Maister (or Maisters) was launched in 1802 at Hull. She initially sailed to the Baltic, but then became a government transport until the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She twice sailed to India under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). In her career she suffered at least three maritime mishaps before she was wrecked on 13 December 1822.
Career Maister first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1802.LR (1802), Supple. pages "M", Seq.No.M112.
Year Master Owner Trade Source 1802 R.Cowham Maister & Co. Hull–Petersburg LR
On 18 August 1802 Maister, Cowham, master, arrived at Petersburg from Hull. In November Lloyd's List reported that as she was coming from Petersburg she had gotten on shore at Carlsheim, on the coast of Sweden, but was expected to be gotten off.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1804 R.CowhamO.ConnellT.Park Maister & Co.T.Egginton Hull–PetersburgLondon Transport LR 1808 T.Park Egginton London Transport LR; damages repaired 1804
On 25 January 1809 the Maisters transport was coming from Spithead when she drove on to the Hospital Shoal. She lost two anchors and cables. She was later refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1809 T.Park T.Egginton London Transport LR; damages repaired 1804 1813 T.ParkMentrap T.Egginton London Transport LR; damages repaired 1804 & large repair 1813
On 25 November 1813, Maister was on her way from Hull to Martinique when ran into her off the Owers. The collision dismasted Maister, which went into Cowes the next day.
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 licence from the EIC. Maisters owners applied for a licence on 27 November 1814, and received the licence on 29 December.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1815 Wm.Wiseman T.Egginton London–Isle de France (Mauritius) LR; damages repaired 1804 & large repair 1813
Maister, Wiseman, master, Parkinson, owner, sailed for Bombay on 7 February 1816 under a licence from the EIC.LR (1816), "Licensed and Country Ships".
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1818 F.Berryman Parkinson & Co. Hull-Petersburg LR; large repair 1813 & repairs 1818 1819 F.Berryman (or Berriman) Parkinson & Co. Hull-PetersburgLondon–Ceylon LR; large repair 1813 & 1818
On 28 January 1819 Maister sailed to Fort William, India (Calcutta), again under a licence from the EIC.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1820 F.Berryman Parkinson & Co. Hull-PetersburgLondon–Picton LR; large repair 1813 & repairs 1818
On 14 July 1821, Maister, Berriman, master, arrived at Quebec with 48 settlers after a voyage of 59 days from Hull.Ship Arrivals at the Port of Quebec, June 22 – August 17 1821.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1822 F.BerrymanWokesStokes Richardson London–Nova Scotia LR; thorough repair 1821 & repairs 1822 1823 T.Stokes Martin & Co. Greenock–New Brunswick LR; large repair 1821 & repairs 1822
Fate On 13 December 1822, Maister, of Port Glasgow, Wokes, master, was sailing from St John, New Brunswick when she was wrecked on the Isle of Tyrie in the Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued, and it was expected that her cargo would be recovered.
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