Sir James Henry Craig (1811 Quebec City ship)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Sir James Henry Craig |
Namesake | General Sir James Henry Craig |
Builder | Bell & Robitaille, Quebec[1] |
Launched | 1811 |
Fate | Lost 4 December 1829 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 250, or 262,[2] or 268,[1] or 286[3] (bm) |
Length | 94 ft (29 m)[1] |
Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m)[1] |
Armament | 6 × 18-pounder carronades[3] |
Sir James Henry Craig (or Sir James H. Craig) was launched in Quebec in 1811. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813 and then spent much of her career sailing between Britain and Canada. She was lost on 4 December 1829.
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1813 | R.Baxter | Hall & Co. | Falmouth transport | LR[4] |
1815 | R.Baxter | Hall & Co. | Falmouth transport | LR |
1815 | Davison | Johnson | London transport | Register of Shipping[3] |
1816 | R.Baxter Selkrig |
Hall & Co. Johnston |
Falmouth transport | LR |
1818 | R.Selkrig Eddington |
Johnson | London–Jamaica London−Riga |
LR |
1819 | Eddington J.Diese |
Johnson | London–Riga Leith–Quebec |
LR; |
1821 | J.Diese M.Craig |
Johnson & Co. | London–Quebec Leith–Memel |
LR; damages repaired 1819, and small repairs 1821 |
1825 | M.Craig | Captain | Leith–Richibucto | LR; damages repaired 1819, and small repairs 1821 & 1823 |
1826 | M.Craig Kinghorn |
Johnson | Leith–Richibucto | LR; damages repaired 1819, small repairs 1821 & 1823, and thorough repair 1825 |
1829 | Kinghorn D.Johnson |
Swan & Co. | Dublin | LR; damages repaired 1819, small repairs 1821 & 1823, and thorough repair 1825 |
1831 | D.Johnson | Johnson & Co. | Dublin-Miramichi, New Brunswick | LR; thorough repair 1825[2] |
Fate[]
By one report she was lost on 4 December 1829. She was last listed in 1831 with stale data.
Citations and references[]
Citations
References
- Marcil, Eileen Reed (1995). The Charley-Man: a history of wooden shipbuilding at Quebec 1763–1893. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry. ISBN 1-55082-093-1.
Categories:
- 1811 ships
- Ships built in Quebec
- Age of Sail merchant ships of England
- Maritime incidents in December 1829