Woodford was launched in 1815 at Whitby as a West Indiaman. Between 1816 and 1817 she made two voyages to the Indian Ocean or the East Indies, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked at Laeso in November 1837.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Woodford |
| Owner |
|
| Builder | Fishburn & Broderick, Whitby[1] |
| Launched | 7 June 1815 |
| Fate | Wrecked 22 November 1837 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 373, or 37353⁄94,[2] or 374,[3] or 378[4] (bm) |
Career
editWoodford first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1815 with Brady, master, Chapman, owner, and trade London–West Indies.[5]
Still, in 1813 the EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a license from the EIC.[6] Woodford's owners applied on 1 December 1815 for a licence, which they received three days later.[3]
On 23 December 1815 Woodford, Brady, master, arrived at Portsmouth, from London, bound for the Cape of Good Hope and Isle of France (Mauritius).[7] on 22 April 1816 she sailed from the Cape for Mauritius. From Mauritius Woodford sailed to Batavia She was there on 3 September, shortly after the Dutch had resumed control of the Dutch East Indies.[8] By 3 and 4 January Woodford, Brady, master, was back in England in the Downs where the gales of those dates caught her, costing her her anchor and cables.[9] By 14 January she was at Gravesend.
Woodford sailed to Mauritius a second time. On 30 November 1817 Woodford, Brady, master, arrived at Hull, having left Isle of France on 23 August, and Saint Helena on 9 October.[10] She arrived at Gravesend on 2 December.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | Eltringham | Chapman | London–Jamaica | LR |
| 1825 | Lamborn | Fletcher & Co. | London–Jamaica | LR |
| 1830 | Last | Fletcher & Co. | London–Jamaica | LR; small repairs 1826 |
| 1837 | Sanderson | Lawson & Co. | London–Quebec | LR; large repair 1835 |
In May 1835 Woodford underwent repairs at the dock of Henry and George Barrick, Whitby. She was then surveyed on 13 May.[1]
Fate
editWoodford, Sanderson (or Saunderson), master, was driven ashore on Læsø on 22 November 1837 and wrecked; her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to Plymouth.[11][12]
Citations
edit- ^ a b 'Woodford.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 323.
- ^ a b House of Commons (1816).
- ^ Weatherill (1908), p. 128.
- ^ LR (1815), Supple. pages "W", Seq.№W89.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
- ^ Lloyd's List (LL) 26 December 1815, №5034, Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data.
- ^ LL 3 January 1817, №5140.
- ^ LL 7 January 1817, №5141.
- ^ LL 2 December 1817, №5234, SAD data.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18357). Edinburgh. 14 December 1837.
- ^ "Ship News". Morning Post (20909). London. 27 December 1837.
References
edit- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1816). Parliamentary Papers. Vol. 10.
- Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.