Appendix B Oregon Ship Sailings, 1824 to 1848 The Hudson Bay Supply Ship Sailings to the Columbia River, 1824 to 1846 HBC Ship Dep LON Arv COL Dep COL Arv LON Notes William & Ann Jul 27 1824 Apr 8 1825 Oct 25 1825 Apr 13 1826 to COL via Galapagos Is. Dryad Sep 25 1826 Apr 30 1827 Aug 23 1827 Feb 8 1828 Dec 19 1826 in Valapraiso William & Ann Sep 25 1826 May 1824 Aug 23 1827 Feb 8 1828 Eagle Sep 16 1827 May 19 1828 Aug 20 1828 Feb 10 1829 1st trip Ganymede Sep 16 1828 did not arrive May 31 1830 rtn via Tasmania William & Ann Sep 16 1828 date? via HON Feb 12-16 1829, wrecked on arv COL Isabella Oct 30 1829 May 2 1830 via HON, wrecked on arv COL, crew arv FV Jun 4 1830 Eagle Nov 1 1829 Jun 2 1830 Oct 29 1830 Apr 17 1831 2nd trip (lot #1402 Steinhart) Dryad Jan 30 1830 Aug 10 1830 Oct 20 1835 Apr 10 1836 out via HON Ganymede Nov 16 1830 Jul 17 1831 Nov 7 1831 May 15 1832 rtn via HON Eagle Sep 24 1831 May 19 1832 Nov 6 1832 May 30 1833 3rd trip Ganymede Sep 15 1832 May 1 1833 Sep 19 1833 Feb 23 1834 Nereide May 6 1833 Apr 14 1834 Jun 20 1834 May 27 1835 delay at Lisbon on trip to COL Eagle Dec 8 1833 Sep 20 1834 Nov 25 1834 Jun 6 1835 4th trip Ganymede Dec 10 1834 Jul 27 1835 Oct 19 1836 Mar 1837 arv before Mar 30 1837 Beaver Aug 29 1835 Mar 19 1836 via HON Feb 4-25 1836, arv FV Apr 10 1836 Columbia Aug 29 1835 Mar 22 1836 Nov 30 1836 May 12 1837 1st trip, via HON Feb 4-25 1836 & Dec 21-Jan 5 1837 Nereide Feb 13 1836 Aug 26 1836 Nov 18 1839 Apr 19 1837 via HON Jul 15-21 1836, arv before Nov 18 1839 Sumatra Feb 3 1837 Sep 4 1837 Nov 21 1837 Apr 10 1838 via HON Aug 1-? 1837 Columbia Nov 18 1837 May 24 1838 Nov 11 1838 May 21 1839 via HON Apr 27-May 4 1838 & Dec 9-22 1838, 2rd trip Vancouver (II) Nov 6 1838 May 3 1839 Nov 29 1840 Jun 3/4 1841 via HON Mar 28-Apr 5 1838 & Jan 2-16 1841 Columbia Sep 18 1839 Mar 15 1840 Dec 24 1841 Jul 7 1842 3rd trip, via HON Feb 13-22 1840 & Jan 2-16 1841 Cowlitz Aug 24 1840 Feb 5 1841 Nov 16 1842 May 9 1843 1st trip, arv FV Mar 6 1841, via HON Dec 7-? 1842 Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), London (LON), Columbia River (COL), Honolulu (HON), Fort Vancouver (FV) LON listings dates were usually the port of Gravesend but were reported by HBC as London dates. 241
The Hudson Bay Supply Ship Sailings to the Columbia River, 1824 to 1846 (cont) HBC Ship Dep LON Arv COL Dep COL Arv LON Notes Beaver Sep 9 1840 Apr 3 1841 Vancouver (II) Sep 9 1841 Apr 3 1842 Nov 29 1843 Jun 10 1844 2nd trip Cowlitz Sep 23 1843 Mar 24 1844 Dec 18 1845 Jun 27 1846 2nd trip Columbia Sep 10 1842 May 3 1843 Dec 5 1844 May 22 1845 4th trip, via HON Mar 23-26 1843 & Dec 31 - Jan 12 1844 Vancouver (II) Sep 4 1844 Feb 18 1845 Dec 12 1846 Jul 12 1847 wrecked at FV May 48 Columbia Oct 4 1845 Spring 1846 Nov 10 1847 May 22 1848 5th trip, via HON Dec 6-30 1847 Cowlitz Oct 8 1846 Mar 21 1847 Dec 7 1848 May 19 1849 arv/dep Victoria not COL Mary Dare Nov 3 1846 Apr 14 1847 Dec 14 1853 May 27 1854 arv/dep Victoria not COL Sailings