Asia (1813 ship)
History | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Name: | Asia |
Owner: | Aaron Chapman[1] |
Builder: | Fishburn & Brodrick,[1] Whitby |
Launched: | 24 April 1813[1] |
Fate: | Last listed 1850 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Brig |
Tons burthen: | 455,[2] or 458[1] (bm) |
Length: | 118 ft 8 in (36.2 m)[3] |
Beam: | 29 ft 9 in (9.1 m)[3] |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Asia was a merchant barque built at Whitby in 1813. She made one voyage to India for the British East India Company (EIC) in 1820-21, and one voyage to Van Diemen's Land in 1827-28. Asia then traded to the Mediterranean, but mostly to Quebec. She was last listed in 1850.
Origins
Asia was launched at Whitby in 1813. She then became a transport.[3]
EIC voyage (1821-22)
Lloyd's Register for the years 1820 to 1823 does not show a voyage to India. However, the Register was only as accurate as the information owners chose to feed it. The Register of Shipping for 1821 however does show a voyage to India. It has Asia, Patterson, master, Chapman, owner, sailing from London to Bombay, and then London to Quebec.[4]
Lloyd's Register | Master | Owner | Trade |
---|---|---|---|
1820 | Godwin;Patterson | Chapman | London-Jamaica;London-Lisbon |
1821 | Patterson | Chapman | London-Lisbon |
1822 | Patterson | Chapman | London-Lisbon;London-Quebec |
1823 | Patterson | Chapman | London-Quebec |
Asia, of 458 tons (bm), John Patterson, master, Aaron Campbell managing owner, sailed to Bombay in 1820-21. Patterson sailed from The Downs on 4 June 1820 and arrived at Bombay on 26 September. By 27 February Asia was at the Cape. She reached St Helena on 19 March, and arrived at East India Dock on 31 May.[5]
Lloyd's Register | Master | Owner | Trade |
---|---|---|---|
1824 | Tindall | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1825 | Tindall | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1826 | Tindall | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1827 | Tindall | Chapman | London |
1828 | Tindall | Chapman | London |
In 1825 Asia shifted her registry to London.[3]
Convict transport
A table of convict voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land in 1828 Lloyd's Register, lists Asia, J. Edman, master, A. Chapman, owner, but does not specify the destination. A belated notation in Lloyd's Register for 1829 too advises that J. Edman was master of Asia in 1827.
Under the command of John Edman, Asia sailed from London, England on 1 August 1827, and arrived at Hobart Town on 30 November.[2] She had embarked 158 male convicts, one of whom died on the voyage.[6] Asia left Hobart Town on 19 December bound for Sydney arriving on 24 December.[7] Asia left Sydney on 25 January bound for Isle de France.
Later career
Lloyd's Register | Master | Owner | Trade |
---|---|---|---|
1829 | Tindall | Chapman | London |
1830 | J. Edmonds | Chapman | Cowes-Antwerp |
1831 | J. Edmonds; R. White | Chapman | London |
1832 | R. White | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1833 | R. White | Chapman | London |
1834 | R. White | London | |
1835 | R. White | London | |
1836 | R. White | Chapman | London-Gibraltar |
1837 | Wilson | Chapman | London-Gibraltar |
1838 | G. Aeir | Chapman | London |
1839 | Richardson | Chapman | London-Bermuda; London-Malta |
1840 | Richardson | Chapman | London-Malta |
1841 | Richardson; Woodward | Chapman | London-Malta; London-Quebec |
1842 | Richardson; Woodward | Chapman | London-Malta; London-Quebec |
1843 | Woodward | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1844 | Woodward | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1845 | Woodward | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1846 | Woodward | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1847 | Woodward | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1848 | Woodward | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1849 | Woodward | Chapman | London-Quebec |
1850 | Woodward | Chapman | London-Quebec |
Citations and references
Citations
- 1 2 3 4 Hackman (2001), p. 223.
- 1 2 Bateson (1959), pp.308-309.
- 1 2 3 4 eatherill (1908), p.124.
- ↑ Register of Shipping (1821), Seq. №A1165.
- ↑ British Library: Asia (7).
- ↑ Bateman (1959), p.331.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Friday 28 December 1827, p.2. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
References