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The '''''Asia''''' was a 410&nbsp;ton merchant ship built at [[South Shields|Shields]] in 1816.
'''''Asia''''' was a 410-ton merchant brig built at [[South Shields|Shields]] in 1817. During her career she made one voyage for the British [[East India Company]] (EIC), and one transporting [[convict]]s from England to [[Van Diemen's Land]]. She is last listed in 1833 and may have wrecked late that year.


==EIC voyage (1820-21)==
Under the command of James Lindsay, she sailed from [[The Downs]], England on 9 August 1823, with 150 male convicts. She arrived at [[Hobart|Hobart Town]] on 19 January 1824. Two convicts died on the voyage. ''Asia'' left Hobart Town on 27 January bound for Sydney.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/1090059 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser, Friday 30 January 1824, p.2 |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> ''Asia'' left Sydney on 11 March bound for [[Madras]] with part of the [[48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot|48th Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/71247621 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 18 March 1824, p.2 |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>
Captain James Lindsay left [[Cork (city)|Cork]] on 19 August 1820, bound for [[Bengal]]. ''Asia'' arrived at [[Kolkatta|Calcutta]] on 26 January 1821. She was at [[Diamond Harbour]] on 19 March and passed [[Sagar Island|Saugor]] on 2 April. She reached [[Saint Helena|St Helena]] on 22 July, and arrived at Blackwall on 1 August.<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d9a1b16a-d9c8-4c6e-a40c-58b6773d7d79 National Archives: Asia (8) - accessed 11 August 2015.]</ref>

==Convict voyage (1823-24)==
Under the command of James Lindsay, she sailed from [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|The Downs]], England on 9 August 1823, and arrived at [[Hobart|Hobart Town]] on 19 January 1824.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|pp=308–309}} She had embarked 150 male convicts and landed all, no convicts having died on the voyage.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|p=329}} ''Asia'' left Hobart Town on 27 January bound for Sydney.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1090059 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser, Friday 30 January 1824, p.2 |publisher= |access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> ''Asia'' left Sydney on 11 March bound for [[Chennai|Madras]] with part of the [[48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot|48th Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71247621 |title=Ship News |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 18 March 1824, p.2 |publisher= |access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>

==''Lloyd's Register''==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!''Lloyd's Register''
!Master
!Owner
!Trade
|-
|1818
|W. Jackson
|Bulmer
|London
|-
|1819
|W. Jackson
|Bulmer
|London
|-
|1820
|W. Jackson
|Bulmer
|London
|-
|1821
|W. Jackson
|Bulmer
|London
|-
|1822
|Lindsay
|Bulmer
|London-Bombay
|-
|1823
|Lindsay
|Bulmer
|London-Fort William<br/>London-NSW
|-
|1824
|Lindsay
|Bulmer
|London-NSW
|-
|1825
|Lindsay
|Bulmer
|London-NSW
|-
|1826
|Lindsay
|Bulmer
|London-NSW
|-
|1827
|Lindsay
|Bulmer
|London-NSW
|-
|1828
|Lindsay
|Bulmer
|London-NSW
|-
|1829
|Lindsay
|Bulmer
|London-NSW
|-
|1830
|Lindsay<br/> Parker
|Bulmer<br/> Stoveld
|
|-
|1831
|Parker
|Stoveld
|London-Halifax
|-
|1832
|Parker
|Stoveld
|London-Halifax
|-
|1833
|Parker
|Stoveld
|London-Halifax
|-
|}

The ''Register of Shipping'' for 1833 carried ''Asia'' with Perkins, master, changing to Stephenson. Her owner was Stowell and her trade London—Halifax.<ref name=RS1833>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024214481?urlappend=%3Bseq=63 ''Register of Shipping'' (1834), Seq. №1222.]</ref>

A [[barque]] named ''Asia'' was driven ashore and wrecked on 17 November 1833 on the coast of New Orleans Island, [[Lower Canada]].<ref name=FJ101233>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |date=10 December 1833 }}</ref> Reportedly, her back had been broken.<ref>[http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9AR8V8 "Ship News." ''Times'', 10 Dec. 1833, p. 4. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 18 February 2019.]</ref> A report from Quebec dated 18 November stated that she had been surveyed and was not leaking. It was expected that she would proceed later in the fall.<ref>[http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9ARCc9. "Ship News." ''Times, 17 Dec. 1833, p. 1. The Times Digital Archive, – accessed 18 Feb. 2019.]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Currently available on line resources do not permit a definite identification of this ''Asia'' with the ''Asia'' of the news reports. Still, ''Lloyd's Register'' did not list her in its 1834 volume.


