Enchantress (1828 ship)

Enchantress was launched in 1828 at Bristol as a West Indiaman. She then traded with India as an East Indiaman, sailing under a license issued by the British East India Company (EIC). She next transported convicts to Van Diemen's Land. She was wrecked in February 1837 at Bermuda.

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

History
United Kingdom
Name: Enchantress
Builder: Joseph Tippitt, Bristol[1]
Launched: 18 September 1828[1]
Fate: Wrecked
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen: 401 (bm)
Length: 112 ft 6 in (34.3 m)
Beam: 28 ft 1 in (8.6 m)

Career

Enchantress first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1829 with W.Drew, master and owner, and trade Bristol-Saint Vincent.[2]

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.[3]

On 9 April 1830 Captain Drew sailed for Calcutta under a license from the EIC.[4]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1833 Drew
Canney		 W.Drew London–New South Wales Register of Shipping

On 13 April 1833 Captain Thomas Canney sailed from Portsmouth, bound for Van Diemen's Land with a cargo of convicts. Enchantress arrived at Hobart town on 31 July.[5] She had embarked 200 male convicts and landed 199, one having died on the voyage.[6]

Fate

Enchantress struck a reef on 5 February 1837 off Bermuda and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, to New York.[7]

Her master was Captain George Donaldson, and she was carrying 66 or 74 Irish emigrants, two of whom died on the voyage. Her destination was New York but bad weather and damage to the vessel led Donaldson to make for Bermuda.[8]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Hackman (2001), p. 275.
  2. LR (1829), Supple. pages "E", Seq.№E16.
  3. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  4. LR (1831), "Ships Trading to India – 1830".
  5. Bateson (1959), pp. 312–313.
  6. Bateson (1959), p. 334.
  7. "Ship News". The Morning Post (20684). London. 27 March 1837.
  8. Casavant (2016), pp. 21–28.

References

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