''Actaeon'' was launched at Topsham, Devon in 1815. She traded widely and from 1823, she made some voyages to

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under a license from the British

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...

(EIC). She then traded with what is now Peru, and was probably condemned in what is now Chile in 1828.

Career

''Acteon'' first appeared in ''

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'' (''LR'') in 1816.''LR'' (1816), Supple. pages "A", Seq.№A34.
/ref> In 1813, the EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a license from the EIC. On 6 December 1823, J.Briggs sailed ''Actaeon'' sailed for

under a license from the EIC.''LR'' (1824), "Ships trading to India".
/ref> She arrived at Bombay on 28 May 1824. She sailed from there on 24 June, and arrived back at Deal on 17 November. On 1 June 1825, ''Actaeon'', Briggs, master, sailed from Gravesend for Lima. That same day she arrived at Deal, preparing to sail for Valparaiso. On 31 August, she arrived at Rio de Janeiro. On 17 September, she sailed for Valparaiso, and she arrived there on 18 November. On 20 April 1826, she arrived at Valparaiso, again from Callao.

Fate

''Actaeon''s fate is currently obscure. She was last listed in ''LR'' in 1829 with data stale since 1826. The ''Register of Shipping'' last listed her in 1832, also with data unchanged since 1826. However, '' Lloyd's List'' reported on 2 December 1828,that ''Actaeon'', Gaymer, master, had been condemned at

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. ''Actaeon'' is an unusual name (there were only two in the registers at this time with the other ''Actaeon'' being a coaster), so it is most probable, but absent original research not certain, that this account is correct.

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* {{cite book , last=Hackman , first=Rowan , year=2001 , title=Ships of the East India Company , location=Gravesend, Kent , publisher=World Ship Society , ISBN=0-905617-96-7 1815 ships Ships built in England Age of Sail merchant ships of England