History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Kingston |
Owner | |
Builder | Holt & Richardson, Whitby[2] |
Launched | 30 January 1806[2] |
Fate | Abandoned by her crew 1819 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 418,[3] or 41849⁄94,[2] or 426[4] (bm) |
Sail plan | Ship |
Armament | 6-12 × 6-pounder guns |
Kingston was launched in 1806 and spent her career trading primarily between England and the West Indies, though also trading with Sicily, America, and India, and possibly Russia. Her crew abandoned her in 1819 when she developed a leak.
Career
Kingston enters the Register of Shipping and Lloyd's Register with slightly inconsistent information. Discrepancies between the two registers appear several times, probably reflecting differences in the dates of the information and in publication, stale information, and possibly error.
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1806 | Atkinson | Capt. & Co. | Whitby—London London—Dominica |
Register of Shipping[1] | Atkinson | Hardcastle & Co. | London—Dominica | Lloyd's Register[3] |
1809 | R. Atkinson Hunter |
Capt. & Co. Atkinson & Co. |
London—Dominica London—St Kitts |
Register of Shipping | R. Atkinson | Hardcastle & Co. | London—Dominica | Lloyd's Register |
1810 | Hunter | Atkinson Horncastle |
London—St Kitts | Register of Shipping | R.Atkinson Hunter |
Hardcastle | London—West Indies | Lloyd's Register |
1811 | R. Hunter | Horncastle | London—St Kitts London—Sicily |
Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London—Jamaica | Lloyd's Register |
1812 | Hunter | Horncastle | London—Sicily | Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London transport | Lloyd's Register |
1813 | Hunter | Horncastle | London—West Indies | Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London transport | Lloyd's Register |
1814 | Hunter | Horncastle | London—St Croix | Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London—St Croix | Lloyd's Register |
1815 | Hunter W. Smith |
Horncastle Barber |
London—St Croix London—America |
Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London—Petersburg London—Jamaica |
Lloyd's Register |
1816 | W. Smith Hunter |
J.Barber Horncastle |
Liverpool—America London—America |
Register of Shipping | Hunter | Hardcastle | London—Jamaica | Lloyd's Register |
1818 | Barlow | Horncastle | London—India | Register of Shipping | Marlow | Hardcastle | London—India | Lloyd's Register |
1819 | Barlow | Horncastle | London—India | Register of Shipping | Marlow | Hardcastle | London—India | Lloyd's Register |
1820 | Horncastle | Horncastle | London—Yucatán | Register of Shipping[4] | Marlow | Hardcastle | London—India | Lloyd's Register |
Fate
Lloyd's List reported on 3 December 1819 that Kingston, Horncastle, master, had sprung a leak while sailing from Honduras to London. The crew abandoned her in the Gulf of Florida.[5]
Citations
References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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