Waterloo (1815 Yarmouth ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Waterloo (ship).

Waterloo was launched in 1815 at Yarmouth. She sailed first as a West Indiaman. After a mishap in 1822 she returned to service and traded with the Mediterranean and South America. In 1824, she was the subject of a court case that her insurers suspected involved fraud. She was briefly a coaster sailing out of Lynn until she foundered in August 1833.

History
United Kingdom
Name	Waterloo
Namesake	Battle of Waterloo
Builder	Yarmouth
Launched	1815
Fate	Foundered 31 August 1833
General characteristics
Tons burthen	144, or 145, or 146 (bm)

Career

Waterloo first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1815.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1815	T.Stewart J.Coles	Preston, Jr.	Yarmouth–Straits	LR
1820	J.Coles W.Strong	Captain & Co.	London–Havana	LR
1823	W.Strong T.Partage	J.Cole	Cork–Jamaica London–Hambro	LR

On 12 September 1821 Waterloo, Strong, master, was sailing from St Ann's when she was caught in a gale. She lost 14 puncheons of rum, an anchor and cables, and a boat. Some may have been washed overboard and some jettisoned.^[1]

LL reported on 28 January 1823 that Waterloo, Partridge, master, had arrived at Savannah on 9 December 1822 from Falmouth, Jamaica. She had run aground on the Tortugas Shoals on 25 November. The Columbian armed schooner Centinella, Captain Hopner, had towed her off. Hopner put an officer and some men aboard Waterloo and they brought her into Savannah.^[2]

On 22 May 1824, in the case Jackson and others vs. Strong, the insurers brought a petition for relief, which the Admiralty Court denied. It appeared that when Waterloo ran aground some five boats of fishermen or wreckers saved her from destruction. However, the Columbian national ship Centella, Captain C.C. Hopner had arrived and Thomas Partridge turned Waterloo over to him, stating that she was too damaged and her crew too sickly, to sail her safely to England. Hopner put an officer and six men aboard Waterloo who took her into Savannah. There she was repaired and the Admiralty Court of the District awarded Hopner and his crew $12,000 for salvage. Partridge did not have the money or credit so he sold the cargo, at great loss. The insurers suspected that Partridge had conspired with Hopner to have Waterloo taken to a US port that would award excessive salvage, with Hopner providing a side payment to Partridge.^[3]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1825	Walker	Captain & Co.	London–Trieste	LR; damage repaired 1824
1830	J.Walker	Captain & Co.	Liverpool–Valparaiso	LR; damage repaired 1824
1833	J.Seals	Seals & Co.	Lynn coaster	LR; damage repaired 1824, & small repairs 1830

Fate

Waterloo foundered on 31 August 1831 in Lynn Roads, off King's Lynn. A fishing boat rescued her crew.^[4][5]

Citations

1. Lloyd's List (LL) №5640.
2. LL №5169.
3. M'Cleland & Younge (1825), pp. 245–249.
4. "Ship News", The Times, 5 September 1833, Issue 15262, p.3.
5. "Storm and Disasters at Sea". The Bury & Norwich Post, & East Anglian: Or, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridge, and Ely Intelligencer. No. 2671. 4 September 1833.

References

• M'Cleland, Thomas; Younge, Edward (1825). Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and Exchequer Chamber: At Law, in Equity, and in Error, from Hilary Term, 5 and 6 Geo. IV. to Michaelmas Term, 6 Geo. IV., Both Inclusive. [1824-25]. Vol. 1. S. Sweet.