Transit

Transit was launched at Bristol in 1817 and immediately registered at Bristol. Initially she sailed to the Baltic and the Mediterranean. In 1820 she made the first of two voyages as a whaler in the southern whale fishery. She was condemned at Manila circa 1825 during her second whaling voyage. Career Transit was first registered at Bristol on 28 February 1817. Captain Hodgson sailed her from Whitby to Riga. She arrived at Riga on 5 April and returned to Whitby on 31 May. She next voyage was to the Mediterranean. She arrived at Malta on 25 August and returned to Bristol on 16 November. She first appeared in online copies of Lloyd's Register in 1818. On 12 July 1818 Transit arrived at Bristol from Smyrna. From Bristol she sailed to St Petersburg and arrived there on 7 September. She arrived back at Bristol on 25 November. She again sailed to the Mediterranean. On 21 December 1819 Transit returned to Bristol from Constantinople and Malta.