ASIA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1818
Object NameSHIP
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 118.6' x breadth 32.5' x depth 15.5'
gross tonnage 532 tons
gross tonnage 532 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000912
Keywords
Yard Number: 27
Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1845 (A829).
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged, 2 decks, 3 masts, square stern, standing bowsprit, carvel built, quarter galleries, a woman's figurehead, wood, sheathed in copper,.
Owners:
1826: registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
John Lumsden, 11 shares; Alexander Dalgarno, 11 shares; James Knowles, 6 shares.
Other Shareholders in 1826:
George McInnes, shipowner, Old Aberdeen, 27 shares; James Morrice, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 4 shares; Peter Brown, Canaan Bank near Edinburgh, 5 shares.
[Lloyd's shows owner McInnes from 1818, it is likely that George McInnes had remained majority shareholder throughout]
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1835-37: Owner Heathorn, now registered at London (Lloyd's)
1838: Owner J. Somes
Masters:
1819-23: Master J. Morris
1824: Master J. Reid
1824-38: Master Thomas Fisher Stead (Aberdeen Register)
1839: Master Govey
1840-42: Master Thomas
1842-45: Master D. Smith
Voyages (from Lloyd's underwriters):
1818-21: London - Bombay
1821-23: London - New South Wales
1824-26: London - Calcutta
1827: London - India
1828-33: London - New South Wales
1835-37: London - Madras
1839: Plymouth - New South Wales
1840-45: London Transport
General History:
Australian voyages from the Warren Register of Colonial Tall Ships:
1st voyage: carried 190 male convicts to Sydney and had one death en-route. Departed England on the 3rd of September 1820 and arrived in Sydney on the 28th of December 1820. Master: Captain J. Morice. Surgeon: William B. Carlyle.
2nd Voyage: carried 190 male convicts to Sydney and had one death en-route. Departed England on the 4th of April 1822 and arrived in Sydney on the 24th of July 1822. Master: Captain Thomas L. Reid. Surgeon: J. A. Mercer.
3rd voyage: carried 190 male convicts to Sydney and had no deaths en-route. Departed Cork, Ireland on the 29th of October 1824 and arrived in Sydney on the 22nd of February 1825. Master: Captain Thomas F. Stead. Surgeon: J. A. Mercer.
5th Voyage: carried 200 female convicts to Sydney and had one death en-route. She departed Cork, Ireland on the 10th of September 1829 and arrived in Sydney on the 13th of January 1830. Master: Captain Thomas F. Stead. Surgeon: Alexander Nisbet.
6th Voyage: carried 200 male convicts to Sydney and had no deaths en-route. Departed Portsmouth on the 16th of October 1831 arrived Sydney on the 13th of February 1832. Master: Captain Thomas F. Stead. Surgeon: Andrew D. Wilson
7th Voyage: carried 230 male convicts to Sydney and had ten deaths en-route. Departed the 'Downs' [Kent] on the 21st of February 1833 and arrived in Sydney on the 27th of June 1833. Master: Captain Thomas E. Stead. Surgeon: Thomas Galloway.
Other Newspaper reports:
09/06/1824:
To Lieut. Thomas Livingston Reid, R.N., commanding private ship [i.e. not East India Co.] ASIA, at sea, 12/01/1824 - As ship will soon take river Hooly pilot we, principal passengers...express in most unreserved manner their highest esteem and admiration forthe way throughout voyage you have administered to wants and comforts of our party, even giving up your own apartments when health of a passenger required. We have observed your great skill as a navigator as well as excellent management shown by yourself and your officers in maintaining strictest discipline and harmony among crew. [Reid to be given a uniform sword to be made up in England]
(Aberdeen Journal)
20/11/1824:
The ASIA convict ship has sailed from Cove [Ireland] to New South Wales, having on board the police constable found guilty of manslaughter at Spring Assizes of Maryburgh.
(Caledonian Mercury)
Note: Cost at construction, £7,149
