Boddingtons (1793 ship)

Boddingtons, or Boddington, was a merchantman that was launched in 1793 upon the Thames River for Boddingtons. She spent most of her career as a West Indiaman. She did make one voyage to Australia carrying passengers. Her crew abandoned her at sea in November 1840.

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

History
Great Britain
NameBoddingtons
OwnerBoddingtons (1793-1815)
BuilderWilliam Mellish, Limehouse, River Thames[1]
Launched19 November 1793[1]
FateAbandoned at sea November 1840
General characteristics
Tons burthen298,[2] or 301,[1] or 305[3] (bm)
Armament
  • 1795:6 × 4-pounder guns[3]
  • 1805:6 × 4-pounder guns[2]
  • 1815:2 × 18-pounder + 2 × 12-pounder carronades

Career

Boddingtons enters Lloyd's Register in 1794 with P. Scallon, master, Boddingtons, owner, and trade London—Nevis.[4]

Year Master Owner Trade
1795 J. Clarke Boddingtons London—Nevis
1800 P. Seale Boddingtons London—Nevis

Boddington, Soal, master, bound for St Vincent, put into Plymouth on 1 February 1804. She was part of a fleet of 43 sail under the escort of the 74-gun HMS Courageaux that had left Portsmouth on 2 January, bound for the West Indies. For some reason, the whole fleet put back into Plymouth.[5] Still, Boddington reportedly put into Cork, Ireland, on 3 February. The West Indies fleet left Cork the next day under the escort of the frigates HMS Galatea and HMS Topaze.[6]

Year Master Owner Trade
1805 P. Soal Boddingtons London—St Vincent
1807 S.Soal
Clark		 Boddingtons London—St Vincent

On 17 February 1807 Boddingtons was driven ashore between Deal and South Foreland, Kent.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1808 Clark Boddingtons London—St Kitts LR
1810 Soal Boddingtons London—St Vincent LR
1812 J.Stranchan
J.Stranach (or Stranich)		 Boddingtons London—St Vincent LR
1816 J.Stranich
J.Parent		 Boddingtons
Neal		 London—St Vincent LR; small repairs 1813
1819 J.Parent
J.Findlay		 Neil & Co. London–Bermuda LR; good repairs 1817 & small repairs 1818
1821 J.Findlay
Brooks		 Neil & Co. London–Bermuda LR; good repairs 1817, small repairs 1818, & repairs 1821

On the morning of 16 December 1821 Boddingtons was in ballast when she caught fire at St. Catherine's Stairs, Wapping. Her crew scuttled her and afterwards her main and mizzen masts were cut away.[7] Lloyd's Register for 1823 carries the notation that Boddingtons was rebuilt in 1822.[8]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1823 Sayre
Ford		 M'Ghie & Co. London—Antigua LR; rebuilt 1823
1825 Timm
Brown		 M'Ghe & Co.
Marshall		 London—St Lucia

Her owner, John Marshall, of 26 Birchin Lane, Cornhill, was the most active colonial emigration agent before the formation in 1840 of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commission. He arranged for passengers and emigrants to travel on vessels he owned, such as Boddingtons or Doncaster, or had chartered, such as Bussorah Merchant.[9]

Under the command of J. Taylor, Boddingtons sailed from London on 1 October 1827, stopping at the Cape of Good Hope and arrived at Hobart Town on 14 March 1828, with cargo and passengers.[10] She left Hobart Town and arrived at Sydney on 22 April, carrying cargo, passengers and a number of convicts.[lower-alpha 1] She left Port Jackson on 2 September bound for London.[12]

Year Master Owner Trade
1830 Taylor
Noyes		 Marshall London—Demerara
1835 S. Ellis Belonging to Liverpool
1840 P. Vinnes J. Terry Liverpool-Quebec

Fate

Lloyd's Register for 1840 shows Boddingtons, now with homeport of Whitby, as having been "Abandoned".[13] The Naval Journal reported that the barque Boddingtons, of Whitby, was abandoned at sea on 14 November 1840. Her crew of 14 was taken off.[14]

Notes
  1. Bateson does not list Boddingtons among the vessels delivering convicts to either Hobart or Sydney in 1827-29.[11] She may simply have transferred some convicts.

Citations
  1. Hackman (2001), p. 254.
  2. Register of Shipping (1805), Seq. №379.
  3. Lloyd's Register (1795), Seq. №B257.
  4. Lloyd's Register (1794), Seq. №463.
  5. Lloyd's List, №4424.
  6. Lloyd's List, №4426.
  7. Lloyd's List №5654.
  8. Lloyd's Register (1823), Seq. №354.
  9. Rushen, Liz (20 January 2020). "Bounty Emigration Ships to Australia". Liz Rushen Historian. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  10. "Trade & Shipping". The Hobart Town Courier, Saturday 15 March 1828, p.3. 15 March 1828. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  11. Bateson (1959), pp. 330–2.
  12. "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Wednesday 3 September 1828 Next issue p.2. 3 September 1828. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  13. Lloyd's Register (1840), Seq. №262.
  14. Naval Journal, (March 1841), Vol. 13, p.231.

References
  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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