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Merchant ship 1798 to 1826 For other ships with the same name, see Asia (ship) and Duchess of York (ship).

History

Name	Asia
Owner	Sanson & Co.
Builder	Philadelphia
Launched	1798
Fate	Taken; condemned 1805
United Kingdom
Name	Duchess of York
Owner	J. Annen & Co.
Acquired	1805 by purchase
Fate	Wrecked 1 February 1826
General characteristics
Type	Full-rigged ship
Tons burthen	342, or 350, or 35080⁄94 or 351, or 357 (bm)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	1800:4 × 4-pounder + 2 × 9-pounder + 1 × 6-pounder guns 1810:2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 9-pounder carronades 1810:6 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder guns "of the new construction" 1815:12 × 4-pounder guns + 2 × 9-pounder carronades 1815:8 × 9-pounder + 6 × 6-pounder guns 1815:10 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 4-pounders "of the new construction"

Asia was launched at Philadelphia. Early records have her launch year as 1795, but later records have it as 1798. She entered British records in 1800 as trading with the Far East. As the British East India Company had a monopoly of British trade with the Far East, Asia almost certainly did not sail under the British flag, though she did operate from Britain. In 1805 the privateer Mercury seized her and the High Court of Admiralty condemned Asia for trading with France. New owners named her Duchess of York (or Dutchess of York, depending on the source). She then became a West Indiaman. She was wrecked at Guadeloupe in 1826.

Asia

Asia first appeared in British shipping registers in 1800.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1800	T. Morgan	Sanson & Co.	London-India	Register of Shipping
1800	Morgan	Sanson & Co.	London-Canton	Lloyd's Register
1805	W. Morgan	Sanson & Co.	London-Canton	Lloyd's Register

On 22 May 1805 the Prize Court condemned Asia. The privateer Mercury had detained her for trading with the French.

Duchess of York

J. Annen & Co. purchased Asia and renamed her Duchess of York.

On 18 November 1810, Duchess of York was outbound from London to Rio de Janeiro when she ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. Some boats from Ramsgate got her off.

On 19 December 1812 a violent gale damaged Dutchess of York, Massingham, master, and several other vessels in the Tagus.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1806	Massingham	J. Annen & Co.	London-Surinam	Register of Shipping
1806	Poulteny	J. Annen & Co.	London-West Indies	Lloyd's Register
1809	Masingham D. Dorothy	J. Annen & Co.	London—Montevideo London—Curacoa	Register of Shipping
1810	Dorothy Masingham	J. Annen & Co.	Liverpool-Curacoa London-Haiti	Register of Shipping
1810	Butler Masingham	J.Annen & Co.	London-West Indies	Lloyd's Register
1815	Massingham	J.Annen & Co.	London-Buenos Aires	Register of Shipping
1815	Massingham	J. Annen & Co.	London-Buenos Aires	Lloyd's Register
1820	Massingham	J. Annen & Co.	London-Buenos Aires	Lloyd's Register Register of Shipping
1826	G. Oxley	Somes & Co.	Cork transport	Lloyd's Register
1826	Oxley	Curling & Co.	London transport	Register of Shipping

Loss

The transport Dutchess of York, Ford, master, was wrecked on 1 February 1826 on the north coast of Guadeloupe. All on board were rescued. Lloyd's Register and Register of Shipping no longer list her in 1827.

Citations

References

Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1805
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Other incidents	11 Mar: Lord Forbes April (unknown date): Estramina, HMS Lady Nelson 22 May: Asia 26 Sep: HMS Calcutta 17 Nov: Ceres, HMS Fisgard Unknown date: Hercules, Iris, Sally
1804 1806

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1810
Shipwrecks	8 Feb: Caesar 15 Feb: HMS Wild Boar 16 Feb: Active 10 Mar: Montañés 21 Mar: Etingdon March (unknown date): John Bull, Rachael 4 Apr: HMS Cuckoo 31 May: Caerwent 14 Jun: HMS Porgey 23 Jul: Earl Camden 9 Aug: Purísima Concepción 20 Aug: HMS Lively, HMS Magicienne, HMS Sirius 24 Sep: Crown October (unknown date): HMS Racer 9 Nov: HMS Mandarin 10 Nov: Paisley canal disaster 18 Nov: Duchess of York November (unknown date): HMS Leander 5 Dec: HMS Plumper 10 Dec: Fernando VII 18 Dec: HMS Nymphe, HMS Pallas 19 Dec: HMS Satellite 22 Dec: HMS Minotaur 25 Dec: HMS Monkey 27 Dec: Elizabeth 29 Dec: HMS Fleur de la Mer Unknown date: Enterprize, Kingston, Rosina
Other incidents	January (unknown date): HMS Zenobia 16 Mar: Hired armed cutter Idas March (unknown date): HMS Phipps 27 Jun: Harpooner 18 Oct: HMS Dragon 2 Nov: HMS Narcissus Unknown date: Cambridge
1809 1811

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1812
Shipwrecks	26 Jan: HMS Carlotta 28 Jan: HMS Manilla 2 Feb: HMS Conqueror 7 Mar: Medway 2 May: HMS Apelles, HMS Skylark 4 May: Apelles 10 May: Irlam 22 May: Andromaque, Ariane 10 Jun: Campbell Macquarie 2 Jul: HDMS Najaden 29 Jul: Abercromby 2 Aug: HMS Emulous 19 Aug: HMS Guerriere, (sinking) 20 Aug: HMS Brazen, HMS Southampton 2 Sep: Sir John Borlase Warren 4 Sep: Danaé September (unknown date): HMS Magnet 10 Oct: Mangalore 14 Oct: HMS Chub Harriet 24 Nov: HMS Belette 27 Nov: HMS Southampton, USS Vixen 30 Nov: HMS Subtle November (unknown date): Neva 18 Dec: HMS Alban December (unknown date): HMS Pembroke, HMS Plumper Unknown date: Duc de Dantzig
Other incidents	3–4 Dec: Queen Charlotte 13 Dec: HMS Crane 19 Dec: Duchess of York 29 Dec: USS Constitution, HMS Java
1811 1813

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1826
Shipwrecks	1 Feb: Duchess of York 19 Apr: Shipley 28 May: Busiris May (unknown date): Sun 2 Jun: Agamemnon Jun (unknown date): Sydney Packet 1 Jul: Cicero 26 Jul: East Indian 3 Dec: Nimrod 23 Dec: Monmouth Unknown date: Buenos Aires
Other incidents	26 Mar: Harleston 1 Jun: Windsor Castle 22 Aug: Sir Godfrey Webster
1825 1827

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