Alexander was built in the United States in 1811 and captured as a prize during the War of 1812, or built in 1813 in Halifax.[3] She first appeared in Lloyd's Register for 1815 with Hamilton, master, M'Dowell, owner, and trade Greenock-Newfoundland.[4]
 Configuration of typical brig-sloop
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Alexander |
| Launched | 1811, United States |
| Captured | Circa 1814 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Alexander |
| Acquired | Circa 1814 by purchase of a prize |
| Fate | Last full listing in 1833 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Brig |
| Tons burthen | 227,[1] or 229[2][3] (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
Under the command of William Hamilton, she sailed from Ireland on 4 November 1815, and arrived at Port Jackson on 4 April 1816.[1] She transported 84 female convicts, three of whom died on the voyage.[5]
Alexander left Port Jackson on 23 June bound for England.[6]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1816 | Hamilton | M'Dowell | Cork | LR |
| 1820 | Hamilton | M'Dowell | Cork | LR |
On 4 November 1821 Alexander, Fryer, master, arrived at Liverpool from Demerara. She was on shore at Bootle Bay.[7] By 8 November she had been gotten off.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1821 | Hamilton W.Fryer |
M'Dowell | Cork Liverpool–Demerara |
LR |
| 1827 | W.Fryer W.Tyron |
Robinson T.Ronaldson |
Liverpool–Demerara | LR; damages and large repair 1822 |
| 1830 | W.Fryer | Robinson | Liverpool–Maranhão | LR; large repair 1822 |
| 1831 | W.Fryer J.Green |
Robinson | Liverpool–Maranhão | LR; large repair 1822, copper and damages repaired 1831 |
In 1831 Alexander sailed to Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. In 1833 she sailed from New South Wales to New Zealand. Later, she sailed to Trinidad.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1833 | J.Green | Walkinshaw | Liverpool–New South Wales | LR; large repair 1822 & damages repaired 1831 |
The volume of Lloyd's Register for 1833 has the first mention of Alexander being of 229 tons (bm), and having been launched in 1813 at Halifax, Nova Scotia.[2] (This may have been the source of the information in Hackman.[3]) Subsequent volumes to 1839 carry only minimal information and there is no ship arrival and departure data for Alexander, Green, master, after mid-1833.
Citations
edit- ^ a b Bateson (1959), pp. 290–91.
- ^ a b LR (1833), seq.No.A439.
- ^ a b c Hackman (2001), p. 249.
- ^ Lloyd's Register (1815).
- ^ Bateson (1959), p. 327.
- ^ "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.16. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "SHIP NEWS". Morning Chronicle (London, England), 7 November 1821; Issue 16397.
References
edit- Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
