MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1804

Object NameSHIP

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionsgross tonnage 560 tons
draught 9'

Object numberABDSHIP003015

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Duthie

Fate: last in Lloyd's 1843 (M370), likely wrecked on Cape Breton Island, 24 June 1844.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged, 3 masts, 2 decks, sheathed with copper over boards with iron bolts.

Owners:
1804-07: Latham & Co. (Fraser & Mole in Aberdeen Registry list of 1804)
1808-13: Fraser & Co.
1825-36: J. Somes, registered at Aberdeen
1836-43: Chapman, registered in London.

Masters:
1804-13: Master Hart
1825: Master A. Jameson
1831: Master Ascough
1831-33: Master J. Austin
1834-36: Master Mollison
1836-43: Master Motley

1804-13: London - Nevis (Caribbean)
1825: Cowes, contracted to the Transport Board
1831-36: Transport
1836: London - Malta
1837-40: London - Quebec
1841-43: London

General History:
19/04/1806:
Cork, “The following are the vessels that sailed from Cork, on the 4th inst. To the West Indies; under convoy of his Majesty's ship ANSON, Captain Ledger; the sloop CYGNET, Campbell; would accompany them to the West Indies. The EOLUS, Lord Wm Fitzroy, would proceed with them to Madeira – [long list follows including] MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY, Hart, ditto [London] to Nevis”
(Lancaster Gazette, vol. 5 issue 253)

12/04/1824
Apr. 10 Portsmouth – “Lieut. Ambrose is appointed Agent for Transports afloat, and to the command of the Loyal Briton, which, with the MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY transport, from the River, will embark at Greenock, for Gibraltar, the 94th Regiment, now quartered at Glasgow.”
(Morning Post, issue 16,633)

04/05/1824:
May 1 - “The MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY transport, Lieut. Levett, has been obliged to put in at Portsmouth to repair damages. When ready, she will proceed to Greenock, and receive the 95th regiment for Gibraltar”
(Morning Post, issue 16,652)

15/10/1824:
Oct. 13, Portsmouth – Sailed the MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY transport, for the Coast of Africa
(Morning Post, issue 16,793)

10/09/1825:
Sept. 8, Portsmouth – The MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY transport, which arrived yesterday from Sierra Leone, had ten persons died on the passage, and there is now seven ill on board: she is under strict quarantine.
(Morning Post, issue 17,075)

Listed on the Warren Register of Colonial Tall Ships as carrying convicts to Australia:
1st voyage: Carried 200 male convicts to Sydney and had two deaths en-route. Departed Sheerness on the 16th of May 1826 and arrived in Sydney on the 13th of September 1826. Master: Captain William Ascough. Surgeon: William Rae.

2nd voyage: carried 160 male convicts to Sydney and had no deaths en-route. Departed Cork, Ireland on the 27th of September 1827 and arrived in Sydney on the 30th of January 1828. Master" Captain William Ascough. Surgeon: John Smith.

3rd voyage: Carried 228 male convicts to Sydney and had one death en-route. Departed Sheerness on the 9th of April 1830 and arrived in Sydney on the 21st of August 1830. Master: Captain W. Ascough. Surgeon: George Roberts.

4th voyage: Carried 320 male convicts to Sydney and had one death en-route. Departed the 'Downs' [Kent] on the 27th of March 1835 and arrived in Sydney on the 5th of July 1835. Master: Captain A. L. Molison. Surgeon: Alick Osborne.

[thanks to Stewart Ross]

10/08/1844:
Halifax July 15 - The MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY from Quebec to Cork, went ashore on Briton Island [Cape Breton?], 24th ult. [June], and is expected to become a wreck - crew and materials saved
(Vindicator (Antrim, Northern Ireland))