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Busiris (1814 ship)
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Busiris was launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1814, as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage as an East Indiaman and then returned to the West Indies trade. She was wrecked in May 1826.
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Busiris was offered for sale on 21 April 1815, in the Blackwall Canal,[1] and first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1815, with Frankland, master, Redmand & Co., owner, and trade London–Barbados.[5]
On 3 July 1817, Busiris, Franklin, master, arrived at Gravesend from St Lucia.[6]
The British East India Company (EIC) had in 1813 lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. Numerous shipowners then tried out this newly-legal trade. On 2 December 1817, Busiris, J. Balston, master, sailed from Britain for Fort William (Calcutta). She was sailing under a license from the EIC.[4] She arrived at Bengal on 4 May 1818.
Lloyd's Register for 1819, showed Busiris's master changing from Balston to Gardner, and her trade from London–Calcutta to London–St Vincent.[7] On 14 April 1819, Busiris, Gardner, master, sailed from Gravesend for St Vincent.[8]
A letter from St Kitts dated 9 June 1824, reported that Busiris, Gardner, master, had stopped there on 7 June, on her way from Grenada due to a leak. The leak was stopped and Busiris sailed for London the next day.[9]
On 30 December, at Cowes, Beaufort in coming in ran across Busiris's hawse, and sustained some damage.[10]
Lloyd's Register for 1826, showed Busiris with R. Gardinar, master and owner. Her trade changed from London–New Brunswick to London–Grenada.[11]
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Busiris, of London, Jackson, master, wrecked on 28 May 1826, on Cobblers' Rocks, Barbados. Her crew was saved, but almost all of her cargo was lost.[12]
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