Point.
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d Hackman (2001), p. 221.
- ^ a b c d e British Library: Albion (3).
- ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.48 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1798) Seq. №A187.
- ^ HSLC Journal, vol 105, p114, Image 8
- ^ East-India register and directory (1803), p.213.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 102.
References
edit- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- Phipps, John (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.
- Jarvis, Rupert C. (1953). Liverpool Statutory Registers of British Merchant Ships. Historical Society of Lancashire & Cheshire.