Alcyone (1814 ship)
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Name | Alcyone |
Builder | France |
Launched | 1810[1] |
Acquired | 1814 by purchase of a prize |
Fate | Last listed in 1824 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 386[2] (bm) |
Alcyone was launched in France in 1810 and under another name. She was taken in prize. Waters & Co. purchased her in 1814 and renamed her. She initially sailed to Asia and India under a licence from the British East India Company. She then sailed between London and the Cape of Good Hope. She was last listed in 1824.
Career[]
Alcyone first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1814.[1]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1814 | W.Johnson | Waters & Co. | Plymouth–London | LR |
1815 | W.Johnson E.Waters |
Waters | London–Java | LR |
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 28 September 1815 Alcyone sailed to Batavia under a licence from the EIC.[4] On 17 October she was at Madeira, and two days after she sailed for Batavia.
On 17 February 1817 Alcyone sailed to Bombay.
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1818 | J.Thompson | Nourse & Co. | London–CGH | LR |
1824 | J.Thompson | Nourse & Co. | London–CGH | LR |
Fate[]
Alcyone was last listed in 1824.
Citations and references[]
Citations
References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- 1810 ships
- Ships built in France
- Captured ships
- Age of Sail merchant ships of England