Echo was launched at Kingston upon Hull in 1799. She quickly became a West Indiaman, sailing between Britain and Jamaica under a number of owners and masters. In 1826–1828 she made one voyage to Bengal, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). On her return to Liverpool, she immediately sailed for Canada, and was lost on 22 May 1828 near Lubec, Maine.
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.[3]
Captain Thompson sailed from London on 28 October 1826 under a licence from the EIC, bound for Bengal.[4]Echo arrived at Bengal on 15 May 1827.
Homeward bound, she sailed from SaugorRoads on 8 November. She sailed from St Helena on 12 January 1828, and arrived at Liverpool on 27 February 1828.
A letter from Lubec, Maine dated 24 May 1828, reported that Echo Milne, master, had wrecked on 22 May on the Boatman's Bank about 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse. Her crew and part of her cargo were saved.[5]
Echo was no longer listed in the issues for 1829 of Lloyd's Register, or the Register of Shipping.
Notes
^Captain Catline had been master of another Echo, also launched at Hull and owned by Staniforth, that a French privateer had captured earlier in 1799.
