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Lady Ridley (1813 ship)
Lady Ridley was launched in 1813 at Blyth as a West Indiaman. She transported convicts in 1821 to Van Diemen's Land. She also sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked on 11 November 1831. CareerLady Ridley first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1814 with P.Inglis, master, Inglis & Co., owners, and tade London-Grenada.[1]
In July 1818 Lady Ridley was returning to England from Jamaica when she had to put into Havana leaky. She was repaired and left on 27 July.[3] A gale at Saint John, New Brunswick, drove Lady Ridley ashore on 21 December 1819 and damaged her.[4] Once she had been refloated, she sailed to Jamaica. Convict transport: Captain Robert Weir sailed Lady Ridley from England on 4 June 1821. She sailed via Rio de Janeiro and arrived at Hobart on 27 June.[5] She had embarked 138 male convicts and she disembarked 137.[6] On 25 July she arrived at Sydney. She returned to England via Batavia. On 15 April 1822 she arrived at Cape of Good Hope from Batavia. She had put in to fix a trivial leak. She was surveyed and the carpenters put to work.[7] She sailed for England on the 20th. However, she sailed on to Helvoet and Rotterdam. She arrived at Gravesend on 25 September.
On 13 May 1831 Doris sprang a leak, forcing her crew to abandon her in the Atlantic Ocean. Lady Ridley rescued the crew.[8] FateOn 11 November 1831 Lady Ridley was driven ashore and wrecked at Bailey's Mistake, Newfoundland. Her eighteen crew were rescued.[9][10] Citations
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