Coldstream Packet (1794 ship)

Coldstream Packet was launched at Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1794. During the period of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars she was an armed smack, sailing from Berwick or Leith to other ports in Great Britain. She disappeared in November 1822, believed to have foundered in bad weather.

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

History
United Kingdom
Name: Coldstream Packet
Builder: Berwick
Launched: 1794
Fate: Foundered circa 10 November 1822
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 87 (bm)
Sail plan: Smack
Armament: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

Career

Although Coldstream Packet was launched in 1794, she first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1797.[1]

For about five years (1806–1811), Coldstream Packet sailed for the Union Shipping Company, of Berwick, established in 1794. She may have been sailing for the Company from the start of her career as a book published in 1799 lists her as one of eleven smacks sailing for the Company.[2] The Company apparently first entered into the Leith trade in 1796.

On 30 November 1796 Coldstream Packet, F.Ord, master, was coming into Berwick harbour from Leith when she grounded on Spittle Point. It was expected that she would be gotten off. In the meantime, her crew and passengers were able to get to shore, though with some difficulty.[3]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1797 F.Ord Forster Leith–London LR
1799 F.Ord
J.Watson		 Forster Leith–London LR
1802 J.Watson
W.Ord		 Forster Leith–London LR
1806 W.Ord
Peele		 Union Shipping Co Leith–London LR
1808 J.Peele
Miller		 Union Shipping Co Leith–London LR
1809 A.Miller
Marshall		 Union shipping Co. Cowes transport LR
1810 T.Marshall Union Shipping Co Leith–London LR
1811 T.Marshall
D.Lister		 Union Shipping Co. Leith–London LR
1812 D.Lister R.Stone Leith–Shetland LR
1816 D,Lister Strong & Co. Leith–Shetland LR; repairs 1812
1818 W.Allen
J.Whitson		 Captain & Co. Leith–Shetland LR; repairs 1812
1820 J.Whitson
P.Smith		 Strange & Co. Liverpool–Limerick LR; repairs 1812
1821 P.Smith Strange & Co. Leith–Lerwick LR; repairs 1812
1822 P.Smith
Colville		 Strange & Co. Leith–Lerwick LR; repairs 1812

Fate

Coldstream Packet sailed from Lerwick, Shetland Islands to Leith on 8 November 1822. She was last seen on 10 November and was believed to have foundered off Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire.[4] The Register of Shipping for 1823 carried the annotation "LOST" by her name.[5]

Citations
  1. LR (1797), Seq.No.341.
  2. Fuller (1799), p. 405.
  3. "News". Telegraph (London, England), 9 December 1796.
  4. "Ship News". The Times (11745). London. 18 December 1822. col E, p. 2.
  5. Register of Shipping (1823), Seq.No.621.

References
  • Fuller, John (1799). The History of Berwick Upon Tweed: Including a Short Account of the Villages of Tweedmouth and Spittal, &c. Edinburgh.
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