Asia (1798 ship)

Asia was launched at Philadelphia. Early records have her launch year as 1795, but later records have it as 1798. She entered British records in 1800 as trading with the Far East. As the British East India Company had a monopoly of British trade with the Far East, Asia almost certainly did not sail under the British flag, though she did operate from Britain. In 1805 the privateer Mercury seized her and the High Court of Admiralty condemned Asia for trading with France. New owners named her Duchess of York (or Dutchess of York, depending on the source). She then became a West Indiaman. She was wrecked at Guadeloupe in 1826.

For other ships with the same name, see Asia (ship) and Duchess of York (ship).

History
NameAsia
OwnerSanson & Co.
BuilderPhiladelphia
Launched1798[1]
FateTaken; condemned 1805
United Kingdom
NameDuchess of York
OwnerJ. Annen & Co.
Acquired1805 by purchase
FateWrecked 1 February 1826
General characteristics
TypeFull-rigged ship
Tons burthen342,[2][3] or 350,[4] or 35080⁄94[1] or 351, or 357[5] (bm)
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • 1800:4 × 4-pounder + 2 × 9-pounder + 1 × 6-pounder guns[2][3]
  • 1810:2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 9-pounder carronades[5]
  • 1810:6 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder guns "of the new construction"[4]
  • 1815:12 × 4-pounder guns + 2 × 9-pounder carronades[6]
  • 1815:8 × 9-pounder + 6 × 6-pounder guns[6]
  • 1815:10 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 4-pounders "of the new construction"

Asia

Asia first appeared in British shipping registers in 1800.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1800 T. Morgan Sanson & Co. London-India Register of Shipping[2]
1800 Morgan Sanson & Co. London-Canton Lloyd's Register[3]
1805 W. Morgan Sanson & Co. London-Canton Lloyd's Register[7]

On 22 May 1805 the Prize Court condemned Asia. The privateer Mercury had detained her for trading with the French.[1]

Duchess of York

J. Annen & Co. purchased Asia and renamed her Duchess of York.[1]

On 18 November 1810, Duchess of York was outbound from London to Rio de Janeiro when she ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. Some boats from Ramsgate got her off.[8]

On 19 December 1812 a violent gale damaged Dutchess of York, Massingham, master, and several other vessels in the Tagus.[9]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1806 Massingham J. Annen & Co. London-Surinam Register of Shipping[10]
1806 Poulteny J. Annen & Co. London-West Indies Lloyd's Register[11]
1809 Masingham
D. Dorothy		 J. Annen & Co. London—Montevideo
London—Curacoa		 Register of Shipping
1810 Dorothy
Masingham		 J. Annen & Co. Liverpool-Curacoa
London-Haiti		 Register of Shipping[5]
1810 Butler
Masingham		 J.Annen & Co. London-West Indies Lloyd's Register[4]
1815 Massingham J.Annen & Co. London-Buenos Aires Register of Shipping[6]
1815 Massingham J. Annen & Co. London-Buenos Aires Lloyd's Register [12]
1820 Massingham J. Annen & Co. London-Buenos Aires Lloyd's Register[13] Register of Shipping[14]
1826 G. Oxley Somes & Co. Cork transport Lloyd's Register[15]
1826 Oxley Curling & Co. London transport Register of Shipping[16]

Loss

The transport Dutchess of York, Ford, master, was wrecked on 1 February 1826 on the north coast of Guadeloupe. All on board were rescued.[17] Lloyd's Register and Register of Shipping no longer list her in 1827.

Citations
  1. Hackman (2001), p. 269.
  2. Register of Shipping (1800), №A558.
  3. Lloyd's Register (1800), Seq. №A583.
  4. Lloyd's Register (1810), Seq. №D430.
  5. Register of Shipping (1810), Seq. №D430.
  6. Register of Shipping (1815), Seq. №№D532.
  7. Lloyd's Register (1805), Seq. №A1020.
  8. Lloyd's List №4512.
  9. Lloyd's List №4735.
  10. Register of Shipping (1806), D Supplemental.
  11. Lloyd's Register (1806), Seq. №D401.
  12. Lloyd's Register (1815), Seq. №D411.
  13. Lloyd's Register (1820), Seq. №D420.
  14. Register of Shipping (1820), Seq. №D484.
  15. Lloyd's Register (1826), Seq. №D469.
  16. Register of Shipping (1826), Seq. №D487.
  17. Lloyd's List №6098.

References
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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