Sappho was launched in 1810 in Sunderland. She traded widely, first as a West Indiaman and later to the Baltic. She also made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She stranded on 9 July 1823, was gotten off, condemned, and sold. She was wrecked in 1833.

Career Sappho first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1810.LR (1810), Supple.pages "S", Seq.No.S56.

Year Master Owner Trade Source 1810 C.Compton Francis Baring London–Suriname LR

On 31 March 1810 Captain Charles Spencer Compton acquired a letter of marque.

Year Master Owner Trade Source 1812 C.ComptonCranitch Sir F. Baring London–Suriname LR

Captain William Cranitch acquired a letter of marque on 5 December 1811.

Year Master Owner Trade Source 1818 Price Thompson & Co. London–Isle de France (Mauritius) LR; thorough repair 1816

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 licence from the EIC.

On 30 March 1817 Sappho, W.Grice, master, sailed for Bombay, under a license from the EIC.LR (1818), "Licensed and Country Ships".

Year Master Owner Trade Source 1819 PriceT.Arman Thompson & Co. London–Isle de FranceLondon–Jamaica LR; thorough repair 1816 1821 T.ArmanHeppinstal Herring London–JamaicaLondon–Malta LR; thorough repair 1816 1824 Heppinstall Staniforth Plymouth–Chioza LR; thorough repair 1816 & damages repaired 1822 1825 Heppinstall Dawson & Co. Plymouth LR; thorough repair 1816 & damages repaired 1822 1826 J.SmithM.CraigWilkie Nichols & Co. Falmouth–St Johns LR; thorough repair 1816, damages repaired 1822, & large repair 1826 1827 C.Wlkie Johnson & Co. Leith–Petersburg LR 1828 C.Wlkie Johnson & Co. London–Elsinor LR; large repair 1826 1829 C.WlkieHolmes Vertue & Co. London–Petersburg LR; good repair 1826 & large repair 1828 1830 HolmesMullins Vertue & Co. London–Sierra Leone LR; good repair 1826 & large repair 1828 1832 T.Duncan Vertue & Co. Leith–Alloa LR; good repair 1826, large repair 1828, & new bottom and large repair 1832

Fate On 9 July 1833 Sappho, Duncan, master, was on her way from Savannah to Saint John, New Brunswick, when she stranded on "the Wolves" (the Wolves Archipelago, at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy). The crew was saved. Sappho and her cargo were to be sold at Saint Andrews, New Brunswick."SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". Hull Packet (Hull, England), 30 August 1833, Issue 2545.

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