from the Columbia River to Honolulu, 1836 to 1848 Ship Dep COL Arv HON Notes HBC Columbia Jul 1 1836 Jul 14 1836 Am. Jos. Peabody (June?) 1836 Jul 29 1836 from COL, Sitka and CA (Jul 15) Am. Loriot Sep 29 1836 Nov 1 1836 HBC Columbia Nov 30 1836 Dec 21 1836 (annual return trip) HBC Lama Jun 18 1837 Jul 8 1837 HBC Lama (Jan 1838?) Jan 24 1838 HBC Nereide Feb 22 1838 Mar 27 1838 HBC Columbia Nov 11 1838 Dec 9 1838 (annual return trip) HBC Lama (Dec) 1838 Jan 13 1839 HBC Nereide Dec 28 1838 Jan 31 1839 HBC Vancouver Jul 9 1839 Jul 24 1839 HBC Vancouver Nov 18 1839 Dec 15 1839 HBC Columbia Jun 3 1840 Jun 24 1840 Am Lausanne Jul 4 1840 Aug 11 1840 dep COL via CA Am Maryland Sep 21 1840 Oct 21 1840 HBC Columbia Nov 29 1840 Jan 2 1841 (annual return trip) HBC Cowlitz (May) 1841 Jun 25 1841 Br Wave (Jun) 1841 Jul 20 1841 HBC Columbia Dec 24 1841 Jan 26 1842 (annual return trip) HBC Cowlitz Dec 1841 / Jan 1842 Feb 11 1842 dep COL via Monterey (Jan) w/ mail HBC Cowlitz Jun / Jul 1842 Aug 3 1842 Am Chenamus Aug / Sep 1842 Oct 6 1842 Am Nerius Sep 1842 Oct 28 1842 242
Sailings from the Columbia River to Honolulu, 1836 to 1848 (cont.) Ship Dep COL Arv HON Notes HBC Cowlitz Nov 16 1842 Dec 7 1842 annual return trip HBC Vancouver Dec 14 1842 Jan 5 1843 Br Diamond Jul / Aug 1843 Sep 16 1843 dep COL via CA Aug 1843 HBC Vancouver Nov 29 1843 Dec 19 1843 Am Pallas Nov 1843 Dec 19 1843 HBC Columbia Jan 1844 Feb 27 1844 Br Brothers Jul 21 1844 Aug 18 1844 dep COL via San Francisco Am Chenamus Aug 2 1844 Aug 26 1844 HBC Columbia Dec 5 1844 Dec 31 1844 Belgian Indefatigable Dec 1844 Jan 4 1845 Am Chenamus Apr 22 1845 May 25 1845 1st direct trade COL-HON-COL HBC Cowlitz Jul 29 1845 Aug 20 1845 Swedish Bull Sep 4 1845 Sep 27 1845 dep COL via Monterey ca Sep 10 Am Chenamus Sep 13 1845 Oct 3 1845 HMS America Sep 20 1845 Oct 20 1845 HBC Cowlitz Dec 18 1845 Jan 27 1846 annual return trip Am Toulon Feb 25 1845 Mar 24 1846 HBC Vancouver Mar 1846 Apr 10 1846 dep COL via San Francisco Mar 15 Am Meteor May 1846 Jun 6 1846 crew mutineed at sea & imprisoned at HON Am Albion May 1846 Jun 6 1846 Am Bengal Jul 1846 Aug 4 1846 NW Coast HBC Vancouver Aug 31 1846 Sep 16 1846 Am Toulon Sep 9 1846 Sep 23 1846 Am Mariposa Sep 11 1846 Oct 7 1846 HBC Vancouver Sep 1846 Oct 12 1846 dep from Puget Sound (Victoria) HBC Columbia Dec 1 1846 Dec 20 1846 dep from Victoria HBC Janet Dec 11 1846 Jan 9 1847 HBC Columbia Apr 1847 May 5 1847 dep COL via San Francisco Apr 17 w/ lumber Am Toulon Apr 1847 May 14 1847 dep COL via San Francisco Apr 23 and Monterey Am Henry Apr 30 1847 May 22 1847 HMS Modeste Jun 12 1847 Jun 27 1847 detained 5 weeks in Baker's Bay before dep HBC Mary Dare Jun 1847 before Jul 3 1847) Am Toulon Jul 16 1847 Jul 29 1847 HBC Columbia Jul 16 1847 Jul 30 1847 HBC Mary Dare Jul 1847 Aug 13 1847 243
