''Welton'' (or ''Wilton'') was launched at Hull in 1809. She first traded between Hull and Quebec and then later with South America and the Caribbean. Lastly, she traded with India. She was lost in 1817 at Bengal.
Career
''Welton'' first entered ''
Lloyd's Register
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'' (''LR'') in 1809 with Rd Evans, master, Barkworth, owner, and trade Hull–Quebec.
[LR (1809), Supple. pages "W", Seq. №W68.]
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In 1814 ''Welton'' underwent repairs. The ''Register of Shipping'' for 1815 showed her master as Balston, and her trade changing from Hull–Rio de Janeiro to London–Barbados.[''Register of Shipping'' (1815), Seq.№105.]
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In 1813 the British East India Company
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(EIC) had lost its monopoly on the trade between Britain and India and numerous vessel owners started trading east of the Cape of Good Hope
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under licenses from the EIC. ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1816 showed ''Welton''s master changing from E. Bullstone to J. Gritton, and her trade from London–Barbados to London– Île de France.
A list of "Country and Licensed Ships" showed ''Welton'', J. Gritton, master, sailing for Bombay on 15 May 1815.
Fate
The ''Register of Shipping'' for 1818 showed ''Welton'' with J. Gritton, master, and trade London–Bengal.
''Lloyd's List
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'' reported on 13 January 1818 that ''Wilton'', Wallis, master (late Gritton), had been lost in August on the Hooghly River
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. Then on 23 January ''Lloyd's List'' reported that ''Wilton'', Wallis, master had capsized in the Hooghly on 14 August 1817 as she was sailing from Bengal to London, but that the crew had been saved. Another report stated that ''Welton'', Wallace, master, had capsized on 18 August after striking the Ryapore Sand. She had been carrying cotton, sugar, ice, etc. and that although the captain and crew were saved, she was lost so rapidly that the crew's personal possessions, the mails, and her cargo were all lost.[''Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany ...'' (March 1818), Volume 5, pp.297-8.]
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