Prince Regent (1811 Howdon Pans ship)
Appearance
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Name | Prince Regent |
Namesake | The Prince Regent |
Launched | 1817, Francis Hurry & Co.,[1] Howdon Pans[a] |
Fate | Wrecked 31 October 1836 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 394, or 403, or 404 (bm) |
Armament | 8 × 6-pounder guns |
Prince Regent was launched at Howdon Pans in 1811, the last vessel that the shipbuilding firm of Francis Hurry & Co. built. She spent almost all her career as a West Indiaman. New owners circa 1834 started trading with the Baltic. She was wrecked on 31 October 1836, forcing her crew to abandon her.
Career
[edit]Prince Regent first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812.[3]
She was registered in Liverpool in 1818
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1812 | Taylor | Hurry & Co. J.How (or Hawes) & Co |
London–Tobago | LR |
1820 | Taylor | How & Co | London–Tobago | LR; some repairs 1817 & large repair 1819 |
1825 | Taylor | How & Co | London–Tobago | LR; large repair 1819, wales and some repairs 1824 |
1830 | G.Taylor | How & Co | London–Tobago | LR; large repair 1819, wales and some repairs 1824 |
1834 | J.S. Collyer | London | ||
1835 | J.S. Collyer E.Lane |
Lane & Co. | London | LR; some repairs 1835 |
1836 | E.Lane | Lane & Co. | London | LR; some repairs 1835 & 1836 |
Fate
[edit]On 31 October 1836, Prince Regent, Lane, master, was wrecked on her way back from Riga to London. Her crew abandoned her as she had nine feet of water in her hold.[4] She had been driven ashore at "Wettsa", Russia.[5][6]
Her entry in the volume of Lloyd's Register for 1836 carried the annotation "Abandoned".[7]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Tyne Built Ships: "P".
- ^ Francis Hurry & Co, Howdon (1763 - 1811).
- ^ LR (1818), Supple. pages "P", Seq.no.P9.
- ^ "Ship News". Morning Post. No. 20575. London. 17 November 1836.
- ^ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 2971. London. 11 November 1836.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet. No. 2714. Hull. 25 November 1836.
- ^ LR 1836), Seq.no.P504.