Sir James Henry Craig (1811 Quebec City ship)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Sir James Henry Craig |
Namesake | General Sir James Henry Craig |
Builder | Bell & Robitaille, Quebec[1] |
Launched | 1811 |
Fate | Lost 4 December 1829 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 250, or 262,[2] or 268,[1] or 286[3] (bm) |
Length | 94 ft (29 m)[1] |
Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m)[1] |
Armament | 6 × 18-pounder carronades[3] |
Sir James Henry Craig (or Sir James H. Craig) was launched in Quebec in 1811. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813 and then spent much of her career sailing between Britain and Canada. She was lost on 4 December 1829.
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1813 | R.Baxter | Hall & Co. | Falmouth transport | LR[4] |
1815 | R.Baxter | Hall & Co. | Falmouth transport | LR |
1815 | Davison | Johnson | London transport | Register of Shipping[3] |
1816 | R.Baxter Selkrig |
Hall & Co. Johnston |
Falmouth transport | LR |
1818 | R.Selkrig Eddington |
Johnson | London–Jamaica London−Riga |
LR |
1819 | Eddington J.Diese |
Johnson | London–Riga Leith–Quebec |
LR; |
On 7 May 1819, Sir J.H.Craig, Dease, master, arrived at Quebec after a six-week voyage from Leith. She had sailed in ballast.[5]
On 15 July 1820, Sir J.H.Craig, James Dease, master, arrived at Quebec after a 54-day voyage from Leith. She brought 100 settlers.[6]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1821 | J.Diese M.Craig |
Johnson & Co. | London–Quebec Leith–Memel |
LR; damages repaired 1819, and small repairs 1821 |
1825 | M.Craig | Captain | Leith–Richibucto | LR; damages repaired 1819, and small repairs 1821 & 1823 |
1826 | M.Craig Kinghorn |
Johnson | Leith–Richibucto | LR; damages repaired 1819, small repairs 1821 & 1823, and thorough repair 1825 |
1829 | Kinghorn D.Johnson |
Swan & Co. | Dublin | LR; damages repaired 1819, small repairs 1821 & 1823, and thorough repair 1825 |
1831 | D.Johnson | Johnson & Co. | Dublin-Miramichi, New Brunswick | LR; thorough repair 1825[2] |
Fate
By one report she was lost on 4 December 1829. She was last listed in 1831 with stale data.
Citations
References
- Marcil, Eileen Reed (1995). The Charley-Man: a history of wooden shipbuilding at Quebec 1763–1893. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry. ISBN 1-55082-093-1.