Dowson (1804 ship)
# Dowson (1804 ship)

Dowson was launched in Aberdeen in 1804. She spent 10 years as a transport, presumably for the government. Between 1814 and 1819 she disappeared from the registers, though ship arrival and departure data suggests some activity from 1817 on. From 1819 on she traded to Africa, and elsewhere. She wrecked in the St Lawrence River in 1824.

## Career

Dowson first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1804.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1804 | Davidson | Gibbons | London transport | LR |
| 1814 | Davidson | Gibbons | London transport | LR |

Between 1814 and 1819 Dowson disappeared from the registers. She reappeared in 1819. LR showed her having undergone work on her topsides and bends in 1818, and having had a large repair in 1819. The Register of Shipping (RS) gave her name as Dowsons, and reported repairs in 1817.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1819 | Dermer | R.Gibbon | London–Saint Thomas London–Sierra Leone | RS: large and small repairs 1817 |
| 1819 | C.Dormer | Gibbon | London–Sierra Leone | LR; large repair 1819 |
| 1820 | T.Dormer Jameson | Gibbon | Plymouth–Sierra Leone London–C.G.H. | LR; thorough repair 1819 |

On 10 October 1820 Captain Jameson and Dowson arrived at South Africa with 21 private party settlers.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1824 | Jameson | Gibbon | Leith–St Davids | LR; thorough repair 1819 |
| 1824 | Jameson | R.Gibbon | London–Malta | RS; small repairs 1817 |

## Fate

Dowson was lost on 9 May 1824 in the Saint Lawrence River. British Queen rescued the crew.

## Citations

* 1 2 3 LR (804), Supple. pages "D", Seq.No.D54.
* ↑ British 1820 Settlers to South Africa: Dowson.
* ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5919). 26 June 1824.
