Salamander (1806 ship)

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

History
United Kingdom
NameSalamander
NamesakeSalamander
BuilderBlyth, Northumberland[1]
Launched1806[1]
FateWrecked 25 August 1823
General characteristics
Tons burthen93 (bm)
Armament2 × 4-pounder guns (1811)

Salamander was launched at Blythe in 1806. She traded as a coaster on the west coast of England and then to the Baltic. She was wrecked on the Swedish coast in 1823.

Career

She first appeared in the registers in 1809 in the Register of Shipping (RS) with Lawson, master, H.Debord, owner, and trade Shields coaster.[1]

A gale on 10 November 1810 drove Salamander, "of Blythe", and a number of other vessels onshore on the coast of Lincolnshire between Tetney and Theddlethorpe.[2] She underwent a thorough repair in 1811. She first entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812.[3]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1812 John Rose Captain & Co. Hull–Oporto LR; thorough repair 1811
1816 John Rose Captain & Co. Hull–Hamburg LR; thorough repair 1811
1822 J.Rose
R.Davidson 		Captain&Co.
Frost & Co. 		Hull–Hamburg
London coaster 		LR; thorough repair 1811
1823 R.Davidson Frost & Co. London coaster LR; thorough repair 1811

Fate

Salamander was lost on 25 August 1823 off "Kole", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire to London. Her crew, most of her cargo, and her materials were saved.[4] Her entry in Lloyd's Register for 1824 carried the annotation "lost".[5]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c RS (1809). Seq.№S68.
  2. ^ Lloyd's List (LL) 13 November 1810, №4510.
  3. ^ LR (1812), Supple.pages "S", Seq.№S14.
  4. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 16448. 9 September 1823.
  5. ^ LR (1824), Seq.№100.