Pilot (1813 ship)

Pilot was launched in 1813. She transported convicts to New South Wales in 1817. She disappeared in 1820.

History
United Kingdom
Name: Pilot
Owner:
  • 1813:Clark & Co.[1]
  • 1815:S. & F. Somes & Co.
Builder: Temple shipbuilders, Jarrow[1]
Launched: 7 October 1813[1]
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 390,[2] 392,[3] 392​69⁄94,[1] or 394 (bm)
Length: 101 ft 6 in (30.9 m)[1]
Beam: 30 ft 2 in (9.2 m)[1]
Propulsion: Sail

Career

Pilot first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1813 with Hall, master.[2] The 1815 volume shows her master changing to Grice, her owner to Simes, and her trade to Cowes—Batavia.[4]

On 9 March 1817 Captain William Pexton 1817 sailed from Cork for Port Jackson, and arrived there on 29 July 1817.[3] She had embarked 119 male convicts, but only disembarked 117, though none of whom died en route.[5] Presumably two may have been landed before she departed England.

Pilot's surgeon-superintendent was Charles Queade. He had drawn up and issued to Captain Pexton and the commander of the guard a detailed set of instructions concerning the care and security of the convicts. When Pilot arrived at Port Jackson he passed a copy of these to Governor Lachlan Macquarie. By the mid-1820s the government itself developed and disseminated detailed regulations[6]

After she delivered her convicts, Pilot sailed on 7 September for Hobart,[7] and then in November for Batavia.

The Register of Shipping for 1819 showed Pilot with S. Owens, master, Somes, owner, and trade London—Ceylon.[8]

Fate

On 28 May 1820 Pilot, Owen, master, sailed from Bengal for London. She was not heard of again.[9]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Hackman 2001, p. 305.
  2. Lloyd's List (1813), Supple. Seq.№79.
  3. Bateson 1959, pp. 290–91.
  4. Lloyd's Register (1815), Seq.№319.
  5. Bateson 1959, p. 327.
  6. Bateson 1959, p. 48-9.
  7. "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.17. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  8. Register of Shipping (1820), Seq.№321.
  9. Lloyd's List №5550.

References

  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships, 1787–1868. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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