Cyrus (1811 ship)
# Cyrus (1811 ship)

Cyrus was launched in 1811 in Whitby. She spent her early career as a transport. Then after the war she made one or more voyages to Bengal and Ceylon under a license from the British East India Company. After her return she traded between Great Britain and North America. She was wrecked at Quebec in November 1844.

## Career

Cyrus initially sailed as a transport. She first entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1818.

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. Her owners applied for a licence on 2 September 1815 and received it that same day.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1818 | I.Fleck | Holt & Co. | Plymouth–India | LR |
| 1821 | I.Fleck Badger | Holt & Co. | London–Jamaica | LR |
| 1822 | Badger | Holt & Co. | London–Jamaica London–Mirimac | LR |
| 1823 | Badger W.Doeg | Holt & Co. | London–Mirimac | LR; small repairs 1823 |

On 4 May 1823 Cyrus, Doeg, master, arrived at Liverpool from Kinsale. She was carrying part of the cargo of Liverpool Packet which had been condemned as unseaworthy at Kinsale as Liverpool Packet was returning to Liverpool from Savannah.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1826 | W.Doeg W.Davison | Holt & Co. | Greenock–St John | LR; damage & large repairs 1824 |
| 1827 | W.Davison | Reed & Co. | Liverpool–New Orleans | LR; damage & large repairs 1824, & small repairs 1827 |
| 1830 | W.Davison | Reed & Co. | Liverpool–New Quebec | LR; damage & large repairs 1824, & small repairs 1826 |
| 1834 | Robinson | Crawford | Newcastle–America Liverpool–Bay de Chaleur | LR |
| 1836 | Robinson | Crawford | Liverpool–Bay de Chaleur Liverpool–St John Hull–Quebec | LR;large repair 1837 |
| 1838 | Rae | Crawford | London–Merimac | LR;large repair 1837 |
| 1841 | Rae | Crawford | London–Quebec London–Memel | LR;large repair 1837, small repair 1840, & "wants repair" |
| 1842 | Rae | Crawford | Shields–America | LR;large repair 1837, & small repairs 1840 & 1842 |
| 1844 | Rae | Crawford | Shields–America | LR;large repair 1837, & small repairs 1840 & 1842 |

## Fate

Cyrus stranded on 3 November 1844 at Portneuf, with the loss of her master and two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. She was stripped. Her entry in Lloyd's Register R for 1844 carried the annotation "stranded".

## Citations

* ↑ Weatherill (1908), p. 122.
* 1 2 House of Commons (1816).
* ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 267.
* ↑ LR (1818), Supple. pages "C", Seq.No.C57.
* ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
* ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5805. 9 May 1823. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735033.
* ↑ "SHIP NEW". The Times (London, England), 18 December 1844, issue 18797, p. 7.
* ↑ LR (1844), Seq.No.C935.
