Loading AI tools
UK merchant ship (1811–1836) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
History | |
---|---|
United Kingdom | |
Name | Prince Regent |
Namesake | The Prince Regent |
Launched | 1817, Francis Hurry & Co.,[1] Howdon Pans[lower-alpha 1] |
Fate | Wrecked 31 October 1836 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 394, or 403, or 404 (bm) |
Armament | 8 × 6-pounder guns |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.