Java (1811 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Java |
| Namesake | Java |
| Builder | Blackmore & Co., Calcutta[1][2] |
| Launched | 17 December 1811[2] |
| Fate | Destroyed 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 1118,[1] or 1175,[3][4] or 117519⁄94[2] (bm) |
| Length | 159 ft 2 in (48.5 m)[2] |
| Beam | 40 ft 6 in (12.3 m)[2] |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 150[3] |
| Armament | 26 × 12&18-pounder guns[3] |
Java was a merchant ship launched at Calcutta, British East India, in 1811. She served in the migrant trade between Great Britain and Australia and in Far East trade. She became a coal hulk at Gibraltar circa 1859. She survived until World War II.
Career
Java first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813 with Dennison, master, Paxton & Co. owner, and trade London–India.[5] she was admitted to the registry of Great Britain on 7 October 1813.[6] Captain Henry Templer acquired a letter of marque on 30 November 1813.[3]
Between 1824 and 1827 Java made one voyage under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). Captain Thomas Driver sailed from the Downs on 26 July 1825. Java was at Saugor on 3 January 1826. She returned to her moorings in England on 13 March 1827.[4]
The South Australian Government chartered Java to transport migrants. She then sailed to South Australia in a voyage marked by numerous deaths on board. Java sailed from London and Plymouth, England, in October 1839 and arrived in Gulf St Vincent off Adelaide, South Australia, on 6 February 1840. From various reports, between 30 and 50 passengers died during the journey. The journey caused considerable controversy.[7][8] The journey was the subject of a Medical Board review on behalf of the South Australian Commissioners that found that the Captain and Medical Officer had treated the passengers badly.[9]
Later career
In 1841 Java was sold to Joseph Somes, London. He chartered her to the British government as a troop carrier visiting North America, the West Indies, South Africa and New Zealand.
In 1857 she was sold to J. Hall, jr., London.
Circa 1859 she was sold to Smih, Immosi, & Co. of Gibraltar to serve there as coal hulk.
Fate
In 1939 the agent for the [[P&O (company)|Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation company sold her for £500 to the Genoese ship breaker, Riccardo Guisseppe Sarnpierdarena. He had her towed to Genoa on 26 July 1839 for breaking up. On 20 September 1940 Italian frogmen destroyed her with limpet mines in a training exercise. She was the only vessel ever employed by the EIC to have survived until World War II.[2]
Citations and references
Citations
- ^ a b Phipps (1840), p. 103.
- ^ a b c d e f Hackman (2001), p. 134.
- ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.70 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b British Library:Java.
- ^ LR (1813), Supple. pages "J", Seq.№J118.
- ^ House (1814), p. 87.
- ^ "KING GEORGE'S SOUND". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900). 22 February 1840. p. 4. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "THE JAVA". South Australian Record and Australasian and South African Chronicle (SA : 1840 - 1841). 3 October 1840. p. 10. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "BOUND FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA - JAVA 1840 by Diane Cummings". www.slsa.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
References
- Barrett, Stephen (1990). Java - The Melancholy True Story of the East Indiaman JAVA. Roebuck.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1814), Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping. (H.M. Stationery Office)
- Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta), (1840) A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time .... (Scott).
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