Prince Regent

Prince Regent was launched at Rochester in 1811. She initially traded with the West Indies and the Mediterranean. From 1814 on she started trading with the Indian Ocean and India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). In 1820–1821 she transported convicts from Ireland to New South Wales. She continued to trade with Australia. In 1841–1842 she made a second voyage transporting convicts from Ireland, this time to Hobart. In about 1843 new owners shifted her home port to Hull. From there she traded with Quebec, the Baltic, Aden, and perhaps elsewhere. In 1863 she was at Alicante, Spain where she grounded. She was condemned as not worth repairing. Career Prince Regent first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1811. In 1813 the British East India Company (EIC) had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a licence from the EIC. Prince Regents owners applied for a licence to sail to certain ports in the East Indies under the provisions for whalers. They applied on 3 October 1815 and received the licence on 8 October. On 7 May 1814, Prince Regent, Kerr, master, sailed from Gravesend, Kent for Isle of France (Mauritius). Three days later she sailed from Portsmouth with the fleet under convoy by . On 7 July Prince Regent, Kerr, master, was at , on her way to Île de France. On 6 August she was at the Cape of Good Hope. On 19 February 1815 Prince Regent, Kerr, master, sailed from Batavia. On 8 August she was off Plymouth.