Stirling Castle (1801 ship)

United Kingdom
Name: Stirling Castle
Namesake: Sterling Castle
Owner: Downie & Maitland[1] or Palmer[2]
Builder: Calcutta
Captured: 1804
Fate: Subsequently lost after October 1805.
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 703,[3] or 705,[1] or 952[4] (bm)
Notes: Teak-built three-decker

Stirling Castle was built at Calcutta in 1801. She made one voyage from Calcutta to England for the British East India Company (EIC).

EIC voyage (1801-1802): Captain James Honeyman (or Honiman) sailed from Calcutta on 31 December 1801, bound for England. Stirling Castle was at Kedgeree on 8 January 1802 and Saugor on 25 January. She reached Saint Helena on 4 May and by 13 July was off Spithead.[3]

Fate: The French privateer Caroline, Captain Nicholas Surcouf, captured Stirling Castle in the Bay of Bengal on 19 October 1804 while Stirling Castle was on passage from Calcutta to Colombo,[5] with a cargo of rice.

Surcouf put a prize crew on board consisting of his brother Charles Surcouf, and 15 crew members, all under the command of Antoine Lacazerauly. They sailed Stirling Castle to Mauritius, arriving on 5 November.[6] There she was sold for 14,350 piastres, and her cargo for 44,559.[4]

On 17 October 1805, Nicholas Surcouf and Caroline again encountered Sterling Castle. She had been sold at Port Louis to the Sultan of Muscat. Surcouf released her.[7]

Stirling Castle was later lost.[8]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. 1 2 East-India register and directory (1803), p.99.
  2. ↑ Hackman (2001), p.243.
  3. 1 2 British Library: Stirling Castle.
  4. 1 2 Roman (2007), p.169.
  5. ↑ Lloyd's List №4199.
  6. ↑ Roman (2007), p.171.
  7. ↑ Roman (2007), p.173.
  8. ↑ Phipps (1840), p.137.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • 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).
  • Roman, Alain (2007). Robert Surcouf et ses frères [Robert Surcouf and his brothers] (in French). Preface by Olivier Roellinger. Editions Cristel. ISBN 2-84421-050-3. OCLC 159954380.
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