Lord Cathcart (1807 Shields ship)

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Lord Cathcart.

History
United Kingdom
Name	Lord Cathcart
Namesake	William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart.
Builder	Temple shipbuilders, South Shields
Launched	1807[1]
Fate	Wrecked October 1825
General characteristics
Tons burthen	490,[1] or 491[2] (bm)

Lord Cathcart was launched at Shields in 1807. Between 1816 and 1919 she traded with the Cape of Good Hope. She experienced two notable events, her detention in Chile in 1822 and her wrecking in 1825.

Career

Lord Cathcart entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1808 with Richardson, master, Bulmer & Co., owners, and trade London transport.[1]

The Register of Shipping reports the following information:

Year	Master	Owner	Trade
1810	Richardson	Bulmer & Co.	London transport
1815	G.Allen Tolbeck	Bulmer & Co.	Portsmouth transport
1816	Tolbert Dalby	Bulmer & Co.	London–Bengal London–Cape of Good Hope
1817			Not published
1818	Tolbert	Bulmer & Co.	London–Cape of Good Hope
1819	Tolbert	Bulmer & Co.	London–Cape of Good Hope
1820	Watson	Blanchard	London–Cadiz

On 23 June 1820, Lord Cathcart, Watson, master, arrived at Quebec after a 40-day voyage from Cadiz.[3]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade
1821	Watson	Blanchard	London–Rio de Janeiro
1822[2]	Watson	Blanchard	London–Rio de Janeiro

On 15 December 1820, Lord Cathcart, Watson, master, arrived at Rio de Janeiro from London. On 7 January 1821 she sailed from Rio de Janeiro for Lima.

Detention: Lloyd's List on 2 October 1821 reported a letter dated Rio de Janeiro, 23 July. It stated that Lord Cochrane had landed 500 men at Arica and captured the town. The troops had also seized four vessels there: Lord Cathcart, Columbia, Joseph, and Robert. Lord Cathcart and Columbia had already landed their cargoes. A later report confirmed that Lord Cathcart, Watson, master, of and from London, was among the vessels seized at Arica.[4] Lord Cathcart arrived at Valparaiso on 24 June and was detained there.

Cochrane apparently released Lord Cathcart. In a letter dated 2 October, Valparaiso, Watson reported that she had again been detained, at Valparaiso, "in consequence of dispatches received from Lord Cochrane."[5] On 18 May 22, at Valparaiso, Lord Cathcart's cargo was condemned as Spanish property.[6] Cochrane ordered Lord Cathcart to follow him to Ilo, intending to detain her, but did not put any men aboard her. Watson took advantage of the night to sail off.[7]

Lloyd's Register for 1824 showed Lord Cathcart's master changing from D. Dipnall to M'Dougal. Her owner was Staniforth, and her trade Plymouth–Odessa.[8]

Lloyd's List reported on 10 August 1824 that Lord Cathcart, M'Dougal, master, had arrived at Liverpool from Miramichi. On 1 August she had run afoul of a large ship off Cape Clear Island. Lord Cathcart had lost her foreyard and jib-boom, and had suffered other damage.[9]

Fate

Mearns, Nichols, master, arrived at Greenock on 17 November 1825. She had left Miramichi, New Brunswick, on 27 October and she brought the news that three vessels had been lost on 18 October on West Point, Prince Edward Island. The three were:[10]

• Lord Cathcart, M'Dougal, sailing from Miramichi to the Clyde;
• Hamlet, Christie, master; and,
• Protector, Robson, master, sailing from Clyde to Miramichi.

All the crews were saved.[10]

Citations

1. LR Supple. pages "M", Seq.№M16.
2. Register of Shipping (1822), Seq.№L455.
3. Ships to Quebec 1820.
4. Lloyd's List №5638.
5. Lloyd's List №5668.
6. Lloyd's List №5737.
7. Graham & Humphreys (1962), p. 339.
8. Lloyd's Register (1824), Seq.№L433.
9. Lloyd's List №5923.
10. Lloyd's List №6066.

References

• Graham, Gerald Sandford; Humphreys, Robert Arthur, eds. (1962). The Navy and South America, 1807-1823: Correspondence of the Commanders-in-chief on the South American Station. Navy Records Society.