Apollo (1819 ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Apollo
Namesake	Apollo
Builder	Hilhouse, Bristol
Launched	1819
Fate	Abandoned 24 September 1846
General characteristics
Tons burthen	Old Act:248, or 254, or 25447⁄94[1] (bm) New Act (post 1836):276 (bm)
Length	96 ft 8 in (29.5 m)
Beam	24 ft 5 in (7.4 m)

Apollo was launched in Bristol in 1819 as a West Indiaman. New owners in 1838 shifted her homeport to Dundee; she then sailed between Dundee and Montreal. In September 1843 she rescued the crew of a vessel that had foundered. In September 1846 a hurricane so damaged her that the crew and passengers abandoned her. Two passing schooners rescued them.

Apollo first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1820.^[2]

In 1838 new owners moved Apollo's homeport and registry to Dundee.

Her crew abandoned Wanstead at 46°00′N 55°30′E / 46.000°N 55.500°E / 46.000; 55.500 on 27 September 1843 in the Atlantic Ocean. Apollo, of Dundee, Walker, master, rescued the master and crew and brought them into Quebec.^[3]

Apollo was on a voyage from Dundee to Montreal when a gale on 19 September 1846 in the Atlantic Ocean (45°51′N 35°18′W / 45.850°N 35.300°W / 45.850; -35.300) turned into a hurricane that washed a boy overboard and so damaged her that she was in danger of foundering. On 24 September the schooners Victoria and Paragon rescued the passengers and crew; Victoria took 23 to Waterford and Paragon took the rest.^[4] LR for 1846 carried the annotation "Abandoned" by her name.^[5]

Her hulk was reportedly last sighted on 12 December at 29°N 20°W / 29°N 20°W / 29; -20.^[1] However, this may have been the wreck of another Apollo that was lost in December.

• Farr, Grahame E., ed. (1950). Records of Bristol Ships, 1800-1838 (vessels over 150 tons). Vol. 15. Bristol Record Society.