Stirling Castle (1801 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Stirling Castle (ship).

United Kingdom
Name	Stirling Castle
Namesake	Sterling Castle
Owner	Downie & Maitland[1] or Palmer[2]
Builder	Calcutta
Launched	1801
Captured	1804
Fate	Subsequently lost after October 1805.
General characteristics
Tons burthen	703,[3] or 705,[1] or 952[4] (bm)
Notes	Teak-built three-decker

Stirling Castle was built at Calcutta in 1801. She made one voyage from Calcutta to England for the British East India Company (EIC).

EIC voyage (1801-1802): Captain James Honeyman (or Honiman) sailed from Calcutta on 31 December 1801, bound for England. Stirling Castle was at Kedgeree on 8 January 1802 and Saugor on 25 January. She reached Saint Helena on 4 May and by 13 July was off Spithead.^[3]

Fate: The French privateer Caroline, Captain Nicholas Surcouf, captured Stirling Castle in the Bay of Bengal on 19 October 1804 while Stirling Castle was on passage from Calcutta to Colombo,^[5] with a cargo of rice.

Surcouf put a prize crew on board consisting of his brother Charles Surcouf, and 15 crew members, all under the command of Antoine Lacazerauly. They sailed Stirling Castle to Mauritius, arriving on 5 November.^[6] There she was sold for 14,350 piastres, and her cargo for 44,559.^[4]

On 17 October 1805, Nicholas Surcouf and Caroline again encountered Sterling Castle. She had been sold at Port Louis to the Sultan of Muscat. Surcouf released her.^[7]

Stirling Castle was later lost.^[8]

Citations

1. East-India register and directory (1803), p.99.
2. Hackman (2001), p. 243.
3. British Library: Stirling Castle.
4. Roman (2007), p. 169.
5. Lloyd's List №4199.
6. Roman (2007), p. 171.
7. Roman (2007), p. 173.
8. Phipps (1840), p. 137.

References

• Delaunay, D. (1890). "Mémoires d'Angenard, 1833". Annales de Bretagne. VI: 535–537.
• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
• Phipps, John, (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta) (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 978-2-84421-050-0. OCLC 159954380.