Timandra (1814 ship)

Timandra was launched in 1814. She started trading with India and made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) before she was lost off the Lofoten Islands in 1822.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameTimandra
NamesakeTimandra
Owner
  • 1814:W. Gibbon
  • 1821:John Dingwall[1]
BuilderRobert Gibbons & the Sons of John Dingwall, Aberdeen[2]
FateFoundered September 1822
General characteristics
Tons burthen36585⁄94[2] or 367,[3] or 467[1](bm)
Length101 ft 4 in (30.9 m)
Beam29 ft 2 in (8.9 m)
PropulsionSail

Career

Timandra quickly began trading with the India and South East Asia under a license from the EIC. She first appeared in the Register of Shipping in 1816.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1816 Cattanick Gibbon & Co. London—Bombay Register of Shipping[3]
1818 Cattanick
Baigrie		 Gibbon & Co.
Dingwell		 London—Bombay
London—Batavia		 Register of Shipping
1819 Baigrie Dingwell London—Batavia Register of Shipping
1820 Baigre Dingwell London—Batavia Register of Shipping
1821 Price Dingwell Liverpool-Bengal Register of Shipping

EIC voyage (1820-1821): Captain John Price sailed from Falmouth on 19 July 1820, bound for Bengal. Timandra arrived at Calcutta on 31 January 1821. Homeward bound, she passed Saugor on 3 April, reached Saint Helena on 19 July, and arrived at the Downs on 10 September.[1]

On her return Timandra's master changed from Price to E. Marshall, her owner from Dingwell to J. Benson, and her trade from Liverpool—Bengal to London—Baltic.[4]

Loss

Timandra sprang a leak in the Norwegian Sea 80 miles (130 km) off Lofoten, Norway, on 6 September 1822; despite their efforts the crew could not keep her afloat. Her crew took to their boats and arrived at Bodoe three days later. The mate and seven men arrived at Drotheim on 27 September. The master and six men stayed at Bodoe.[5] She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London.[6]

Citations
  1. British Library: Timandra.
  2. Hackman 2001, p. 244.
  3. Register of Shipping (1816), "T" Supple.
  4. Register of Shipping (1822), Seq.№T271.
  5. Lloyd's List №5746.
  6. "Ship News". The Times. No. 11703. London. 30 October 1822. col E, p. 3.

References
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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