Morning Star (1825 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Morning Star (ship).

History
United Kingdom
BuilderTindall, Scarborough
Launched30 August 1825
FateLast listed 1857
General characteristics
Tons burthen245,[1] or 300,[2] or 345[3] (bm)
Sail planBarque

Morning Star was launched at Scarborough in 1825. She spent her entire career sailing to Ceylon (later via Australia).

On 19 February 1828, Morning Star was attacked by pirates on the return journey to England from Ceylon. Fortuitously, she and the survivors on board were rescued, and she returned to Gravesend. British and Spanish authorities in 1830 and 1829 convicted and hanged Benito de Soto and several men of his crew on Defensor de Pedro for the attack.

Until the British East India Company (EIC) gave up its shipping activities in 1834, Morning Star sailed under a licence from the EIC. She was last listed in 1857, but had disappeared from ship arrival and departure data after 1853.

  1. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 299.
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