Rosella was launched in 1819 at Newcastle upon Tyne. She made one voyage to and possibly one to Bengal, both under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She sailed widely until she was wrecked in 1860.
Career Rosella first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1821.LR (1821), Supple.pages "R", Seq.No.R23.
Year Master Owner Trade Source 1821 Atkinson Smith & Co. Cowes–PeterburgPlymouth–New York. LR 1825 T.Atkinson Smith & Co. Liverpool–Madeira LR 1826 RobsonPike Smith & co. Liverpool– LR
On 3 April 1826 Rosella, Evans, master, arrived at Cowes, and at Gravesend on 16 April. She had left Sumatra on 24 September 1825 and the Cape on 31 December.Lloyd's List (LL) 11 April 1826, №6106, Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data. She had arrived at the Cape on 16 December from Padang, having sustained damage.LL 24 February 1826, №66093, SAD data.
On 16 August 1826 Rosella, Pyke, master, sailed for Bengal under a license from the EIC.LR (1827), "Ships Trading to India – 1826". Rosella, Tuke, master, arrived at Plymouth on 27 August, on her way to Bengal. On 29 August a survey on Rosella at Plymouth condemned her mainmast and two yards.LL 1 September 1826, №6247.
Unfortunately, there is no online Lloyd's List SAD data available after 1826. Although LR continued to show Rosella with trade London–Calcutta for some more years, there is no confirmation in the listing of licensed ships of any voyages after 1826.
On 6 October 1827, Rosella, Pyke, master, wrote a letter to her owners from Plymouth. On her way back from Bengal, Rosella had struck a hidden rock some two miles of the Bolt Head. There was so much damage to her rudder and wheel that Pyke was obliged to get a Cowes pilot boat to take her up to the Mewstone."SUNKEN ROCK, NEAR THE DOLT HEAD", 19 October 1827. Standard (London, England), issue: 123.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1827 Robson Pyke & Co. London–Calcutta LR 1830 Robson Pyke & Co. London–Calcutta LR 1832 Windsp'rT.Milburn Graham's London–Calcutta LR 1832 Gordon Graham Antwerp–Greenland Register of Shipping (RS); damages repaired 1828
On 25 September 1828 Captain Gordon, master of Rosella, wrote from Monte Video that she had cleared customs, but that he did not expect that she would be able to sail upriver until 7 November when the blockade was expected to be lifted.Ship News. Times (London, England), 11 December 1828; pg. 3; Issue 13773.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1837 J.Finlay R.Trotter Newcastle–Baltic LR 1840 W.Holborn Thew & Co. Shields–LondonShields–Baltic LR; small repairs 1840 1845 Holburn Holburn Shields–London LR 1847 W.Hilburn W.Hilburn LR
Fate Rosella was last listed in LR in 1847 with stale data.
One source, with continuous ownership data, reports that Rosella was lost on 24 August 1860 while carrying coal from South Shields to Rotterdam. It states that she sank off Egmond aan Zee, in the North Sea nine miles from Rotterdam.Tyne Built Ships: Rosella 1819.
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