# Caesar (1810 ship)

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British merchant ship (1810–1825)

For other ships with the same name, see [Caesar (ship)](/source/Caesar_(ship)).

United Kingdom Name Caesar Namesake Julius Caesar Owner 1810: H. Turner,[1] or Fowler & Co. 1816:Taylor Builder Wells, Wigram & Green at Blackwall. Cost Cost £23 per ton = £13,908 + £32 extra[1] Yard number 145[1] Launched 1 September 1810[2] Fate Last listed in 1825[a] General characteristics Tons burthen 604+67⁄94,[1] 626,[3] or 626+41⁄94,[2] or 627,[4] or 637[5] (bm) Complement 1810:40[3] 1812:50[3] Armament 1810:20 × 18&12-pounder carronades[3] 1810:18 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns[4] 1812:20 × 18&12-pounder carronades[3]

***Caesar*** was launched in 1810 on the Thames River. She sailed first as a [West Indiaman](/source/West_Indiaman), and then after 1814 to the East Indies under a license from the British [East India Company](/source/East_India_Company) (EIC). In 1817 she repatriated from Batavia to London Lord [William Amherst](/source/William_Amherst%2C_1st_Earl_Amherst) and the officers and crew of [HMS *Alceste*](/source/HMS_Alceste_(1806)). *Caesar* was last listed in 1825.

## Career

*Caesar* enters *[Lloyd's Register](/source/Lloyd's_Register)* in 1810 with J. Fowler, master, Fowler & Co., owner, and trade London–Jamaica.[4] Captain Jonathon Fowler acquired a [letter of marque](/source/Letter_of_marque) on 10 November 1810.[3]

On 13 October 1812 Captain James Shand acquired a letter of marque.[3][b] *Lloyd's Register* for 1813 shows *Caesar*'s master changing from Fowler to Shand.[6] In 1814 M. Fowler replaced J. Shand.

The *Register of Shipping* for 1816 shows *Caesar*'s master changing from Shand to Taylor, her owner from Fowlgen to C.H. Turner, and her trade from London–Jamaica to Bombay.[7] The EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between England and India and *Caesar* acquired a licence from the EIC to trade with India. Captain J. Taylor sailed from England in December 1816, bound for [Fort William, India](/source/Fort_William%2C_India).[8]

In 1817 Lord Amherst was returning on [HMS *Alceste*](/source/HMS_Alceste_(1806)) from his [embassy to China](/source/Amherst_Embassy). On 18 February *Alceste* grounded on one of the many hidden reefs in the [Java Sea](/source/Java_Sea). She was wrecked, and first Lord Amherst and his party, and then the rest of *Alceste*'s officers and crew reached [Batavia](/source/Batavia_(Dutch_East_Indies)). Lord Amherst then engaged *Caesar*, which was at Batavia, to take all the survivors back to England.

*Caesar* sailed on 17 April with Lord Amherst, his party, and the officers and men of *Alceste*. Several events marked the voyage. (Different sources give inconsistent dates for arrival and departure dates for *Caesar*'s stops on her way home.)

On 5 May, while *Caesar* was about 200 miles south of Mauritius a fire broke out in the spirit room. *Aceste*'s men. especially her gunner, were instrumental in putting it out. *Caesar* arrived at [Simon's Bay](/source/Simon's_Bay) on 27 May.[9]

*Caesar* sailed again in company with [HMS *Conqueror*](/source/HMS_Conqueror_(1801)) for [St Helena](/source/Saint_Helena) on 11 June. Before leaving Batavia, *Caesar* had also loaded two unusual passengers, an [orangutan](/source/Orangutan) and a [python](/source/Python_(genus)). Several accounts of the voyage mention the feeding of the python, and its dissection after its death on the way to St Helena.[10] The orangutan eventually had free run of the ship and arrived safely in England.[11]

*Caesar* arrived at St Helena on 27 June. On 28 June Lord Amherst, Captain Maxwell of *Alceste*, and Mr. Lynn, her surgeon, met with [Napoleon Bonaparte](/source/Napoleon_Bonaparte). They reported an amicable discussion.[12][c]

On 29 June,[14] or 3 July,[15] *Caesar* left St Helena. She arrived at [Ascension Island](/source/Ascension_Island) on 7 July. She stayed less than a day, stopping only long enough to load eight large turtles. *Caesar* arrived at Spithead on 16 August.[16]

## Fate

*Caesar* continued to trade with the East Indies on her return from repatriating Lord Amherst and the crew of *Alceste*. She was last listed in the *Register of Shipping* in 1824, and in *Lloyd's Register* in 1825 with J. Taylor, master, Taylor, owner, and trade London–Bengal.[5]

It is highly likely that in 1826 she became [*Borodino*](/source/Borodino_(1826_ship)).

