Canada (1800 ship)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Canada |
| Owner: | F. Hurry & Co., Newcastle on Tyne; Reeve & Co. after 1803 |
| Builder: | F. Hurry & Co. |
| Launched: | 1800 |
| Fate: | disappears from Lloyd's Register after 1832 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 393, or 403, (bm) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 21 |
| Armament: | 2 x 6-pounder guns + 8 x 18-pounder carronades; after 1806 the number of her carronades increased to 10 |
Canada was a merchant ship launched at Shields in 1800. She made five trips transporting convicts to Australia. On two of those trips she was also under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). When she was not transporting convicts Canada traded with the West Indies, and with Canada until c.1832.
Canada's first voyage took place during the French Revolutionary Wars. Captain William Wilkinson, or her owner, chose to acquire a letter of marque, which was issued to him on 22 April 1801. On Canada's first voyage transporting convicts she was under charter to the EIC.Canada sailed from Spithead on 21 June 1801. She travelled in convoy with Minorca and Nile, and reached Rio de Janeiro on 28 August. All three vessels arrived at Port Jackson on 14 December 1801.Canada had embarked 104 male convicts of whom three died during the voyage.
Canada left Port Jackson on 6 February 1802 bound for China. She arrived at Whampoa on 28 April 1802.
On her homeward bound voyage she crossed the Second Bar, which lies about 20 miles before Whampoa, on 22 May. From there she reached Timor on 4 October and St Helena on 22 December. She arrived at Long Reach on 8 March 1803.
On her return to Britain, Canada received a new owner, Reeve & Co., a new master, W. Gray, and a new role, sailing as a general transport based in London. In 1806 she received a new master, Park, and a new trade, London-Jamaica. This description in Lloyd's Register remained unchanged even after she got a new master and again sailed to Australia.
Seven years had passed before Canada again carried convicts to Australia. John Ward sailed her from Sheerness on 23 March 1810, and she arrived at Port Jackson on 8 September. Of the 122 female convicts she carried, only one died on the voyage.
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