==Citations==
==Citations==
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==References==
==References==
* {{cite book |title =The Convict Ships | first =Charles | last =Bateson | author-link=Charles Bateson | year =1959 | publisher =Brown, Son & Ferguson | oclc =3778075}}
*Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9
* {{cite book |last=Hackman |first=Rowan |date=2001 |title=Ships of the East India Company |location=Gravesend, Kent |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=0-905617-96-7 }}


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[[Category:1817 ships]]
[[Category:Tyne-built ships]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Tyne]]
[[Category:Convict ships to Tasmania]]
[[Category:Convict ships to Tasmania]]
[[Category:Convictism in Australia]]
[[Category:Ships of the British East India Company]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in November 1833]]

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Latest revision as of 16:52, 20 July 2023

For other uses, see Asia (ship).

History
United Kingdom
NameAsia
OwnerW. Stoveld, and Richard Stoveld (managing)
BuilderRichard Bulmer & Co,[1] Shields
Launched7 October 1817[1]
Notes7 October 1817 (registered)
General characteristics
TypeBrig
Tons burthen401,[2] or 410,[1][3] or 41147⁄94[4] (bm)
Length108 ft 6 in (33.1 m)[1]
Beam29 ft 11 in (9.1 m)[1]
Depth20 ft 0 in (6.1 m)[1]
PropulsionSail

Asia was a 410-ton merchant brig built at Shields in 1817. During her career she made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC), and one transporting convicts from England to Van Diemen's Land. She is last listed in 1833 and may have wrecked late that year.

EIC voyage (1820-21)

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Captain James Lindsay left Cork on 19 August 1820, bound for Bengal. Asia arrived at Calcutta on 26 January 1821. She was at Diamond Harbour on 19 March and passed Saugor on 2 April. She reached St Helena on 22 July, and arrived at Blackwall on 1 August.[5]

Convict voyage (1823-24)

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Under the command of James Lindsay, she sailed from The Downs, England on 9 August 1823, and arrived at Hobart Town on 19 January 1824.[2] She had embarked 150 male convicts and landed all, no convicts having died on the voyage.[6] Asia left Hobart Town on 27 January bound for Sydney.[7] Asia left Sydney on 11 March bound for Madras with part of the 48th Regiment.[8]

Lloyd's Register

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Lloyd's Register Master Owner Trade
1818 W. Jackson Bulmer London
1819 W. Jackson Bulmer London
1820 W. Jackson Bulmer London
1821 W. Jackson Bulmer London
1822 Lindsay Bulmer London-Bombay
1823 Lindsay Bulmer London-Fort William
London-NSW
1824 Lindsay Bulmer London-NSW
1825 Lindsay Bulmer London-NSW
1826 Lindsay Bulmer London-NSW
1827 Lindsay Bulmer London-NSW
1828 Lindsay Bulmer London-NSW
1829 Lindsay Bulmer London-NSW
1830 Lindsay
Parker 		Bulmer
Stoveld
1831 Parker Stoveld London-Halifax
1832 Parker Stoveld London-Halifax
1833 Parker Stoveld London-Halifax

The Register of Shipping for 1833 carried Asia with Perkins, master, changing to Stephenson. Her owner was Stowell and her trade London—Halifax.[3]

A barque named Asia was driven ashore and wrecked on 17 November 1833 on the coast of New Orleans Island, Lower Canada.[9] Reportedly, her back had been broken.[10] A report from Quebec dated 18 November stated that she had been surveyed and was not leaking. It was expected that she would proceed later in the fall.[11]

Currently available on line resources do not permit a definite identification of this Asia with the Asia of the news reports. Still, Lloyd's Register did not list her in its 1834 volume.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Tyne Built Ships - accessed 18 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Bateson (1959), pp. 308–309.
  3. ^ a b Register of Shipping (1834), Seq. №1222.
  4. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 223.
  5. ^ National Archives: Asia (8) - accessed 11 August 2015.
  6. ^ Bateson (1959), p. 329.
  7. ^ "Ship News". Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser, Friday 30 January 1824, p.2. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 18 March 1824, p.2. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Ship News". Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. 10 December 1833.
  10. ^ "Ship News." Times, 10 Dec. 1833, p. 4. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 18 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Ship News." Times, 17 Dec. 1833, p. 1. The Times Digital Archive, – accessed 18 Feb. 2019.[permanent dead link‍]

References

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