Radnor (1813 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
NameRadnor
NamesakeRadnorshire
Owner
  • 1813:Boehm & Co.[2]
  • 1814:Hughes & Co.[3]
BuilderAnthony Blackmore, Sulkia, Calcutta
Launched9 September 1813[1]
FateBurnt 3 September 1815[1]
General characteristics
Tons burthen455,[3][1] or 47821⁄94[2] (bm)
Length114 ft 7 in (34.9 m) (keel)[2]
Beam30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)[2]
PropulsionSail
Armament14 × 12-pounder carronades[3]

Radnor was launched on 9 September 1813 at Sulkea, Calcutta. She then sailed to England.

Radnor was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 16 April 1814.[4] She was sold in England and appears in the Register of Shipping for 1815 with Barclay, master, Hogue, owner, and trade London–Île de France.[3]

Radnor was destroyed by fire on 3 September 1815 off Saugor with the loss of thirteen of her crew.[5][6]

The loss of Radnor to fire, followed by that of Mornington and some other vessels, all on outward bound voyages, led the Calcutta Insurance Office to petition the Bengal government to investigate the matter. The insurers suspected arson by lascars impressed or induced to serve on the vessels.[7]

Citations and references[]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Phipps (1840), p. 105.
  2. ^ a b c d Hackman (2001), p. 307.
  3. ^ a b c d Register of Shipping (1815), Seq.№R12.
  4. ^ Select... (1814), p.460.
  5. ^ "EXTRACTS FROM INDIA PAPERS". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 2 March 1816.
  6. ^ Lloyd's List №5047.
  7. ^ Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies (October 1816), p.380.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta) (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
  • Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping, House of Commons, Parliament of Great Britain (1814) Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Petitions Relating to East-India-built Shipping. (His Majesty's Stationery Office).
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