Sappho (1810 ship)

Sappho was launched in 1810 in Sunderland. She traded widely, first as a West Indiaman and later to the Baltic. She also made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She stranded on 9 July 1823, was gotten off, condemned, and sold. She was wrecked in 1833.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameSappho
NamesakeSappho
BuilderSunderland
Launched1810
FateStranded 9 July 1833
General characteristics
Tons burthen401, or 419,[1] or 420 (bm)
Complement
Armament
  • 1810:12 × 18&9-pounder guns[1]
  • 1811:12 × 18&9-pounder guns[1]
  • 1811:4 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades

Career

Sappho first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1810.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1810 C.Compton Francis Baring London–Suriname LR

On 31 March 1810 Captain Charles Spencer Compton acquired a letter of marque.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1812 C.Compton
Cranitch		 Sir F. Baring London–Suriname LR

Captain William Cranitch acquired a letter of marque on 5 December 1811.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1818 Price Thompson & Co. London–Isle de France (Mauritius) LR; thorough repair 1816

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 licence from the EIC.[3]

On 30 March 1817 Sappho, W.Grice, master, sailed for Bombay, under a license from the EIC.[4]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1819 Price
T.Arman		 Thompson & Co. London–Isle de France
London–Jamaica		 LR; thorough repair 1816
1821 T.Arman
Heppinstal		 Herring London–Jamaica
London–Malta		 LR; thorough repair 1816
1824 Heppinstall Staniforth Plymouth–Chioza LR; thorough repair 1816 & damages repaired 1822
1825 Heppinstall Dawson & Co. Plymouth LR; thorough repair 1816 & damages repaired 1822
1826 J.Smith
M.Craig
Wilkie		 Nichols & Co. Falmouth–St Johns LR; thorough repair 1816, damages repaired 1822, & large repair 1826
1827 C.Wlkie Johnson & Co. Leith–Petersburg LR
1828 C.Wlkie Johnson & Co. London–Elsinor LR; large repair 1826
1829 C.Wlkie
Holmes		 Vertue & Co. London–Petersburg LR; good repair 1826 & large repair 1828
1830 Holmes
Mullins		 Vertue & Co. London–Sierra Leone LR; good repair 1826 & large repair 1828
1832 T.Duncan Vertue & Co. Leith–Alloa LR; good repair 1826, large repair 1828, & new bottom and large repair 1832

Fate

On 9 July 1833 Sappho, Duncan, master, was on her way from Savannah to Saint John, New Brunswick, when she stranded on "the Wolves" (the Wolves Archipelago, at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy). The crew was saved. Sappho and her cargo were to be sold at Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.[5]

Citations
  1. "Letter of Marque, p.86 – Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. LR (1810), Supple.pages "S", Seq.No.S56.
  3. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  4. LR (1818), "Licensed and Country Ships".
  5. "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". Hull Packet (Hull, England), 30 August 1833, Issue 2545.

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