Castor (1782 ship)

Castor and other vessels in a choppy sea; Thomas Luny, 1802, National Maritime Museum[Note 1]
History
United Kingdom
Name: Castor
Namesake: Castor
Owner:
Launched: 1782
Fate: Last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen:
  • Originally: 343[3]
  • Post-1799:46715⁄94,[2] (bm)
Complement: 35[3]
Armament: 16 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × swivel guns[3]

Castor was a merchantman launched in 1782. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). Her owners sold her in 1799. She was last listed in 1808.

Lloyd's Register
Year Master Owner Trade Notes
1789 J. Storey Brocklebank Whitehaven - West Indies 400 tons (bm)
1790 J. Storey
J. Stalkheld		 Brocklebank Whitehaven - Jamaica
1791 J. Stalkheld Brocklebank London - Madeira
1792 J. Stalkeld Thompson Hull - New York
1793 J. Stalkeld Thompson Hull - New York
London - Jamaica
1794 J. Stalkeld Thompson London - Jamaica
1795 J. Stalkeld Thompson London - Martinique 18 × 6-pounder guns
1796 J. Stalkeld Thompson London - Martinique 18 × 6-pounder guns

On 10 September 1793, Captain Joseph Salkeld, received a letter of marque for Castor.[3]

Salkeld sailed Castor from Portsmouth on 17 May 1796, bound for Bengal. She reached the Cape on 2 August and remained there until 10 December. She arrived at Calcutta on 8 March 1797. Homeward bound, she was at Diamond Harbour on 7 June, and reached St Helena on 3 September.[4] She left St Helena on 26 September and arrived at The Downs on 30 January 1798.[2] Castor was at Ramsgate on 6 February 1798.[4]

Lloyd's List for 2 February reported that Castor, Salkeld, master, from Bengal, had been run afoul of by Minerva, Blaney, master, in The Downs. Castor was on shore at Ramsgate, and the cargo was expected to be saved.[5]

By one report, her owners sold Castor to Dutch owners in 1800.[2] Salkeld had by then become master of Minerva and was on his way to Australia, transporting convicts. That same source states that in 1802 Curling and Co., of London, purchased Castor for use as a West Indiaman.[2]

However, by 1799 Curling & Co. already owned Castor. Her master was Mackenzie, and her trade London - Jamaica. She had been lengthened in 1796, and as a result her burthen was now 467 tons (bm). She had also undergone a thorough repair in 1799.[6] Apparently her new owners chose not to arm her, let alone apply for a letter of marque.

Lloyd's Register
Year Master Owner Trade Notes
1799 M'Kenzie Curling & Co. London - Jamaica
1800 M'Kenzie Curling & Co. London - Jamaica
1801 M'Kenzie Curling & Co. London - Jamaica
1802 M'Kenzie
A. Sibald		 Curling & Co. London - Jamaica
1803 A. Sibald Curling & Co. London - Amsterdam
1804 A. Sibald Curling & Co. London - Amsterdam
1805 A. Sibald Curling & Co. London - Amsterdam
1806 A. Sibald Curling & Co. London - Amsterdam
1807 A. Sibald Curling & Co. London - Amsterdam
1808 A. Sibald Curling & Co. London - Amsterdam
1809 No longer listed in Lloyd's Register

Notes, citations and references

Notes
  1. ↑ The ship in the foreground to the right of the painting above bears the name Castor on her stern. It is likely that this is the Castor that Spedding and Co., of Whitehaven, built in 1782.[1]
  2. ↑ One source gives the owner as Captain Salkeld,[2] but the earliest listings in Lloyd's Register give the owner as Brocklebank. </ref>
  3. 1793: Thompson
  4. 1799: Curling & Co.
    5. Builder: Spedding & Co., Whitehaven[1][Note 3] however Daniel Brocklebank did not start building ships at Whitehaven until 1785.
  5. ↑ One source gives the builder as Brocklebank,<ref name='Hackman'>Hackman (2001), p. 227.
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