Hyperion (1814 ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Hyperion
Namesake	Hyperion
Owner	1814:J. Davison[1] 1816:J. Short & Co. 1823:Allen & Co.
Builder	John & Robert Davison, Sunderland[2]
Launched	19 July 1814[2]
Fate	Abandoned at sea in 1824
General characteristics
Tons burthen	400, or 4009⁄94[2] or 402[3] (bm)
Propulsion	Sail

Hyperion was launched in 1814 at Sunderland. She sailed to the Baltic, and then India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC) . In 1820 the EIC chartered her for a voyage for them to India. On her return she traded with Canada until her crew had to abandon her in 1824 in the Atlantic.

Hyperion enters the Registry of Shipping in 1815 with Dandeson, master, changing to J. Davison, and J. Davison, owner. Her trade was Suderland—London, changing to London—Petersburg.^[1]

On 10 September 1815 Lloyd's List reported Hyperion, Lashley, master, had got on shore at Summers Island. She was got off and arrived in the Downs on 18 October.^[4] In its next issue Lloyd's List reported that it was not Hyperion, Lashley, master, from Petersburg to the Downs that had gone on shore but rather Hyperion, Davison, master, from Petersburg, that had gone on shore.^[5] Actually, Lloyd's List had already reported that Hyperion had gone on shore on Summers Island on 13 September, but that part of her cargo had been landed and that she was expected to be refloated.^[6] Hyperion was got off on 8 October and sent into Fredericksburg to repair.^[7]

The EIC then chartered Hyperion for one voyage to India and return.

EIC voyage (1820-1821): Captain Robert Wright Norfor sailed from the Downs on 26 June 1820, bound for Bombay. Hyperion reached the Cape of Good Hope on 29 September and arrived at Bombay on 31 December. Homeward bound, she was at Tellichery on 20 March 1821, Mauritius on 23 May, and Saint Helena on 25 July. She returned to her moorings on 4 October.^[3]

This entry continues unchanged in the Register of Shipping into 1828, after which there is no mention of Hyperion. Lloyd's Register has different information.

Lloyd's List reported on 15 June 1824 that her crew had abandoned Hyperion, of "Shields", in the Atlantic Ocean. Broderick rescued the crew.^[8] (Note: Sunderland is slightly inland on the Tyne River, and North and South Shields are closer to the mouth. Also, Hyperion is a rare name and the registers show no vessel by that name from Shields, or anywhere else on or near the Tyne.)

Hyperion is no longer listed after 1825 in Lloyd's Register, or after 1828 in the Register of Shipping.

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.