Eleanor was launched at Calcutta in 1821. She was a country ship, trading between India and South East Asia until she sailed to England in 1829. She then traded between England and India. In 1831 she transported convicts to New South Wales. A cargo fire on 29 September 1842 destroyed her.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Builder | J.Montgomery, Sulkea, Calcutta[1] |
| Launched | 4 May 1821[1] |
| Fate | Burnt 29 September 1842 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | |
Career
editEleanor was still registered in Calcutta in 1829. Her master was C.Tabor and her managing owner was Gilmour & Co.[4]
Eleanor first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1829 with Edmonds, owner and master, and trade London–Bombay.[2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1831 | Edmonds Cock |
Edmonds & Co. | London–Bengal London–Bombay London–New South Wales |
Register of Shipping |
Captain Robert Cock sailed from Portsmouth on 19 February 1831, bound to New South Wales with convicts. Eleanor arrived at Sydney on 25 June.[5] She had embarked 193 male convicts, none of whom died on the voyage.[6]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1834 | Hyen | Edmonds & Co. | London | LR |
| 1835 | Havelock | Edmonds Godwin & Co. |
London | LR |
| 1840 | Holderness | Godwin & Co. | London–Sydney | LR; damages repaired 1838 & thorough repair and lengthening 1841 |
Fate
editA fire in her cargo of cotton on 29 September 1842 destroyed Eleanor off Aleppee.[7]
The loss gave rise to a suit, "Jussuff Balladina vs Holderness", decided at Bombay on 20 June 1843. Mr. Balladina chartered Eleanor, Holdernesss, master, to carry a cargo of cotton from Bombay to Calcutta, and then to return to Bombay. He gave Captain Holderness a sum of Ruppees 3900 before the voyage. The issue was whether this was a payment of freight in advance, or a loan at no interest for costs attendant on preparing the vessel for the voyage, to be repaid after the vessel's return. The court declared the amount a loan, not freight in advance, and ordered Holderness to reimburse Balladina.[8]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c Phipps (1840), p. 110.
- ^ a b LR (1819), Supple. pages "E", Seq.№10.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 272.
- ^ a b East-India register and directory (1829), p.153.
- ^ Bateson (1959), pp. 300–301.
- ^ Bateson (1959), p. 332.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19166. Edinburgh. 26 November 1842.
- ^ Morley (1849), pp. 302–306.
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.
- Morley, William Hook (1849). An Analytical Digest of All the Reported Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Judicature in India: In the Courts of the Hon. East-India Company, and on Appeal from India, by Her Majesty in Council. Together with an Introduction, Notes, Illustrative and Explanatory, and an Appendix. Vol. 2. W. H. Allen and Company.
- 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.
External links
edit- Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877, State Library of Queensland- includes digitised documents and letters about the Eleanor to the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales