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Glory (1811 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
NameGlory
Port of registry
BuilderWilliam Henry Dockyard, William Henry[2][3]
Launched19 November 1811[2]
FateLast listed 1824
General characteristics
Tons burthen399, or 405[2] (bm)
Armament8 × 18-pounder guns "of the new construction"

Glory was launched in Quebec in 1811. She sailed to London in 1812, and was registered there. In 1817 she made a voyage to Bengal, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). A voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales followed. She then returned to general trading and was last listed in 1824.

Career

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A letter dated 5 May 1812 reported to the Registry in Quebec that Glory had changed her registry to London.[1]

Glory first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1812.[4] Captain Pounder sailed for Fort William, India in February 1817.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1812 Bell
R.Evans
Bell & Co. London LR
1813 R.Evans
Henry
Bell & Co.
J. Woodcock & Co.
London–Archangel
London transport
LR
1816 Henry
T.Sansom
J. Woodcock & Co. London transport
London–Quebec
LR
1818 E.Pounder J. Woodcock & Co. London–Calcutta
London–Botany Bay
LR

In 1813 the British East India Company (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 licence from the EIC.[5] Glory, Pounder, master, sailed for Fort William, India in February 1817.[6] She arrived back at Deal from Bengal on 12 January 1818.

Captain Edward Pounder sailed from Sheerness on 18 May 1818, bound for Port Jackson. Glory arrived on 14 September.[7] She had embarked 170 male convicts and she had suffered no convict deaths on her voyage.[8] A lieutenant and 28 men from the 87th Regiment of Foot provided the guard; one soldier died on the voyage of illness. There were also a handful of free settler passengers.

From Port Jackson Glory sailed to Bengal, where she arrived on 1 February 1819. On 10 August she was off the Cape Verde Islands, on her way to London. On 29 August she was at 45°48′N 30°10′W / 45.800°N 30.167°W / 45.800; -30.167. On 24 September she arrived at Cork, and on 9 October at Gravesend.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1820 E.Pounder Parker Cork LR
1822 E.Pounder Parker&Co. London–Honduras LR
1823 E.Pounder Parker&Co. London–America LR

Fate

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Glory was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1824.

Citations

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References

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  • 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.
  • Marcil, Eileen Reed (1995). The Charley-Man: a history of wooden shipbuilding at Quebec 1763-1893. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry. ISBN 1-55082-093-1.