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{{Short description|A ship launched at Quebec in 1810.}}
{{other ships|Martha (Ship index)}}
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'''''Martha''''' was launched at Quebec in 1810 and transferred her registry to Great Britain in 1811. In 1818 she [[transportation (punishment)|transported]] [[convicts]] to [[Port Jackson]], New South Wales. She remained in the South Pacific as a [[whaler]] until she was condemned in 1820 as unseaworthy and then sold for breaking up.

==Career==
''Martha'' entered ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' in 1811 with J. Wilson, master, and trade London—Grenada.<ref name="LR1811">{{Cite web|title=Lloyd's register of British and foreign shipping. 1811.|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044105233779?urlappend=;seq=638|access-date=2021-06-13|website=HathiTrust| hdl=2027/hvd.32044105233779?urlappend=%3Bseq=638 |language=en}}</ref> She transferred her registry to London on 6 February 1811.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Library and Archives|date=2013-10-28|title=Item|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/ship-registration-index-1787-1966/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=43829&DotsIdNumber=|access-date=2021-06-13|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref> She then continued to trade with Grenada for some years.

The 1818 volume of ''Lloyd's Register'' showed ''Martha''{{'}}s master as changing from Driver to J.Apsey, and her trade as London—India. However, on 18 August 1818 ''Martha'' left [[Cork (city)|Cork]], bound for New South Wales.{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=296}} She was under the command of Captain John Apsey and her surgeon was Morgan Price. She arrived at Port Jackson on 24 December.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|pp=292–3}} She had embarked 170 male convicts, none of whom died en route.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|p=328}} Lieutenant Cockerill commanded the guard, which consisted of 32 men of the [[67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot|67th]] and [[87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot|87th Regiments of Foot]].

Apsey had ''Martha'' refitted for [[whale fishing]]. She left Sydney on 1 March 1819. She arrived at Hobart on 18 September, after having been whaling for some time. She was to leave in a week for the coasts of New Zealand to gather [[sperm oil]].<ref>''Supplement to the Hobart Town Gazette'', 18 September 1819.</ref> By 21 December, when she arrived at the [[Bay of Islands]] in New Zealand, she already was nearly full. However, within a few days Apsey went out for more whales.

==Fate==
On 29 May 1820, ''Martha'' arrived at Port Jackson in distress, following “boisterous weather”.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1820-06-03|title=SHIP NEWS.|pages=3|work=Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2179506|access-date=2021-06-13}}</ref> She was surveyed in June and condemned as unseaworthy. She was sold for breaking up in August.{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=296}} The whaler [[French brig Ronco (1808)|''Tuscan'']], Captain Coleman (or Colman), undertook to carry ''Martha''{{'}}s oil back to London. ''[[Lloyd's List]]'' reported on 6 February 1821 that ''Tuscan'' had arrived in the Thames with the cargo from ''Martha''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lloyd's list. 1821.|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015006574233?urlappend=;seq=49|access-date=2021-06-13|website=HathiTrust| hdl=2027/mdp.39015006574233?urlappend=%3Bseq=49 |language=en}}</ref>

==Citations==
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==References==
* {{cite book |title =The Convict Ships, 1787–1868 |first =Charles |last =Bateson |year =1959 |publisher =Brown, Son & Ferguson |oclc =3778075}}
* {{cite book |last=Hackman |first=Rowan |year=2001 |title=Ships of the East India Company |location=Gravesend, Kent |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=0-905617-96-7}}

{{1820 shipwrecks}}

[[Category:1810 ships]]
[[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Convict ships to New South Wales]]
[[Category:Whaling ships]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in May 1820]]