Intrepid was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1809. She then became a transport. In 1820 she made a voyage to Bengal, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then reverted to being a transport. She was wrecked on 5 January 1826.
Career Intrepid was registered in Whitby in June 1809. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1811.LR (1811), Supple. pages "IJ", Seq.No.IJ12.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1811 Postgate [R.M.] Atty & Co. London transport LR; damages repaired 1810 1816 PostgateJohnson [R.M.] Atty & Co. London transport LR
On 25 October 1816 Intrepid put into Sheerness. She had been on her way from Woolwich to Barbados with troops when a colliery brig had run into her, carrying away Intrepids bowsprit and jib-boom.
Intrepid was sold to London in 1817.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1818 J.Johnson Atty & Co. London transport LR 1819 J.Johnson Atty & Co. London–Bengal LR
In 1813 the EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a license from the EIC.
Intrepid sailed for Bengal on 20 January 1820 under a license from the EIC.{LR (1820), "Licensed India Ships".
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1821 J.JohnsonR.Elder Atty London–BengalLondon transport LR 1822 J.ElterHammet Atty London transport LR 1824 HammettMetcalf Atty Plymouth transport LR 1825 R.Metcalf Burrell & Co. Plymouth–America LR
Fate On 5 January 1826 Intrepid, Metcalf, master, was driven on shore near Skerries, County Dublin. The violence of the gale resulted in her going to pieces on 6 January. She had been on a voyage from Alexandria to Liverpool.
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