Sir Andrew Snape Hammond (1802)

United Kingdom
Name	Sir Andrew Snape Hammond
Namesake	Sir Andrew Hamond, 1st Baronet
Owner	Various
Builder	M. Smith, Howrah, Calcutta[1]
Launched	1802,[2][1] or 1803[3]
Renamed	Udny (or Udney)
Captured	1807
Fate	Wrecked 1824
General characteristics
Tons burthen	469,[1] or 46984⁄94,[3] or 480,[2] or 490,[4] or 500 (bm)
Length	116 ft 6 in (35.5 m)[3]
Beam	30 ft 9 in (9.4 m)[3]

Sir Andrew Snape Hammond was a merchant vessel launched at Calcutta in 1802. By 1807 her name had changed to Udny (or Udney). In 1807 the French captured her, but she eventually returned to non-French ownership and Calcutta registry. She was wrecked in 1824.

Career

In 1803 Sir Andrew Snape Hammond's owner was S. Teague.^[2]

It is not clear when Sir Andrew Snape Hammond was renamed Udny.^[1]

The French frigate Piémontaise captured Udny on 2 October 1807. At the time the name of her master was Walteas or Wallis.^[5][6] Udny (or Adny) was carrying a cargo of saltpeter, wine, grain, and 5,625 sacks of rice. The value of the prize was 201,316.54 French francs.^[7]

It is not clear how or when Udny returned to Calcutta registry, though it is clear that she did.^[1][4]

Year	Master	Owner
1819[8]	A. Pelly	Sheik Goulam Hussein
1821[9]	T. Woody	Sheik Goulam Hussein

Loss

Lloyd's List reported on 17 December 1824 that Udney, Holden, master, had been sighted off Île Bourbon on 29 May 1824 whilst on a voyage from Bengal to London. At the time of the report there had been no further trace, and so she was presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.^[10] Actually, Udney, Houlding, master, had wrecked at Inhambane Bay, Mozambique, on her passage from Calcutta and Madras for London.^[11][12]

She had sprung a leak on 15 June while she was off Natal, but had gotten into Delagoa Bay on the 19th. On the 21st she had been blown out of the Bay, resulting in her wreck on 2 July. Her crew and passengers were saved, and the whaler Emma carried them to Saint Helena.^[11][12] Some pepper and cardamums of Udny's cargo had been saved too. Sixty-five cases of cardamums and 235 bags of pepper were sold at Mozambique for the benefit of the underwriters.^[13]

Citations

1. Phipps (1840), pp. 99 & 145.
2. East-India register and directory (1803), p.99.
3. Hackman (2001), p. 318.
4. Phipps (1840), p. 138.
5. Lloyd's List №4243.
6. Asiatic Annual Register, Vol. 10, p.123.
7. Roman (2007), p. 223.
8. East-India register and directory (1819), p.137.
9. India Office and Burma Office List (1821), p.149.
10. Lloyd's List №4969.
11. "(untitled)". The Times. No. 12595. London. 8 March 1825. col A, p. 4.
12. Lloyd's List №5992.
13. Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 5, p.154.

References

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
• Phipps, Joh (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
• Roman, Alain (2007). Robert Surcouf et ses frères [Robert Surcouf and his brothers] (in French). Preface by Olivier Roellinger. Editions Cristel. ISBN 9782844210500. OCLC 159954380.