Woodford (1815 ship)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see Woodford (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Name: Woodford
Owner:
  • 1817: Chapman & Co.
  • 185: Fletcher & Co.
  • 1834: John Lawson, Whitby
Builder: Fishburn & Broderick, Whitby[1]
Launched: 7 June 1815
Fate: Wrecked 22 November 1837
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 373, or 373​53⁄94,[2] or 378[3] (bm)

Career

Woodford first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1815 with Brady, master, Chapman, owner, and trade London–West Indies.[4]

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.[5]

On 23 December 1815 Woodford, Brady, master, arrived at Portsmouth, from London, bound for the Cape of Good Hope and Isle of France (Mauritius).[6] 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.[7] 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 an cables.[8] 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.[9] 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

Woodford, 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.[10][11]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. 'Woodford.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 323.
  3. Weatherill (1908), p. 128.
  4. LR (1815), Supple. pages "W", Seq.№W89.
  5. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  6. Lloyd's List (LL) 26 December 1815, №5034, Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data.
  7. LL 3 January 1817, №5140.
  8. LL 7 January 1817, №5141.
  9. LL 2 December 1817, №5234, SAD data.
  10. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18357). Edinburgh. 14 December 1837.
  11. "Ship News". Morning Post (20909). London. 27 December 1837.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.
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