Pilot (1813 ship)
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| Name | Pilot |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Temple shipbuilders, Jarrow[1] |
| Launched | 7 October 1813[1] |
| Fate | Missing at sea |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 390,[2] 392,[3] 39269⁄94,[1] or 394 (bm) |
| Length | 101 ft 6 in (30.9 m)[1] |
| Beam | 30 ft 2 in (9.2 m)[1] |
| Propulsion | Sail |
Pilot was launched in 1813. She transported convicts to New South Wales in 1817. She disappeared in 1820.
Career
Pilot first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1813 with Hall, master.[2] The 1815 volume shows her master changing to Grice, her owner to Simes, and her trade to Cowes—Batavia.[4]
On 9 March 1817 Captain William Pexton 1817 sailed from Cork for Port Jackson, and arrived there on 29 July 1817.[3] She had embarked 119 male convicts, but only disembarked 117, though none of whom died en route.[5] Presumably two may have been landed before she departed England.
Pilot's surgeon-superintendent was Charles Queade. He had drawn up and issued to Captain Pexton and the commander of the guard a detailed set of instructions concerning the care and security of the convicts. When Pilot arrived at Port Jackson he passed a copy of these to Governor Lachlan Macquarie. By the mid-1820s the government itself developed and disseminated detailed regulations[6]
After she delivered her convicts, Pilot sailed on 7 September for Hobart,[7] and then in November for Batavia.
The Register of Shipping for 1819 showed Pilot with S. Owens, master, Somes, owner, and trade London—Ceylon.[8]
Fate
On 28 May 1820 Pilot, Owen, master, sailed from Bengal for London. She was not heard of again.[9]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Hackman 2001, p. 305.
- ^ a b Lloyd's List (1813), Supple. Seq.№79.
- ^ a b Bateson 1959, pp. 290–91.
- ^ Lloyd's Register (1815), Seq.№319.
- ^ Bateson 1959, p. 327.
- ^ Bateson 1959, p. 48-9.
- ^ "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.17. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ Register of Shipping (1820), Seq.№321.
- ^ Lloyd's List №5550.
References
- Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships, 1787–1868. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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