Asia (1818 ship)
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Name | Asia |
Owner | George McInnes |
Builder | A. Hall & Company, Aberdeen |
Yard number | 27 |
Launched | 1818 |
Notes | Two decks and three masts |
General characteristics [1] | |
Typ | Brig |
Tons burthen | 532, or 536[2] (bm) |
Length | 118 ft 6 in (36.1 m) |
Beam | 32 ft 5 in (9.9 m) |
Depth | 15 ft 5 in (4.7 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Asia was a merchant ship built by A. Hall & Company at Aberdeen in 1818. She made eight voyages between 1820 and 1836 transporting convicts from Britain to Australia. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1826 and 1827. At the same time she served in private trade to India as a licensed ship. She then served to carry immigrants on the same route until c. 1855.
Career
In 1813 the EIC had 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.[3] Asia first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1820 with I. Morris, master, McInnis, owner, and trade London-Bombay.[4]
1st convict voyage (1820): Captain Jason Morice left Sheerness, England on 3 September 1820 with 190 male convicts. Asia arrived in Sydney on 28 December. One convict died during the voyage.
2nd convict voyage (1822): Captain Thomas Ried departed England on 4 April 1822, with 190 male convicts. Asia arrived in Sydney on 24 July 1822. One convict died during the voyage. She left Sydney on 8 September bound for Bombay.
3rd convict voyage (1824–1825): Asia, under the command of Thomas Stead, left Cork, Ireland on 29 October 1824 with 190 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 22 February 1825. No convicts died during the voyage. She left Sydney on 27 March bound for Calcutta.
EIC voyage (1826–1827: Captain Stead sailed from the Downs on 10 June 1826, bound for China and Quebec. Asia arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 7 November. She left on 10 January 1827, and reached St Helena on 22 March, and arrived at Quebec on 15 May. She arrived back at the Thames on 16 August.[5]
4th convict voyage (1827–1828): Captain Stead left London, England on 23 November 1827, with 100 male convicts. Asia arrived in Sydney on 13 March 1828. No convicts died during the voyage.
5th convict voyage (1820–1830): Captain Stead left Cork, Ireland on 10 September 1829, with 200 female convicts. Asia arrived in Sydney on 13 January 1830. One convict died during the voyage.
6th convict voyage (1831–1832): Captain Stead sailed from Portsmouth, England on 16 October 1831, with 200 male convicts. Asia arrived in Sydney on 13 February 1832. No convicts died during the voyage.
7th convict voyage (1833): Captain Stead left the Downs on 21 February 1833 with 230 male convicts. Asia arrived in Sydney on 27 June 1833. Ten convicts died during the voyage.
8th convict voyage (1835–1836): Captain Stead left Sheerness, England on 8 November 1835, with 290 male convicts. She arrived in Hobart Town on 21 February 1836. Two convicts died during the voyage.
She later became an immigrant ship to Australia until deleted from the registry in 1855.
Citations and references
Citations
References
- Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7