 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]
- ^ a b East-India register and directory (1803), p.99.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 243.
- ^ a b British Library: Stirling Castle.
- ^ a b Roman (2007), p. 169.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4199.
- ^ Roman (2007), p. 171.
- ^ Roman (2007), p. 173.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 137.