Atlas (1811 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Atlas |
| Owner | T. Barrick[1] |
| Builder | T. Barrick, Whitby[2] |
| Launched | 1811 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Tons burthen | 501[1] (bm) |
| Length | 115 feet 6 inches (35.2 m)* (keel) |
| Beam | 32 feet 2 inches (9.8 m)* |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament | 10 × 18-pounder guns "of the New Construction"[1] |
Atlas was a 501-ton sailing ship that was built at Whitby and launched in 1811. In 1816 she transported convicts to New South Wales, and disappeared off the coast of India in 1817.
- Convict voyage (1816)
Under the command of Walter Meriton, she sailed from Portsmouth, England on the 23 January 1816, and arrived at Port Jackson on 22 July.[3] She embarked 194 male convicts, seven of whom died on the voyage.[Note 1] A detachment of 34 men of the 89th Regiment of Foot provided the guard.
Atlas left Port Jackson on 12 September bound for Batavia.[5]
- Disappearance
On 29 July 1817, Atlas dropped the pilot at Sandheads, at the mouth of the River Ganges, as she sailed from Calcutta to London.[Note 2] She was not heard from again.[Note 3]
Notes, citations, and references
- Notes
- ^ The numbers in Bateson clearly exhibit some typographical errors. He has Atlas embarking 294 convicts, and landing 187, with only one convict having died on the voyage.[4]
- ^ Hackman confuses the fate of this Atlas with that of a different Atlas.[6]
- ^ Lloyd's List gives the master's name as Moncur,[7] but all other sources give it as Meriton.
- Citations
- ^ a b c Lloyd's Register (1812), supplement seq. no. A161.
- ^ a b Weatherill (1908), p.122.
- ^ Bateson (1959), pp.290-1.
- ^ Bateson (1959), p.327.
- ^ "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.16. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 252.
- ^ Lloyd's List, 31 July 1818, n° 5302.
- References