''Regalia'' was launched at Sunderland in 1811. In 1819 she made a voyage to
Calcutta
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, sailing under a license from the British
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...
(EIC). She also sailed to New South Wales and
Van Diemen's Land
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. From Sydney she engaged in several sealing hunting voyages to the waters around
Macquarie Island. In 1826 she
transported
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Plot
In England, Jessie Grey is about to marry Leonard Lincoln but the evil Harold Hawk tries to force her to marry him and she wou ...
convicts from Dublin to
New South Wales
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. From 1831 until 1852, when she was wrecked at
Davis Strait, ''Regalia'' was a
whaler in the
northern whale fishery.
Career
''Regalia'' entered ''
Lloyd's Register
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'' (''LR'') in 1812 with Js.Hall, owner.
[''LR'' (1812), Supple. pages "R", Seq.№R25.]
/ref> The ''Register of Shipping'' (''RS'') for 1813 showed her with G.Palmer, master, Wellbank, owner, and trade Plymouth transport.[''RS'' (1813), Seq.№R113.]
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In 1813 the EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a license from the EIC. Captain Francis Dixon sailed from England on 12 June 1819, bound for Fort William (Calcutta). Then on 7 August 1822 Captain T. Collins sailed from England for Port Jackson
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and Van Diemen's Land. She arrived at Hobart Town on 4 January 1823.
In connection with these voyages ''Regalia'' engaged in sealing around Macquarie Island, from Sydney in 1820 and 1821 under Captain Francis Dixon and in 1822 and 1823 under Captain William Collins. On one voyage she left Hobart in August 1820 and gathered 260 tons of elephant seal oil. was at Macquarie Island at the same time and gathered 150 tons.
''Regalia'' embarked convicts at Dublin around early March 1826. She attempted to sail but was driven back to the harbour. During the night she drifted close to the shore. A guard heard the captain tell his crew to ready her boat so that they might escape. The guard told Lieutenant William Sacheverell Coke, who commanded the detachment from the 39th Regiment of Foot
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History Early ...
. Coke mustered his men and ordered them to shoot anyone attempting to leave ''Regalia''. ''Regalia'' twice more attempted unsuccessfully to leave.
Captain Robert Burt finally succeeded in sailing ''Regalia'' from Dublin on 14 March 1826. She passed Madeira on 25 March and reached the Cape Verde Island on 5 April. She touched at Rio de Janeiro on the voyage. ''Regalia'' arrived in Port Jackson on 5 August 1826. She had embarked 130 convicts and landed 129.
''RS'' for 1829 showed ''Regalia'' with W. Sadler, master, changing to Graham, J.Row, owner, and trade London, changing to London–Quebec. She had undergone small repairs in 1828.
In 1831 ''Regalia'' became a Northern Whale Fishery whaler, sailing out of London. The ''RS'' for 1832 showed her with Philips, master, Mellish, owner, and trade London–Greenland. She had undergone small repairs in 1828 and a good repair in 1831.[''RS'' (1832), Seq.№R118.]
/ref> The following data is from Coltish:
''Lloyd's List'' reported that ''Regalia'' was still whaling in 1835 and 1836. She had, however, transferred her homeport to Kirkaldy, and was whaling out of Leith. The following data too is from Coltish:
''Regalia'' continued to whale in Northern Whale Fishery, but details of her voyages are currently not available in readily accessible online records.
Fate
''LR'' for 1851 showed ''Regalia'' with D.Robbs, master, Dugall, owner, and trade Leith–Davis Strait. Her homeport was still Kirkcaldy. She had undergone small repairs in 1844 and 1849.[''LR'' (1851), Seq.№R132.]
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''Regalia'' was lost in the Davis Strait in 1852.["The Last of the Arctic Voyages", ''New Monthly Magazine'' (1856), Vol. 106, p.52.]
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* {{cite book, last=McNab , first=Robert, title=Murihiku and the Southern Islands: A History of the West Coast Sounds, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island, the Snares, Bounty, Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie Islands, from 1770 to 1829 , year=1907
1811 ships
Age of Sail merchant ships of England
Sealing ships
Convict ships to New South Wales
Whaling ships
Maritime incidents in June 1852