Alexander (1807 ship)

Alexander was a ship-rigged merchant vessel launched in 1807. She sailed on routes that connected Ceylon and India with the United Kingdom. It was on one of these journeys that she was wrecked on Cole House Point on the River Thames on 9 August 1828.

For other ships with the same name, see Alexander (ship).
History
Great Britain
Name: Alexander
Builder: William Taylor, Bideford, United Kingdom
Launched: 1807
Fate: Wrecked 9 August 1828
General characteristics
Type: Full-rigged ship
Tons burthen: 446, 447 or 449 (bm)
Draught: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion: Sail

Design

Alexander was a two deck full-rigged ship with a wooden hull sheathed in copper over board constructed at Bideford in 1807.[1] She is reported as having a burthen of 446, 447 and 449 tons.[2][3][4]

Career

Alexander is listed in the Lloyds Register in 1818 as vessel in excellent (A.I) operated by J Surflen.[2] She operated between England, Ireland and France. By 1820, she had deteriorated to E.I condition, and was carrying cargo between England and India.[1] By 1827, the ship was being operated by Richardson on a route to Ceylon.[5]

Loss

On 6 April 1828 she sailed from Colombo, Ceylon, calling at Mauritius on 2 May, and arriving in London on 6 August.[6] The following day, she was driven ashore and was wrecked at Cole House Point near Gravesend on the River Thames.[7] The cargo was lost.[8]

References
  1. The Register of Shipping for the Year 1820. London: Society for the Register of Shipping. 1820. p. 29. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. The Register of Shipping for the Year 1818. London: Society for the Register of Shipping. 1818. p. 32. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. The Register of Shipping. London: A Society of Merchants, Ship-owners and Underwriters. 1821. p. 1820.
  4. The Register of Shipping for the Year 1828. London: Society for the Register of Shipping. 1828. p. 32. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. The Register of Shipping for the Year 1827. London: Society for the Register of Shipping. 1827. p. 32. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. "India Shipping". The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany. 26: 388. 1828. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. Hackman, Robert (2001). Ships of East India Company. Gravesend: World Ship Company. p. 249. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  8. "Ship News". Morning Chronicle: 4. 12 August 1828. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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