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Name | Atalanta |
Namesake | Atalanta |
Builder | William Smith & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1] |
Launched | 2 March 1811 [1] |
Fate | Broken up circa 1831 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 34227⁄94, [1] or 343 ( bm) |
Atalanta was launched at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1811. She initially sailed as a government transport, sailing to the Indian Ocean. She also captured an American vessel after the outbreak of war with the United States. She then became a West Indiaman, and later traded with Sierra Leone and Madeira. She made one voyage to Bombay, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She was broken up circa 1831.
Atalanta first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812. [2]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1811 | Davidson | Levit | London–Cape of Good Hope | LR |
In December 1812 the transport Atalanta, Davidson, master, sent into the Cape of Good Hope the American whaler Ocean, of Nantucket. [3] [a] On 29 June Atalanta arrived at the Cape from Mauritius.
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1816 | Davidson I.Coles |
J.Levitt Johnston |
London transport London–Jamaica |
RS |
1816 | Davidson I.Coles |
R.Bayne D.Johnston |
London–Gothenburg London–Jamaica |
LR |
1818 | T.Coles M.Corney |
Johnston & Co. | London–Jamaica | LR |
1819 | M.Corney Wilson |
Johnston & Co. | London–Jamaica | LR |
1822 | Wilson | Meaburn | London–Jamaica | LR |
1823 | Wilson Penman |
Meaburn | London–Jamaica | LR |
1826 | Penman Johnson |
Meaburn | London–
Elsinore London–Bombay |
LR; small repairs 1825 |
In 1813 the EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a licence from the EIC. [5] Captain W.Johnson sailed for Bombay on 26 April 1826. [6]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1827 | Johnson Tate |
Meaburn | London–Bombay London–Sierra Leone |
LR; small repairs 1825 |
1829 | Tate | Meaburn | London–Madeira | LR; small repairs 1825 |
LR for 1832 carried the annotation "Broke up" by Atalanta's name. [7]