Theodosia (1782 ship)

Theodosia was built at Shields in 1782. She spent 20 years trading with the Baltic, and then another dozen trading with North America and the Baltic. From 1816 she traded with India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company. She was wrecked while returning from a voyage to India in 1825.

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

History
Great Britain
NameTheodosia
BuilderShields
Launched1782
FateWrecked 1825
General characteristics
Tons burthen385, or 390,[1] or 391, or 500[2] (bm)
Armament10 × 6-pounder carronades (1815)

Career

Theodosia first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1784 with J.Culingham, master, James Aram, owner, and trade Onega-Hull.[2] Thereafter she traded with the Baltic and Flanders for some two decades.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1790 J.Cook
Thomas Rogers		 J.Aram
Q.Blackburn		 Liverpool–Ostend LR; damages repaired 1788
1795 T.Motley Blackburn Liverpool–Ostend LR; damages repaired 1788
1800 P.Sinclair Hern & Co. London Transport LR
1805 P.Sinclair Hern (or J.Heron) & Co. London–Baltic LR
1810 W.Prowse
T.Nicholson
R.Smith		 Nicholson
Kidson		 Liverpool–Halifax LR; small repairs 1807
1815 R.Smith
J.Unsworth		 Dempsey Liverpool–Petersburg
Liverpool–Philadelphia		 LR; almost rebuilt 1811 & repairs 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 license from the EIC.[3] Thereafter, John Gladstone, of Liverpool, purchased Westmoreland and other vessels to trade with India.[lower-alpha 1]

On 2 February 1816 Theodosia, E. Wardropper, master and J.Gladstone, owner, sailed for Fort William, India under a license from the EIC.[5]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1818 Wardropper
Morrison		 Gladstone Liverpool–Bengal LR; almost rebuilt 1811 and repairs 1816

On 10 May 1819 Theodosia, Morrison, master, had to put back into Bengal. She was on her way to the Mediterranean but three days out of Coringa she had become leaky.[6]

On 16 March 1822 Theodosia, Kidson, master, was off Liverpool. She had left Bengal on 6 September 1821, Madras on 21 October, and the Cape of Good Hope on about 1 January 1819.[7]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1820 N.Morrison
W.Kidson		 Gladstone Liverpool–Ceylon LR; almost rebuilt 1811
1825 W.Kidson Gladstone Liverpool–Bombay LR; large repair 1820 and small repair 1825.

Fate

Theodosia, Kidson, master, from Bengal to London, put back to Saugor on 9 June 1825 being leaky.[8]

Theodosia was wrecked on 14 August 1825 at Pondy on the Coromandel Coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to London.[9][10]

Notes
  1. Other vessels trading with India in which Gladstone had an ownership interest included: Roscoe, Duke of Lancaster, Seaforth, Richard, Bencoolen, and Westmoreland.[4]

Citations
  1. Hackman (2001), p. 390.
  2. LR (1784), Seq.№T492.
  3. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  4. Checkland (1954), p. 218.
  5. LR (1818), "Licensed and India ships".
  6. Lloyd's List (LL) 9 November 1819, №5427.
  7. LL 19 March 1822, №5682, Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data.
  8. LL 11 November 1825, №6063.
  9. "(untitled)". The Times. No. 12869. London. 20 January 1826. col C, p. 2.
  10. LL 20 January 1825, №6083.

References
  • Checkland, S. G. (1954). "John Gladstone as Trader and Planter". The Economic History Review. 7, New Series (2): 216–229. doi:10.2307/2591623. JSTOR 2591623.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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