Westmoreland (1800 ship)

Westmoreland was launched at Whitby in 1800. She first sailed as a West Indiaman. From 1816 to 1821 and then again from 1823 to 1825 she sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). Her crew abandoned her at sea on 22 October 1825. She eventually floated ashore on the coast of France and was salvaged.

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

History
Great Britain
NameWestmoreland
BuilderWhitby
Launched1800
FateAbandoned at sea on 22 October 1825
General characteristics
Tons burthen366[1][2] (bm)

Career

Westmoreland first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1801.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1801 W.Oliver R.Walker Liverpool–Jamaica LR
1805 W.Oliver
J.Brightson		 R.Walker Liverpool–Jamaica LR
1809 J.Brightson Fletcher Liverpool–Madeira LR
1813 J.Brightson
M'Dowell		 Fletcher
Gladstone		 Liverpool–Jamaica
Liverpool–Brazil		 LR
1814 M'Dowell
E."Wrdrpr"		 Gladstone Liverpool–Brazil LR; damages repaired 1813

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]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1816 E."Wardrpr"
Cummins		 Gladstone Liverpool–Newfoundland
London–Bengal		 LR; damages repaired 1813 & large repair 1816
1818 T.Cummins
J.Cririe		 Gladstone London–Bengal
London–Bombay		 LR; large repair 1816

Captain T.Cummins sailed for Fort William, India on 31 March 1817 under a license from the EIC.[5] (The year may be a typo as other sources have Westmoreland, Cummins, master, arriving at Liverpool on 9 May 1817, having left Bengal on 14 December 1816.)

Westmoreland, Crew, master, left Liverpool on 18 November 1818, but had to put back on 5 December leaky.[6] A different report had her putting back because of a defective main mast.[7]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1821 J.Cririe
W.Smith		 Gladstone London–Bombay LR; large repair 1816 & repairs 1819
1822 W.Smith
J.Coultin		 Gladstone Bristol–Quebec LR; large repair 1816, repairs 1817, and large repair 1822
1823 J.Coultin Gladstone Liverpool–Calcutta LR; large repair 1822
1825 W.Coulter Gladstone Liverpool–Calcutta LR; large repair 1822
1826 Worthington Gladstone Liverpool–Newfoundland LR; large repair 1822

Fate

Her crew abandoned Westmoreland, Worthington, master, in the Atlantic Ocean 15 leagues (45 nautical miles (83 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. Charles rescued the crew. Westmoreland was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool.[8] She subsequently drifted ashore on the coast of Finistère, France and was taken in to a port near Brest.[9]

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

Citations
  1. Weatherill (1908), p. 101.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 321.
  3. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  4. Checkland (1954), p. 218.
  5. LR (1818), "Licensed and Country Ships".
  6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5340. 8 December 1812. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735028.
  7. "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), 11 December 1818; Issue 390.
  8. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 6059. 28 October 1825. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735035.
  9. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 6062. 8 November 1825. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735035.

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.
  • Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.
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