Albinia (1813 ship)

Albinia was launched at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1813. She initially sailed several times to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then sailed primarily between London and Demerara. She foundered on 25 March 1842 off the coast of Ireland.

History
United Kingdom
Builder:	William Smith & Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne[1]
Launched:	25 March 1813
Fate:	Foundered 25 March 1842
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	415​^59⁄94,[2] or 427, or 430 (bm)
Armament:	8 × 18-pounder carronades

Career

Albinia first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813, but with information on her origins (Sunderland) and burthen (370 tons) that later volumes corrected.[3]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1813	Weatherall	Clay & Co.	London transport	LR

In 1813 the EIC 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 license from the EIC.[4] Albinia was reported to have been at Point de Galle on 16 January 1814. On 5 June 1814 Albinia Weatherall, master, arrived at Gravesend from Ceylon.

Then on 5 November Albinia, Weatherall, master sailed for the Cape of Good Hope (the Cape) and Batavia as a licensed ship.[5] On 11 December 1816 she was back at Portsmouth, having sailed from Java on 16 July and from the Cape on 18 September.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1816	Weatherall	Clay & Co.	London–India	LR
1818	Norton Lynn	Clay & Co.	London–Île de France	LR
1821	Lynn Shadford	Clay & Co.	London–India London–Demerara	LR
1824	Shadforth	Clay & Co.	London–Demerara	LR

On 18 February 1823 Albinia, Shadforth, lost her bowsprit and foretopmast in Sea Breach and remained at Gravesend.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1827	Shadforth Vowles	Clay & Co.	London–Demerara	LR
1829	Vowles Purvis	Clay & Co. Hall & Co.	London–Demerara	LR
1835	Purvis	Hall & Co.	London–Demerara	LR

Albinia, Rind, master, ran aground on 24 September 1838 on the Kent Sand, in the Bay of Fundy. She was on a voyage from Demerara to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America. Albinia was later refloated.[6] Afterward, Hebe. of St Andrews, ran into her, costing Albinia her royal mast and some rigging.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1840	Kind		London–Demerara	LR; damages repaired 1836 & 1839

Fate

Albinia, of 430 tons (bm), Logic, master, was lost on 25 March 1842. She was carrying 600 tons of coal from Newcastle to Jamaica when a gale disabled her 50 nautical miles (93 km) miles north west of Tory Island. Two crew members drowned and the 15 survivors took to a small boat. Two days later they safely reached "Ballyherman strand" (Ballygorman?), Donegal.[7]

The volume of LR for 1841 carries the annotation "Foundered" by her name.[8]

Citations and references

Citations

1. Tyne Built Ship: "A".
2. Hackman (2001), p. 248.
3. LR (1813), Supple. pages "A", Seq.№A92.
4. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
5. LR (1815), "Licensed India Ships".
6. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury (18546). London. 24 November 1838.
7. "Total Loss of the Brig Albinia", Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), 8 April 8, 1842; Issue 10930.
8. LR (1841), Seq.№A296.

References

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)