''Asia'' was a merchant barque built at
Whitby in 1813. She made one voyage to India for the British
East India Company (EIC) in 1820–21, and one voyage to
Van Diemen's Land in 1827–28
transporting
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convicts. ''Asia'' then traded to the Mediterranean, but mostly to Quebec. She was last listed in 1850.
Mention is made of the ship in “Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer” by Samuel Thompson:
“...at length engaged passage in the bark Asia, 500 tons, rated A. No. 1, formerly an East Indiaman, and now bound for Quebec, to seek a cargo of white pine lumber for the London market.”
Origins
''Asia'' was launched at Whitby in 1813. She then became a transport.
''Asia'' first appeared in ''
Lloyd's Register'' (''LR'') in 1813 with Walker, master, Chapman, owner, and trade London transport.
[''LR'' (1813), Supple.pages "A", Seq.№A91.]
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''Lloyd's Register'' for the years 1820 to 1823 does not show a voyage to India. However, the ''Register'' was only as accurate as the information owners chose to feed it. The ''Register of Shipping'' for 1821 does show a voyage to India. It has ''Asia'', Patterson, master, Chapman, owner, sailing from London to Bombay, and then London to Quebec.
EIC voyage (1820–1821): Captain John Patterson sailed from the Downs on 4 June 1820, bound for Bombay. ''Asia'' arrived at Bombay on 26 September. Homeward bound, she was at the Cape of Good Hope
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on 27 February 1821, reached Saint Helena
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on 19 March, and arrived back at East India Dock
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History Early history
Following the successful creation of the We ...
on 31 May.
In 1825 ''Asia'' shifted her registry to London.
Convict transport: A table of convict voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land in 1828 ''Lloyd's Register'', lists ''Asia'', J. Edman, master, A. Chapman, owner, but does not specify the destination. A belated notation in ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1829 too advises that J. Edman was master of ''Asia'' in 1827.
Under the command of John Edman, ''Asia'' sailed from London, England on 1 August 1827, and arrived at Hobart Town on 30 November. She had embarked 158 male convicts, one of whom died on the voyage. ''Asia'' left Hobart Town on 19 December bound for Sydney arriving on 24 December.
Later career
Citations
References
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* {{cite book, last=Weatherill, first= Richard , year=1908 , title=The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping, location=Whitby, publisher= Horne and Son
1813 ships
Convict ships to Tasmania
Ships built in Whitby
Ships of the British East India Company
Age of Sail merchant ships
Merchant ships of the United Kingdom