Bombay was launched in 1801 at Daman/Demaun. Her early career is obscure. From 1821 on she assumed Calcutta registry. Between 1832 and 1840 she made three voyages from London as a whaler. In 1842 she carried settlers for the New Zealand Company. She was last listed in 1853.
Career At some point Bombay entered the Calcutta registry.
Year Master Owner Source & notes 1821 J.Hill W. Richardson & Co. East India register and directory for 1821 1824 Humphreys East India register and directory for 1824 1827 S.Parker Lackersteens & Co. East India register and directory for 1827 1828 S. Parker Lackersteen & Co. East India register and directory for 1828 1829 J.Dare Palmer & Co. East India register and directory for 1829
From 1827 to 1830 Bombay was sailing in Australian and Indonesian waters firstly under Captain Samuel Parker and then under Captain Joseph Dare.Launceston Advertiser (Tas. : 1829 – 1846) View title info Mon 27 Dec 1830 Page 2, Ship News
Bombay first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1831 with J.Dare, master, Prinsep & Co., owner, and trade Cowes–London. It gave her burthen as 318 tons, and her origin as Calcutta.Lloyd's Register (LR) (1831) Supple.pages "B", Seq.№62.
Year Master Owner Trade Source 1832 J.DareLawson J.Dare London–Swan River LR 1832 J.DareLawson J.DareLawson London–Swan RiverLondon–Southern Fishery Register of Shipping (RS)RS (1832), "B" supple. pages, Seq.№B3.
In May 1830 Bombay was at Swan River. She was coming from Calcutta with general cargo, 25 passengers, and ten convicts, and was sailing on to Sydney. While she was at Swan River gales wrecked many vessels, including and the Bombay-registered ketch Emelia and Ellen. Bombay remained safe in the harbour and sailed on 23 June. But erroneous reports in Lloyd's List and elsewhere resulted in reports that she had been lost. She arrived at Sydney on 26 July with passengers, Mr. Goldsmith, late master of James, and the ten prisoners. Hobart Town Courier, 31 July 1830, p.2, "The Courier".
Whaler Between 1832 and 1840 Bombay became a whaler.British southern Whale Fishery Database – Voyages:Bombay.
1st whaling voyage (1832–1834) Captain Edward Lawson sailed from London on 10 July 1832, bound for the Indian Ocean. Bombay returned to London on 3 April 1834.
2nd whaling voyage (1834–1835) Captain Edward Lawson sailed from London on 24 April 1834. Bombay returned at some point in 1835 with 500 or more barrels of whale oil.
3rd whaling voyage (1836–1840) Captain Edward Lawson sailed from London on 22 January 1836, bound for New Zealand and the Pacific. On 17 September 1837 she was in Sydney under Captain Lawson carrying sperm whale oil from the South Seas. She was also refitted at Sydney.Sydney Monitor, 25 September 1837, Page 2, Manifests She then sailed under Captain Evans for the South Seas on 9 February 1838.Sydney General Trade List, 10 February 1838, Page 2, Exports Lawson stayed ashore in Sydney until Bombay returned. He re-assumed command and returned to whaling in April 1839. Bombay arrived back at London on 7 September 1840.
Merchantman In 1841 she sailed from Australia to Bombay under Captain Kitching.Courier, Hobart, 23 July 1841, Page 1, Classified Advertising.
After the New Zealand Company chartered Bombay she sailed under Captain James Moore from Deptford on 30 July 1842 and Gravesend on 1 August for Wellington and Nelson. She arrived at Nelson on 14 December 1842 with 134 settlers.
On 4 May 1846 Moore sailed Bombay sailed from Greenock for Sydney, arriving on 12 October.Australian, 13 October 1846, Page 2, "Shipping Intelligence". She then sailed to Port Phillip on 10 November and returned to Gravesend, arriving on 21 September 1847.The Courier, Hobart, 12 January 1848, Page 2, Shipping news
In 1851 Captain Dixon, in Bombay visited the islands of Lobos Afuara () and Lobos de Tierra (), off the coast of Peru. He confirmed an observation by Lawson some years earlier that there were commercially viable guano deposits there.House of Commons, Great Britain (1852) Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 54. (H.M. Stationery Office).
Lloyd's Register
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1840 E. Lawson Lawson London–South Seas LR; small damages repaired 1835 1845 J.Moore E. Lawson "Sws"–AfricaClyde–Port Phillip LR; damages repaired 1842 & 1843 1850 J.Moore E. Lawson London–India LR; damages repaired 1849 1853 J.C. Dixon E. Lawson LR
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