Eliza

Eliza was a merchant sailing ship constructed in Calcutta, India, in 1816. Her documented career belongs to the era when maritime commerce between Britain and India was moving from the East India Company's regulated system toward a more open form of private trade. The vessel made repeated voyages between English ports and India, particularly Madras and Calcutta, and at different points operated under a license associated with the British East India Company as well as as a free trader. The ship's surviving record is chiefly nautical and commercial rather than that of a consumer brand. Eliza appeared in shipping registers alongside other vessels sharing the same name, which can make identification difficult. Lloyd's Register's 1825 listing distinguished her from an earlier Eliza and recorded David Sutton as both master and owner, with a voyage from England to Madras beginning on 28 March 1824. The same register also listed another Eliza trading between London and Madras, illustrating the need for the 1816 vessel's date-based identification. One of the best documented voyages was commanded by Captain David Sutton in 1829–1830. Eliza left the Downs on 10 July 1829 and reached Calcutta on 24 November. On the return passage she was recorded at Saugor on 26 February 1830, at the Cape of Good Hope on 6 May, and at Saint Helena on 6 June. She arrived back at the Downs on 2 August 1830. These ports reflect the established route connecting northern Europe, the Bay of Bengal, and the main staging points of the long Indian Ocean passage. Eliza was still listed in 1860, indicating that the vessel remained present in maritime records for more than four decades after construction. The available reference does not establish her final fate, later owners, precise cargoes, dimensions, or the date on which she ceased service. It also does not support treating Eliza as a modern commercial brand, Danish company, or food business. The authoritative subject is the individual 1816 merchant ship identified by the parenthetical Wikipedia title.

Eliza was built at Calcutta in 1816 during a period when British-connected shipping maintained regular routes between Europe and the Indian subcontinent. Her documented operations involved voyages between England and India, including calls connected with Madras and Calcutta. The vessel's commercial context was shaped by the East India Company's licensing system, under which private vessels could conduct specified trade, and by the gradual expansion of free trade in the region. Eliza is recorded as having undertaken several voyages under an East India Company license and at least one voyage as a free trader. The ship's identity must be separated from other vessels named Eliza. Lloyd's Register for 1825 listed an Eliza identified as the 1815 ship, with David Sutton as master and owner, and recorded her as sailing for Madras on 28 March 1824. The same register included another Eliza, built earlier, operating on the London–Madras route. The Wikipedia subject is the vessel conventionally identified as Eliza (1816 ship), rather than those similarly named ships. A particularly detailed passage began when Captain David Sutton sailed Eliza from the Downs on 10 July 1829. The ship reached Calcutta on 24 November. During the homeward leg, she was recorded at Saugor on 26 February 1830, the Cape of Good Hope on 6 May, and Saint Helena on 6 June. She returned to the Downs on 2 August 1830. The itinerary illustrates the long-distance route pattern of the period, with vessels using ports in the Bay of Bengal, southern Africa, and the mid-Atlantic as stages between India and England. Eliza continued to appear in maritime listings and was still listed in 1860. The available account does not provide a documented launch day, builder, tonnage, rig, cargo manifest, ownership history after Sutton, or final disposition. It therefore supports a concise maritime history rather than a conventional corporate or brand profile. The ship's later fate remains unspecified in the cited material.

• 1860

  Still listed in maritime records

  [1]Eliza (1816 ship)en.wikipedia.org

  Eliza was still listed in 1860, although the available source does not state when or how the vessel left service.

• 1830

  Return from India

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  After reaching Calcutta in November 1829, Eliza made the homeward passage through Saugor, the Cape of Good Hope, and Saint Helena, arriving at the Downs on 2 August 1830.

• 1829

  Departure for Calcutta

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  Captain David Sutton sailed Eliza from the Downs on 10 July on a voyage bound for Calcutta.

• 1825

  Appearance in shipping records

  [1]Eliza (1816 ship)en.wikipedia.org

  The vessel was documented in Lloyd's Register among ships trading with India, alongside another vessel carrying the name Eliza.

• 1824

  Voyage to Madras recorded in Lloyd's Register

  [1]Eliza (1816 ship)en.wikipedia.org

  Lloyd's Register recorded Eliza, identified as the 1815 ship, sailing from England for Madras on 28 March under David Sutton, who was listed as master and owner.

• 1816

  Construction in Calcutta

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  Eliza was built in Calcutta, India, establishing the vessel's origin in the Indian shipbuilding and commercial environment of the early nineteenth century.

A nineteenth-century merchant sailing vessel serving the England–India trade, first within the East India Company's licensed trading environment and later as a free trader.

• Merchant shipping · 1816

  Eliza merchant voyages

  Eliza's principal commercial function was the carriage of goods on long-distance routes between England and India. The surviving record identifies voyages associated with Madras and Calcutta and places the ship within the broader East India trade. Specific cargoes and freight customers are not identified in the cited material.

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