Broxbornebury (1812 ship)
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| Name: | Broxbornebury |
| Namesake: | Broxbornebury Estate, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire |
| Owner: | Andrew Timbrell, then Andrew Chapman |
| Port of registry: | London |
| Builder: | Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet |
| Launched: | 1812, Northfleet |
| Fate: | Condemned in 1843 |
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| Tons burthen: | 708 83⁄94, or 709, or 720, or 757 (bm) |
| Length: | 132 ft 6 5⁄8 in (40.4 m) (overall), 105 ft 9 in (32.2 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.8 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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Broxbornebury (or Broxonbury), was a three-decker sailing ship launched in 1812. She made four voyages for the East India Company (EIC), one voyage transporting convicts to Australia, and numerous other sailing voyages. She was sold in 1844 for breaking up.
Pitcher had built Broxbornebury for Andrew Timbrell, who thus was her first owner. The East India Company took up Broxbornebury soon after her launching.
Because she was launched during the Napoleonic Wars, the EIC arranged for her captain, Thomas Pitcher, to be issued a letter of marque, which it commonly did for many of its East Indiamen. Pitcher received the letter on 10 April 1812. This gave her the right to capture enemy vessels, civilian and military, even when not engaging in self-defense.
Pitcher sailed from Falmouth on 15 May 1812, reached Madeira on 3 June, and Kedgeree on 28 October. For her return voyage to Britain, Broxbornebury passed Saugor on 29 December. She was at Madras on 7 February 1813, and Colombo on 3 March. She reached St Helena on 13 June, and Gravesend on 12 August.
In 1813, Timbrell sold Broxbornebury to Andrew Chapman, and she left the EIC's service. From then until 1825 she traded privately on the London-India route as a licensed ship.
Under the command of Thomas Pitcher Jr., Broxbornebury sailed from London, England on 22 February 1814, with 120 female convicts, plus passengers and cargo. Some of the passengers were free women, whose husbands were convicts, and their children. Broxbornebury sailed in company with Surrey (or Surry), which too was transporting convicts to Australia, particularly the husbands of the free women on Broxbornebury. However, once the vessels reached the Atlantic they lost touch with each other. Ship fever (Typhus) broke out aboard Surrey. On 25 July the two vessels fortuitously encountered each other off the coast of New South Wales. By this time the fever had killed or incapacitated many on board Surrey, including all the officers, so Pitcher sent a volunteer seaman to take command. Two days later both vessels were able to enter Port Jackson.Surrey remained in quarantine for some time.
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