Brunswick (1814 ship)

Brunswick was launched at Hull and initially was a Greenland whaler. Her owner withdrew her from the Northern Whale Fishery in 1836 and then deployed her sailing to New York and Sierra Leone. She was apparently on a voyage to India when she was wrecked.

For other ships with the same name, see Brunswick (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Brunswick
Owner:	1814:James Shrapnell Bowden & Benjamin Wright 1824:James Bowden and William Wright
Builder:	Thomas Steemson, Paull, Hull[1]
Launched:	7 February 1814[1]>
Fate:	Wrecked c.1841
Notes:	Hackman conflates this Brunswick with Brunswick.[1]
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	357,[2] or 357​^8⁄94[1] (bm)
Armament:	2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 9-pounder carronades

Career

Brunswick first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1814 with W. Blythe (or Blyth), master, Wright & Co., owner, and trade Hull–Davis Strait.[2]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Notes and source
1815	W. Blythe	Wright & Co.	Hull–Davis Strait	Lloyd's Register (LR)
1820	W. Blythe	Wright & Co.	Hull–Davis Strait	Repairs 1819; LR

Brunswick left the ice at the whale fishing grounds on 16 August 1822. She arrived at Hull on 18 September with 50 tons of oil. She reported that conditions on the fishing grounds were very bad. Seven ships had been sunk, several had been beset by ice, and the rest had not killed more than an average of four fish each.[3] Laetitia, Clark, master, arrived at Aberdeen and reported a more complete accounting of how many whales each vessel had take, and which were beset by ice. Brunswick's 50 tons came from four fish.[4]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Notes and source
1825	W. Blythe	Wright & Co.	Hull–Davis Strait	Repairs 1821, 1822, 1823; LR
1830	J. Blyth	Wright & Co.	Hull–Davis Strait	Repairs 1821, 1822, 1823; LR
1835	W. Blyth	Wright & Co.	Hull–Northern Fishery	LR

In 1830 she brought back to Hull 89 tuns of whale oil from six wales. In 1831 she gathered 100 tuns from seven whales.[5] Wright & Co. withdrew Brunswick from whaling and put her into general trade.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Notes and source
1836	Smith	Wright & Co.	Hull–Quebec Hull	Damage and small repairs in 1837; LR
1839	T.Porter	Wright & Co.	Hull–New York Hull–Sierra Leone	Large repair 1839; LR
1840	T.Porter	Wright & Co.	Hull–Sierra Leone London	Large repair 1839; LR
1841	T.Porter	Wright & Co.	London Hull–East India	Large repair 1839; LR

Fate

The entry for Brunswick in Lloyd's Register for 1841 bears the annotation "Wrecked".[6]

Citations and references

Citations

1. Hackman (2001), p. 257.
2. Lloyd's Register (1814), Supple. pages "B", Seq. №B13.
3. Lloyd's List №5733.
4. Lloyd's List №5734.
5. Laing (2003), p. 73.
6. Lloyd's Register (1841), Se.№B553.

References

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
• Laing, George (2003). Baffin Fair: Experiences of George Laing, a Scottish Surgeon, in the Arctic Whaling Fleet 1830 and 1831. Hutton Press.