Emulous was a merchant ship launched at Whitby in 1817. She traded widely, including to Mauritius under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She foundered in the North Atlantic in May 1841.
Career Emulous first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1818.LR (1818),Suppl. pages "E", Seq.no.E4.
Year Master Owner Trade Source 1818 J.Sowell Chapman & Co. London–Antwerp LR 1820 J.SowellTrundle Chapman & Co. London–Antwerp LR
By 1820 Emulous was sailing to the West Indies.
Year Master Owner Trade Source 1821 Trundle Chapman & Co. London–Berbice LR 1822 TrundleHunt Chapman & Co. London–BerbiceLondon–Quebec LR 1824 G.Hunt Chapman & Co. London–Cape of Good Hope LR 1825 G.Hunt Chapman & Co. London–Peterburg LR 1826 Welbank Chapman & Co. London–Rio de Janeiro 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 licence from the EIC. Emulous, Welbank, master, sailed from London to Mauritius on 4 May 1826.LR (1827), "Ships Trading to India – 1826".
After the ship left Madras on 8 June 1826 she encountered several gales during which she had to throw some of her cargo overboard. She started making 2½ feet of water an hour in her hold and so put into Mauritius on 22 July to repair. Her remaining cargo was forwarded on Emulous.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1828 Welbank Chapman & Co. London LR 1831 Welbank Chapman & Co. London–Archangel LR
In 1831 Emulous changed her registry to London, but Chapman & Co. remained her owners.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1832 WelbankJ.Gale Chapman & Co. London LR 1834 Welbank Chapman & Co. London LR; repair topsides and bottom 1832, & new top deck and sides 1833 1837 Welbank Chapman & Co. Liverpool–Quebec LR; repair topsides and bottom 1832, new wales and deck and sides 1833, & small repairs 1837 1839 WelbankW.Porritt Chapman & Co. London–Quebec LR; repair topsides and bottom 1832, new wales and deck and sides 1833, & small repairs 1837
Fate On 14 May 1841, Howard, of Liverpool, encountered the brig Emulous, of London, Gales, master, at , in a sinking state. Howard took off the crew, when Emulous immediately sank. Emulous had been on a voyage from London to Dorchester, New Brunswick.Boston Daily Atlas Marine Journal, 28 May 1841, Volume: 9, Issue: 282. (Another account gives the date as 11 April.)
Emulous, of London, was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1841, and was the only one of five vessels by that name whose homeport was London.LR (1841), Seq.No.E716.
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