History
Great Britain
NameEcho
BuilderThomas Steemson, Thorne, Hull
Launched19 October 1799
FateWrecked 22 May 1828
General characteristics
Tons burthen418,[1] or 429[2] (bm)
Armament
  • 1800: 2 × 9-pounder guns
  • 1801: 6 × 12-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades
  • 1804: 10 × 9-pounder guns
  • 1805: 10 × 6-pounder guns

Echo was launched at Kingston upon Hull in 1799. She quickly became a West Indiaman, sailing between Britain and Jamaica under a number of owners and masters. In 1826–1828 she made one voyage to Bengal, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). On her return to Liverpool, she immediately sailed for Canada, and was lost on 22 May 1828 near Lubec, Maine.

Career

Echo first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1800.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1800 W.Catlin[lower-alpha 1]
J.Norrill		 Staniforth London–Archangel
London–Jamaica		 LR
1801 J.Norrie Lyons & Co. London–Archangel
London–Jamaica		 LR
1805 J.Russell
William Wilson		 Brown & Co.
Lyon & Co.		 London–Jamaica LR
1808 Smith
Shaw		 Shaw & Co. London–Jamaica LR; small repairs 1807
1809 Shaw
Smart		 Shaw & Co. London–Jamaica LR; small repairs 1807
1812 Smart
H.Linder		 Shaw & Co. London–Jamaica LR; small repairs 1807
1821 H.Linder Shaw & Co. London–Jamaica LR; small repairs 1807 & 1821
1823 H.Linder
Rutland
Dunlap		 Shaw & Co.
Meaburn & Co.		 London–Jamaica LR; small repairs 1821
1824 Dunlap Meaburn & Co. London–Cape of Good Hope (CGH) LR; small repairs 1821; wants repair
1826 Dunlap
Thompson		 Meaburn & Co. London–Cape of Good Hope (CGH) LR; small repairs 1821 & good repair 1826
1827 Thompson Meaburn & Co. London–Calcutta LR; small repairs 1821 & good repair 1826

In 1813 the EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a licence from the EIC.[3]

Captain Thompson sailed from London on 28 October 1826 under a licence from the EIC, bound for Bengal.[4] Echo arrived at Bengal on 15 May 1827.

Homeward bound, she sailed from Saugor Roads on 8 November. She sailed from St Helena on 12 January 1828, and arrived at Liverpool on 27 February 1828.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1828 Thompson
Mine		 Meaburn & Co. London–Calcutta LR; small repairs 1821 & good repair 1826

On 19 April 1828, Echo, Milne, master, sailed from Liverpool for Saint John, New Brunswick.

Fate

A letter from Lubec, Maine dated 24 May 1828, reported that Echo Milne, master, had wrecked on 22 May on the Boatman's Bank about 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse. Her crew and part of her cargo were saved.[5]

Echo was no longer listed in the issues for 1829 of Lloyd's Register, or the Register of Shipping.

Notes

  1. ↑ Captain Catline had been master of another Echo , also launched at Hull and owned by Staniforth, that a French privateer had captured earlier in 1799.

Citations

  1. 1 2 LR (1800), "E" supple. pages.
  2. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 271.
  3. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  4. ↑ LR (1827), "Ships trading to India".
  5. ↑ "SHIP NEWS". Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), 30 June 1828, Issue 16671.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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