Kingston (1806 Whitby ship)

Kingston was launched in 1806 and spent her career trading primarily between England and the West Indies, though also trading with Sicily, America, and India, and possibly Russia. Her crew abandoned her in 1819 when she developed a leak.

History
United Kingdom
NameKingston
Owner
  • 1806:Captain & Co.[1]
  • 1806:Hardcastle & Co.[2][3]
BuilderHolt & Richardson, Whitby[2]
Launched30 January 1806[2]
FateAbandoned by her crew 1819
General characteristics
Tons burthen418,[3] or 4184994,[2] or 426[4] (bm)
Sail planShip
Armament6-12 × 6-pounder guns

Career

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Kingston enters the Register of Shipping and Lloyd's Register with slightly inconsistent information. Discrepancies between the two registers appear several times, probably reflecting differences in the dates of the information and in publication, stale information, and possibly error.

Year Master Owner Trade Source Master Owner Trade Source
1806 Atkinson Capt. & Co. Whitby—London
London—Dominica
Register of Shipping[1] Atkinson Hardcastle & Co. London—Dominica Lloyd's Register[3]
1809 R. Atkinson
Hunter
Capt. & Co.
Atkinson & Co.
London—Dominica
London—St Kitts
Register of Shipping R. Atkinson Hardcastle & Co. London—Dominica Lloyd's Register
1810 Hunter Atkinson
Horncastle
London—St Kitts Register of Shipping R.Atkinson
Hunter
Hardcastle London—West Indies Lloyd's Register
1811 R. Hunter Horncastle London—St Kitts
London—Sicily
Register of Shipping Hunter Hardcastle London—Jamaica Lloyd's Register
1812 Hunter Horncastle London—Sicily Register of Shipping Hunter Hardcastle London transport Lloyd's Register
1813 Hunter Horncastle London—West Indies Register of Shipping Hunter Hardcastle London transport Lloyd's Register
1814 Hunter Horncastle London—St Croix Register of Shipping Hunter Hardcastle London—St Croix Lloyd's Register
1815 Hunter
W. Smith
Horncastle
Barber
London—St Croix
London—America
Register of Shipping Hunter Hardcastle London—Petersburg
London—Jamaica
Lloyd's Register
1816 W. Smith
Hunter
J.Barber
Horncastle
Liverpool—America
London—America
Register of Shipping Hunter Hardcastle London—Jamaica Lloyd's Register
1818 Barlow Horncastle London—India Register of Shipping Marlow Hardcastle London—India Lloyd's Register
1819 Barlow Horncastle London—India Register of Shipping Marlow Hardcastle London—India Lloyd's Register
1820 Horncastle Horncastle London—Yucatán Register of Shipping[4] Marlow Hardcastle London—India Lloyd's Register

Fate

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Lloyd's List reported on 3 December 1819 that Kingston, Horncastle, master, had sprung a leak while sailing from Honduras to London. The crew abandoned her in the Gulf of Florida.[5]

Citations

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References

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  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.