Intrepid (1809 ship)
# Intrepid (1809 ship)

Intrepid was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1809. She then became a transport. In 1820 she made a voyage to Bengal, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then reverted to being a transport. She was wrecked on 5 January 1826.

## Career

Intrepid was registered in Whitby in June 1809. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1811.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1811 | Postgate | [R.M.] Atty & Co. | London transport | LR; damages repaired 1810 |
| 1816 | Postgate Johnson | [R.M.] Atty & Co. | London transport | LR |

On 25 October 1816 Intrepid put into Sheerness. She had been on her way from Woolwich to Barbados with troops when a colliere brig had run into her, carrying away Intrepid's bowsprit and jib-boom.

Intrepid was sold to London in 1817.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1818 | J.Johnson | Atty & Co. | London transport | LR |
| 1819 | J.Johnson | Atty & Co. | London–Bengal | LR |

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.

Intrepid sailed for Bengal on 20 January 1820 under a license from the EIC.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1821 | J.Johnson R.Elder | Atty | London–Bengal London transport | LR |
| 1822 | J.Elter Hammet | Atty | London transport | LR |
| 1824 | Hammett Metcalf | Atty | Plymouth transport | LR |
| 1825 | R.Metcalf | Burrell & Co. | Plymouth–America | LR |

## Fate

On 5 January 1826 Intrepid, Metcalf, master, was driven on shore near Skerries, Dublin. The violence of the gale resulted in her going to pieces on 6 January. She had been on a voyage from Alexandria to Liverpool.

