Mildred

Mildred was a British merchant vessel launched at Hull in 1797. Although the supplied subject is not a consumer brand, it is the ship documented under the disambiguated Wikipedia title Mildred (1797 ship), and should not be confused with other entities using the name Mildred. The vessel entered Lloyd's Register in 1797 with Michael, or M., Jordan as master and a stated trading route between Hull and Gravesend. Its early career was connected with the British East India Company's commercial network and with the wider maritime system of the late eighteenth-century British Empire. The East India Company engaged Mildred on 29 April 1798. Captain Michael Jordan had obtained a letter of marque on 10 May 1797, authorizing the ship to operate under privateering permissions during wartime. Mildred sailed from Torbay on 22 September 1797 bound for Bengal. The voyage followed the established route around the Atlantic and the Cape of Good Hope: the ship was recorded at St Helena on 1 December 1797 and at the Cape on 31 January 1798 before reaching Calcutta on 3 May 1798. On the homeward passage, it called at Saugor on 11 August, the Cape on 22 October, and St Helena on 18 November, arriving at the Downs on 3 February 1799. After returning from the East India voyage, Mildred's commercial direction changed. The 1799 edition of Lloyd's Register recorded changes in master, ownership, and declared trade. Thomas Atkinson replaced Jordan as master, Sharp replaced Moxon as owner, and the vessel's listed route shifted from London–India to London–Jamaica. This change placed Mildred within the Atlantic and West Indies trade rather than the East India Company's India route. Atkinson obtained his own letter of marque on 13 July 1799. Mildred departed Jamaica on 19 December 1799, bound for Savannah and London. The vessel was never heard from again. No confirmed wreck location, cause of loss, or surviving account of the crew's fate is identified in the supplied reference material. Its disappearance ended a short recorded career that included one completed voyage for the East India Company and a subsequent intended voyage in the West Indies trade.

Mildred was launched at Hull in 1797 and entered the maritime record through Lloyd's Register. The register initially associated the vessel with M. Jordan as master and a Hull–Gravesend trading route. During this period, British merchant ships commonly combined commercial activity with wartime maritime permissions, and Captain Michael Jordan obtained a letter of marque on 10 May 1797. The British East India Company engaged Mildred on 29 April 1798. The ship had already sailed from Torbay on 22 September 1797 on a voyage to Bengal. Its outward route included stops at St Helena and the Cape of Good Hope, followed by arrival at Calcutta on 3 May 1798. Mildred later proceeded homeward from Saugor, reached the Cape on 22 October, called at St Helena on 18 November, and arrived at the Downs on 3 February 1799. This completed voyage is the principal documented episode in the ship's career. Following its return, Mildred was reassigned to a different commercial route. Lloyd's Register for 1799 recorded a change from Jordan to Thomas Atkinson as master, from Moxon to Sharp as owner, and from a London–India trade designation to London–Jamaica. The revised route reflected the vessel's intended participation in the West Indies trade. Atkinson obtained a letter of marque on 13 July 1799, continuing the connection between the vessel and the privateering framework of the period. Mildred left Jamaica on 19 December 1799, intending to sail first toward Savannah and then onward to London. After that departure, the ship was never heard from. The available references do not establish whether it was lost to weather, navigational error, structural failure, enemy action, or another cause. No confirmed wreck site or definitive account of the people aboard is supplied. Mildred therefore remains documented as a late-eighteenth-century merchant ship whose career ended in an unresolved disappearance.

• 1799

  Return to the Downs

  [1]Mildred (1797 ship)en.wikipedia.org

  The ship completed its homeward East India voyage and arrived at the Downs on 3 February 1799.

• 1799

  Transfer to West Indies trade

  [1]Mildred (1797 ship)en.wikipedia.org

  Lloyd's Register recorded changes in master, owner, and trade, with Mildred reassigned from the London–India route to London–Jamaica.

• 1799

  Disappearance after leaving Jamaica

  [1]Mildred (1797 ship)en.wikipedia.org

  Mildred sailed from Jamaica for Savannah and London on 19 December 1799 and was never heard from again.

• 1798

  Engagement by the East India Company

  [1]Mildred (1797 ship)en.wikipedia.org

  The British East India Company engaged Mildred on 29 April 1798 during its voyage to Bengal.

• 1798

  Arrival at Calcutta

  [1]Mildred (1797 ship)en.wikipedia.org

  Mildred reached Calcutta on 3 May 1798 after passing through St Helena and the Cape of Good Hope.

• 1797

  Launch at Hull

  [1]Mildred (1797 ship)en.wikipedia.org

  Mildred was launched at Hull and appeared in Lloyd's Register with M. Jordan as master and a Hull–Gravesend trade designation.

• 1797

  East India voyage begins

  [1]Mildred (1797 ship)en.wikipedia.org

  The vessel sailed from Torbay on 22 September 1797, bound for Bengal.

Historical British merchant and East India Company vessel; not a modern consumer brand.

• 1799

  Shift from East India to West Indies tradingStrategy

  Background

  After completing its East India Company voyage, Mildred was placed under new commercial management, with Lloyd's Register showing changes in owner, master, and declared trading route.

  Action taken

  The vessel's listed trade changed from London–India to London–Jamaica, and it was scheduled to sail from Jamaica toward Savannah and London.

  Aftermath

  Mildred departed Jamaica on 19 December 1799 but disappeared and was never heard from again.

  Source

1. 1Mildred (1797 ship)en.wikipedia.org