''Boyne'' was launched at

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in 1807. In 1809 she sailed to England. She was sold to the Danes, but by 1811 was under English ownership under the name ''Moffat'' (or ''Moffatt''). She then made seven voyages as a "regular ship" for the British

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(EIC). After the EIC exited its maritime activities in 1833–34, ''Moffat'' made four voyages

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to Australia: one voyage to

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and three to

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. She also made at least one voyage carrying immigrants to South Australia, and later regularly traded between Liverpool and

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. She was last listed in 1856.

''Boyne''

Captain John Nicholls (or Nichol) sailed from Calcutta on 17 April 1809, bound for England. ''Boyne'' was at

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on 14 July and

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on 21 September. She reached the

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25 December and

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on 27 January 1810; she arrived at Gravesend on 17 April. In England ''Boyne'' reportedly was sold to the Danes. However, she returned to English ownership c.1811.

''Moffat''

New owners named her ''Moffat''. The EIC took her up as a "regular ship".

EIC voyages

EIC voyage #1 (1811–1812): ''Moffat'' first appears in Lloyd's Register for 1811 with B. Barber, master, J. Timbrell, owner, and as having left London on 20 March 1811 with destination India. Captain Benjamin Barber acquired a letter of marque on 3 April 1811. Captain Barber sailed from Torbay 30 May 1811, bound for

. ''Moffat'' reached

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on 20 June and arrived at Bombay on 26 October. Homeward bound, she reached St Helena on 14 February 1812 and Portsmouth on 25 April; she arrived at The Downs on 10 May. ''Moffat'' was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 16 July 1812.= EIC voyage #2 (1813–1814): Captain Simon Lee sailed from Portsmouth on 20 April 1813, bound for Madras and Bombay. ''Moffat'' reached Madeira on 13 May and arrived at Madras on 6 September. She arrived at Kidderpore on 25 October. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 19 December and Madras on 15 February. She reached the Cape on 26 April and St Helena on 19 May. She arrived at The Downs on 6 August. EIC voyage #3 (1818–1819): Captain Lee sailed from Portsmouth on 2 August 1818, bound for China. She reached

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on 13 October and arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 13 February 1819. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 23 March, reached St Helena on 11 July, and arrived at The Downs on 19 September. EIC voyage #4 (1824–1825): Captain Robert Railston Brown sailed from the Downs on 7 August 1824, bound for China and Quebec. ''Moffat'' spent much of the entire voyage in company with . ''Moffat'' arrived at Whampoa on 23 January 1825, and ''Juliana'' arrived two days later.British Library: ''Juliana''.
/ref> ''Moffat'' crossed the Second Bar on 23 February. ''Juliana'' and ''Moffatt'' left Canton on 24 February 1825. They kept company for 20 days but then separated off Java. They rejoined at the

. ''Juliana'' reached St Helena on 16 May, and ''Moffat'' did so on 17 May. They separated again, but arrived at Quebec within hours of other. ''Moffat'' arrived on 12 July, and ''Juliana'' arrived on 13 July. When they arrived, local newspapers reported that they were the first ships to come to Quebec from China.Ships List: Ship Arrivals at the Port of Quebec, 1825.
/ref> ''Moffat'' arrived back at London on 30 September. EIC voyage #5 (1826–1827): Captain Brown sailed from The Downs on 25 June 1826, bound for China. ''Moffat'' arrived at Whampoa on 18 November. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 10 January 1827, reached St Helena on 18 March, and arrived at Blackwall on 16 May. EIC voyage #6 (1828–?): Captain Brown sailed from The Downs on 5 July 1828. ''Moffat'' arrived at Saugor on 14 November and Burah Bazaar on 24 November. It is not clear when ''Moffat'' returned to England. EIC voyage #7 (1832–1833): Captain James Cromartie sailed from The Downs on 25 June 1832, bound for China and Halifax. ''Moffat'' reached Singapore on 6 November. She was in the china Sea and well on her way to Canton when she encountered a typhoon that lasted five days and cost her her main and mizzen masts and her fore-top mast. She ended up driven back towards Singapore and had to put in to fix her damage. ''Moffat'' finally arrived at Whampoa on 3 February 1833. She crossed the Second Bar on 26 February and arrived at Halifax on 22 June. She returned to England on 27 September 1833.

Convict and immigrant transport

Convict voyage #1 (1834): Captain James Cromarty sailed from Plymouth on 29 January 1834 and arrived at

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Town on 9 May. ''Moffat'' had embarked 400 male convicts and she landed 394. Convict voyage #2 (1836): Captain James Bolton sailed from Plymouth on 7 May 1836 and arrived at Sydney on 31 August. ''Moffat'' embarked 399 male convicts and suffered three convict deaths ''en route''. One prisoner was found to be insane and was relanded before she left. She also carried 18 blacks from the West Indies, two of whom were among the three men who died on the voyage. In October she sailed to Bengal, transferring the last detachment of the

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to Bengal. Convict voyage #3 (1837–1838): Captain Bolton sailed from Portsmouth on 9 November 1837. ''Moffat'' sailed via the Cape and arrived at Hobart on 1 April 1838. She embarked 400 male convicts and suffered three convict deaths ''en route''. After ''Moffat'' had delivered he convicts she sailed on to Sydney where she arrived on 26 April. There she disembarked some settlers and soldiers, and 30 prisoners, some of whom would go on to Norfolk Island. Immigrant voyage (1839): Captain Gilbert sailed from London on 26 August 1839 and arrived at Port Adelaide on 19 December. She brought 316 immigrants. Immigrant voyage (1841): Then on 27 January 1841 Gilbert again sailed for Australia and arrived in Sydney on 31 May. Convict voyage #4 (1842): Captain James Gilbert sailed from Portsmouth on 18 August 1842 and arrived at Hobart on 28 November. ''Moffat'' had embarked 389 male convicts and suffered two convict deaths ''en route''.

Later career

In 1846, ''Moffat'' was sold to Smith & Co., Plymouth, and in 1850 to J. Pope, Plymouth. Her trade was Liverpool–Bombay.

Fate

''Lloyd's Register'' of 1854 shows no owner or trade. In 1854 ''Moffat'' was sold to W.S. Miller & Co., Liverpool, for use as a hulk. ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1855 shows her master as T. Chenew, her owner as Miller & Co., and her trade as Liverpool–Bombay.''Lloyd's Register'' (1855), seq. №866.
/ref> She is last listed in 1856, and with no trade.

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References

* * * * *''Proceedings Relative to Ships Tendered for the Service of the United East-India Company, from the Second July, 1806, to the Twenty- Seventh September, 1809: With an Appendix''. (1809; E. Cox and Son). * *South Australian Colonization Commission (1840) ''Fourth Annual Report of the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies''. {{refend 1807 ships British ships built in India Age of Sail merchant ships of England Ships of the British East India Company Convict ships to New South Wales Convict ships to Tasmania