Commerce (1813 Quebec ship)

Commerce was launched at Quebec in 1813 and quickly shifted her registry to the United Kingdom. She made one voyage to the East Indies, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She also made one voyage carrying migrants from Greenock to Quebec. She was last listed in 1833.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameCommerce
BuilderD. Munn, Sorel, Quebec[1]
Launched1813
FateLast listed in 1833
General characteristics
Tons burthen422, or 423,[2] or 424[3] (bm)

Career

Commerce first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1814.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1814 T.Garrett Mathie & Co. Liverpool–Quebec LR
1815 T.Garrett
J.Wilson		 Mathie & Co. Liverpool–Quebec LR
1816 J.Wilson R.Hunter Greenock–Charleston
Liverpool–Newfoundland		 LR

Commerce was re-registered at Greenock, Scotland in 1815.[3]

Albion put into Charleston in some distress in January 1816, where the surveyors condemned her as unseaworthy. She was sold on 11 January 1816 for breaking up; Commerce, Wilson, master, took Albion's cargo.[4] Commerce, Wilson, master, was off Dover by 22 March 1816.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1818 J.Wilson
N.Lowerdale		 R.Hunter Liverpool–Quebec LR
1819 Lowerdale
Coverdale		 Hunter & Co. Liverpool–Batavia LR

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]

A list of licensed vessels showed Commerce, N.Coverdale. master, as sailing from England on 6 May 1818, bound for Bombay.[6] She was reported on 15 November 1818 at the Cape of Good Hope, having come from Batavia. She arrived at Liverpool on 21 January 1819, with sugar, coffee, rice, tamarinds, turmeric, etc. On 9 June she was at St Johns, New Brunswick, having sailed there from Londonderry. On 13 August she was in the River Clyde, having arrived there in 24 days from St Johns.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1820 Coverdale Hunter & Co. Greenock–St Johns LR

Commerce arrived in the Clyde on 19 January 1820 from St Johns. Lloyd's List reported that on 8 December the master and five men had been washed overboard on the Newfoundland Banks.[7] Despite the report, Coverdale was not among the casualties, if any.

On 22 June Commerce, Coverdale, master, sailed from Greenock to Quebec with 402 migrants. She arrived at Quebec on 5 August.[8] Th migrants mostly came from Glasgow and its environs, and were labourers and weavers, and their families.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1823 Coverdale
D.Ritchie		 Hunter & Co. Liverpool–Charleston LR

On 12 January 1825 Commerce was at Greenock when a gale blew from her anchors on to the ground west of Helensburg.[9] Three days later she was gotten off with little damage.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1826 D.Ritchie
S.Lindsey		 Miller & Co. Greenock–Charleston LR
1827 S.Lindsey
Watson		 Lindsey & Co. Cowes–Charleston LR

Commerce, Watson, master, started trading between Liverpool and Russia. In October 1827 she returned to Liverpool from Archangel with a cargo of tar, mats, deals, and oars.

Fate

Commerce was last listed in 1833.

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Marcil (1995), p. 386.
  2. LR (1814), Supple.pages "C", Seq.No.C43.
  3. Library and Archives Canada, Ship Registrations 1787–1966: Item 12694: Commerce.
  4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5052. 27 February 1816. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  5. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  6. LR (1819), "Licensed India Ships".
  7. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5459. 25 January 1820. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  8. The Ships List: Ships to Quebec 1820: June 26th - November 5th.
  9. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5979. 21 January 1825. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
  • Marcil, Eileen Reed (1995). The Charley-Man: a history of wooden shipbuilding at Quebec 1763-1893. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry. ISBN 1-55082-093-1.
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