''Archimedes'' was launched at Sunderland in 1796 or 1797. She traded between England and the Baltic until the British government chartered her as a transport . She was lost in December 1811 while coming back from the Baltic.

Career

''Archimedes'' first appeared in '' Lloyd's Register'' (''LR'') in 1797 with J.Hill, master and owner, and trade Liverpool–London.''LR'' (1797), "A" supple. pages.
/ref> She then traded between England and the Baltic. ''

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'' (''LL'') reported on 1 June 1798 that ''Archimedes'', Howard, master, had been taken while sailing from Haambro to Petersburg. However, ''

'' showed ''Archimedes'', Howard, master, in Elsinor in mid-July and Memel in early August. ''Archimedes'' was a unique name in ''Lloyd's Register'' so the vessel taken and reappearing may be the same ''Archimedes'' as the one of this article; she disappeared from ''Lloyd's Register'' between and 1803. In a process that is currently unclear ''Archimedes'' returned to British ownership. She reappeared in the ''Register of Shipping'' in 1800, the first year in which the ''Register'' published, even though she did not reappear in ''Lloyd's Register'' until 1803.

Loss

The ''Register of Shipping'' (''RS'') for 1812 showed ''Archimedes'' with Haley, master, Corsbie, owner, and trade London transport. The entry carries the annotation "LOST". On 24–25 December 1811 a tremendous storm destroyed several vessels of an English convoy coming back to England from the Baltic. , under captain James Newman-Newman, was wrecked on the Haak Sands at the mouth of the Texel with the loss of all but 12 of her crew. Ten of the transports of ''Hero''s convoy were also lost. One of them was ''Archimedes'', whose crew, however, was saved.''Lloyd's List'' 7 January 1812, n°4628.
/ref> The other escort for the transports, ended up trapped near the Helder and had to surrender to the Dutch. The number of men saved on ''Archimedes'' and ''Grasshopper'' was reported as 114, most of whom would have been from ''Grasshopper''. Three of the other transports lost were ''Flora'', ''Centurion'', and ''Rosina''. Part of ''Flora''s crew, like that of ''Archimedes'', was saved. The master and 17 men from ''Rosina'' were lost, as was the entire crew of ''Centurion''.''LL'' 21 January 1812, №4632.
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