City of Edinburgh (1813 ship)

History
Name: City of Edinburgh
Owner: J. Farquhar & Co.[1]
Builder: A. Woodcock, Coringa,[1] Bengal
Launched: 1 December 1813,[1] or 1816[2]
Fate: Wrecked 1840
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen: 360,[2] or 366,[3] or 367,[4] or 370​40⁄94[1] (bm)
Length: 96 ft 9 in (29.5 m)
Beam: 30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Propulsion: Sail

City of Edinburgh was a merchant ship built at Bengal in 1813. She made two voyages transporting passengers to Tasmania, and two transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. Later, she made a whaling voyage to New Zealand. She was wrecked in 1840.

Career

City of Edinburgh left Leith or 15 November 1824 and arrived at Hobart on 13 April 1825 with passengers.[5]

She departed Leith on 25 September 1826, and Dublin on 19 October. She arrived at Hobart 19 February 1827 with passengers.[5]

On her first convict voyage, under the command of James R. Clendon and surgeon William Anderson, she departed Cork, Ireland on 23 June 1828 and arrived in Sydney on 12 November.[3] She had embarked 80 female convicts and there were no convict deaths en route.[6]

On her second convict voyage, under the command of Giles Wade and surgeon Anthony Donoghue, she departed Cork on 18 March 1832 arrived in Sydney on 27 June 1832.[7] She had initially embarked 145 male convicts but sailed with 139, and had no convict deaths en route.[8] City of Edinburgh departed Port Jackson, bound for Hokianga, New Zealand on 1 August 1832.[9]

Lloyd's Register for 1833 shows City of Edinburgh, of 367 tons (bm), with W. Baker, master. On 1 November 1833 she sailed for New Zealand and she was reported to be near there on 25 December 1837, with 150 tons of whale oil.[4]

In 1837 her owners sold her in London as a "Free Trader".[2] Lloyd's Register for 1838 shows her with Thompson, master, and W. Baker, owner, and trade London-Sydney.[10]

Fate

City of Edinburgh was wrecked at Prime Seal Island on 11 July 1840. Seeking refuge from a gale, Captain Fearon took shelter at the island but the tide drove her ashore. All on board took to three boats and were saved, but the ship herself broke up.[11]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hackman (2001), p.262.
  2. 1 2 3 Phipps (1840), pp.189 & 360.
  3. 1 2 Bateson (1959), pp.298-9.
  4. 1 2 Jones, A.G. E.; Dale Chatwin; and Rhys Richards. BSWF Database – voyages: City of Edinburgh.
  5. 1 2 Tasmanian Immigrant Ships List - "C" Ships.
  6. ↑ Bateson (1959), p.331.
  7. ↑ Bateson (1959), pp.300-1.
  8. ↑ Bateson (1959), p.333.
  9. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Herald, Monday 6 August 1832, p.2. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Lloyd's Register (1838), Seq.№472.
  11. ↑ Linc Tasmania: City of Edinburgh (vessel). Australian National Shipwreck Database: City of Edinburgh (Shipwreck ID №7000).]

References

  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships, 1787-1868. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7
  • Lloyd's Register (1832)
  • Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta), (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).
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