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Two sources conflate this *Caesar* with [*Caesar* (1825 ship)](/source/Caesar_(1825_ship)).[1][2]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** He had been master of [*Caesar*](/source/Caesar_(1800_ship)), also a West Indiaman, when she wrecked off the [South Foreland](/source/South_Foreland) in late 1810.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Another account puts the date of the meeting as 3 July.[13]

## Citations

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-HSW_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-HSW_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-HSW_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-HSW_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-HSW_1-4) [*Historic Shipping Website*: *Caesar*; accessed 12 February 2018.](http://www.historic-shipping.co.uk/robwigram/caesar%2010.html)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHackman200175_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHackman200175_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHackman200175_2-2) [Hackman (2001)](#CITEREFHackman2001), p. 75.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LoM_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LoM_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-LoM_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-LoM_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-LoM_4-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-LoM_4-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-LoM_4-6) ["Letter of Marque, p.54 - accessed 25 July 2017"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161020052005/http://www.1812privateers.org/Great%20Britain/marque1793-1815.pdf#) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.1812privateers.org/Great%20Britain/marque1793-1815.pdf#) (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LR1810_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LR1810_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-LR1810_5-2) [*Lloyd's Register* (1810), "C" Supple. pages, Seq.№C153.](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005676393?urlappend=%3Bseq=568)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LR1825_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LR1825_6-1) [*Lloyd's Register* (1825), Seq.№C12.](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005691889?urlappend=%3Bseq=105)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [*Lloyd's Register* (1814), Seq.№C7.](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005689347?urlappend=%3Bseq=99)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [*Register of Shipping* (1816), Seq.№C11.](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024214267?urlappend=%3Bseq=121)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [*Lloyd's Register* "Licensed and Country Ships".](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005686806?urlappend=%3Bseq=643)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbel1818283–4_11-0)** [Abel (1818)](#CITEREFAbel1818), pp. 283–4.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEM'Leod1818201–2_12-0)** [M'Leod (1818)](#CITEREFM'Leod1818), pp. 201–2.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbel1818318–330_13-0)** [Abel (1818)](#CITEREFAbel1818), pp. 318–330.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbel1818316–7_14-0)** [Abel (1818)](#CITEREFAbel1818), pp. 316–7.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** *Naval Chronicle*, Vol. 38, (Jul-Dec 1817), pp.186-7.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbel1818318_17-0)** [Abel (1818)](#CITEREFAbel1818), p. 318.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEM'Leod1818209_18-0)** [M'Leod (1818)](#CITEREFM'Leod1818), p. 209.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbel1818330_19-0)** [Abel (1818)](#CITEREFAbel1818), p. 330.

## References

- Abel, Clarke (1818). *Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China: And of a Voyage to and from that Country, in the Years 1816 and 1817 : Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin and Observations on the Countries which it Visited*. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown.

- Hackman, Rowan (2001). *Ships of the East India Company*. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-905617-96-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-905617-96-7).

- M'Leod, John (1818). *Narrative of a Voyage, in His Majesty's Late Ship Alceste to the Yellow Sea, Along the Coast of Corea, and Through Its Numerous Hitherto Undiscovered Islands, to the Island of Lewchew*. M. Carey and Son.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1817 Shipwrecks 13 Jan: Albion 20 Jan: HMS Telegraph 21 Jan: Golden Grove 5 Feb: Horatio 16 Feb: Upton Castle 18 Feb: Alceste March (unknown date): Frederick and Maria 7 May: Lord Eldon 20 Jun: Admiral Gambier 6 Jul: Irlam 29 Jul: Atlas 14 Aug: Welton August (unknown date): Hawkesbury Packet 1 Oct: HMS Julia 29 Oct: Autumn 28 Nov: Admiral Colpoys 8 Dec: Indian Unknown date: Anna, Fame, Fanny, Hope Other incidents 24 Jan: Cornwall 22 Feb: Lord Forbes 5 May: Caesar 5 Jul: Benson 13 Sep: Sir James Henry Craig 20 Nov: Sarah 1816 1818

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