Vittoria (1812 ship)
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Name | Vittoria |
Builder | Forsyth & Co., South Shields |
Launched | 1812 |
Fate | Foundered 1830 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 341, or 344 (bm) |
Vittoria was launched at Shields in 1812. She spent much of her career sailing as a transport, primarily across the Atlantic, though she visited Malta once. She disappeared in late 1830.
Career[]
Vittoria first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1819.[1] She may have served as a government transport before that.
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1819 | W.Bonus | Brown | London–Quebec | LR |
1821 | G.W.Coles | Brown | Cork | LR |
1823 | G.W.Coles Forbes |
Brown | Cork London–Jamaica |
LR |
1824 | Forbes Brown |
Brown | London–Jamaica | LR |
1826 | Brown Speed |
Brown | London transport | 'LR |
1827 | Speed Lyon |
Brown | Cork transport | 'LR |
1831 | Lyon | Brown & Co. | London–Honduras | LR |
Fate[]
Vittoria disappeared without a trace in the second half of 1830 on her return voyage to London from Honduras.[2] In November it was reported that she had been missing since 1 August. Lloyd's Register for 1831 had the annotation "missing" under her entry.[3]
Citations[]
- ^ LR 1819). Supple. age s"UV", Seq.No.UV23.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1022. 3 December 1830.
- ^ LR (1831), Seq.No.V229.
Categories:
- 1812 ships
- Age of Sail merchant ships of England
- Missing ships
- Ships lost with all hands