Caledonia (ship)

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Several ships have borne the name Caledonia for Caledonia:

  • Caledonia (1795 ship) was launched in India and made three voyages to England for the British East India Company (EIC). She was trading in India in 1803 when a fire destroyed her, with great loss of life.
  • Caledonia (1797 ship) was launched in 1780 in Spain, almos certainly under another name. She apparently was taken in prize circa 1797. Caledonia made one voyage to the Caribbean and then under a subsequent owner made five voyages as a whaler in the Southern Whale Fishery. She may then have become a transport, but though listed in the registries until 1813, does not clearly appear in ship arrival and departure data after 1805.
  • Caledonia (1800 ship) was launched in Philadelphia in 1779, possibly under another name. Caledonia first appeared in British records in 1800. She traded with the Baltic and Canada. Then in 1814 United States privateers captured her twice. The first time the privateer released Caledonia; the second time the Royal Navy recaptured her. She returned to trading with Canada until she was wrecked in September 1824.
  • Caledonia (1805 ship) was a Spanish ship taken in prize that made two slave trading voyages to Africa between 1805 and 1808.
  • Caledonia (1807 ship) was launched in Chester. She sailed as a letter of marque, trading between England and Demerara. She captured or recaptured two vessels, and repelled an attach by a US privateer in a single ship action. In 1833 she made a voyage to India, sailing under one of the last licences that the British East India Company (EIC) issued before it gave up its shipping activities. Caledonia then continued to trade with India, Africa, and Peru. She suffered a maritime incident in 1840. She was last listed in 1847 after having returned to Lima in April 1846 in a highly leaky state.
  • Caledonia (1811 ship) was built in America in 1809 under another name. She was taken in prize for trading with the French. She was sold to British owners in 1811 who renamed her and sailed her as a West Indiaman. From 1818 on she traded with Bengal, sailing under a licence issued by the British East India Company. She was last listed in the Register of Shipping in 1822 and in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1826, with data unchanged since 1821.
  • Caledonia (1815 ship) was launched at Sunderland. She initially traded with India but then in 1820 and 1822 she transported convicts to Van Diemen's Land. She became a West Indiaman until her crew had to abandon her at sea in August 1832 when she became waterlogged.
  • Caledonia (1829 ship) was a merchant ship built in 1829 in India that made two voyages transporting convicts from Madras and the Swan River Colony to Sydney, Australia.
  • Caledonia (1839 brig), launched at Arboath and wrecked in 1843 at Cornwall
  • The Caledonia (paddle steamer), early 19th century steam vessel
  • SS Caledonia (1904) was a 9,223-ton British passenger ship built for the Anchor Line by David and William Henderson & Company at Glasgow, Scotland, and was launched on 22 October 1904.
  • MV Caledonia, Caledonian MacBrayne ferry
  • PS Caledonia (1934), a paddle steamer built in 1934, with final days as a floating pub in London until a fire in 1980 destroyed her

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