Sailings from the Columbia River to Honolulu, 1836 to 1848 (cont.) Ship Dep COL Arv HON Notes Am Brutus Jul 1847 Aug 15 1847 Am Mt Vernon Aug 1847 Sep 6 1847 HBC Mary Dare Nov 2 1847 Nov 23 1847 w/ lumber & salmon HBC Cowlitz Nov 4 1847 Nov 25 1847 HBC Columbia Nov 10 1847 Dec 6 1847 annual return trip, dep from Victoria Am Toulon Nov 25 1847 Dec 15 1847 Br Janet Jan 2 1848 Feb 1 1848 HBC Cowlitz Apr 2 1848 May 6 1848 Am Eveline May 8 1848 May 26 1848 HBC Mary Dare Jun 13 1848 Jul 1 1848 Am Eveline Jul 31 1848 Aug 14 1848 lumber & salmon from COL HBC Columbia Dec 1 1848 Dec 20 1848 dep from Victoria HBC Cowlitz Dec 7 1848 Dec 28 1848 dep from Victoria Sailings from Honolulu to the Columbia River, 1836 to 1848 Ship Dep HON Arv COL Notes HBC Columbia Feb 25 1836 Mar 22 1836 for Astoria HBC Beaver Feb 25 1836 Mar 19 1836 for Astoria Am Joseph Peabody Feb 29 1836 for N.W. coast Am La Grange Apr 11 1836 for N.W. coast Am Convoy Apr 23 1836 for N.W. coast HBC Nereide Jul 21 1836 Aug 26 1836 HBC Columbia Aug 1 1836 for COL Am Loriot Aug 21 1836 for N.W. coast Am Convoy Oct 27 1836 for N.W. coast Am Loriot Nov 24 1836 for COL Am Hamilton Jan 23 1837 for N.W. coast Am Dart Apr 8 1837 for COL HMS Starling Jul 22 1837 for N.W. coast HMS Sulphur Jul 24 1837 for N.W. coast HBC Lama Aug 6 1837 for N.W. coast HBC Lama Feb 19 1838 for N.W. coast HBC Columbia May 4 1838 May 24 1838 HBC Lama Aug 30 1838 for N.W. coast HBC Nereide Mar 6 1839 for COL HBC Vancouver Apr 5 1839 May 3 1839 244
Sailings from Honolulu to the Columbia River, 1836 to 1848 Ship Dep HON Arv COL Notes HMS Sulphur Jun 8 1839 for Sitka and COL Am Thomas Perkins Jun 23 1839 for N.W. coast HBC Vancouver Aug 16 1839 for COL HBC Vancouver Feb 22 1840 Mar 15 1840 for N.W. coast HBC Columbia Feb 22 1840 for COL Am Lausanne April 28 1840 for Astoria HBC Columbia Jul 15 1840 for California and COL Br Forager Aug 31 1840 for N.W. coast Am Thomas Perkins Apr 2 1841 for N.W. coast USS Vincennes Apr 5 1841 Apr 27 1841 USS Porpoise Apr 5 1841 for COL Br Wave Apr 9 1841 for N.W. coast USS Peacock Jun 21 1841 for COL USS Flying Fish Jun 21 1841 for COL HBC Cowlitz Jul 13 1841 for COL via Monterey Br Clementine Oct 5 1841 for N.W. coast HBC Vancouver Mar 14 1842 Apr 3 1842 Am Nerius Mar 16 1842 for COL Am Chenamus Apr 16 1842 for COL HBC Cowlitz Aug 18 1842 for COL HBC Columbia Mar 26 1843 May 3 1843 Am Fama Apr 18 1843 for COL Am Pallas Aug 16 1843 for COL Am Chenamus Apr 2 1844 for COL HBC Columbia Apr 2 1844 for COL Br Brothers May 2 1844 for COL HMS Modeste Jun 11 1844 Jul 17 1844 Am Chenamus Sep 18 1844 for COL Swedish Bull Apr 7 1845 for COL Am Chenamus Jun 12 1845 for COL Am Toulon Aug 23 1845 Oct 18 1845 HBC Cowlitz Sep 11 1845 for COL Am William Nelson Apr 3 1846 for N.W. coast HBC Vancouver May 1 1846 for San Francisco (arv May 26) and COL, mail for Monterey Am Luminary May 12 1846 for N.W. coast 245
Sailings from Honolulu to the Columbia River, 1836 to 1848 Ship Dep HON Arv COL Notes HBC Admiral Moorsom May 20 1846 for COL Am Mariposa Jun 2 1846 for COL Am Toulon Jun 2 1846 for COL Am Toulon Oct 4 1846 Oct 25 1846 HBC Vancouver Oct 13 1846 for COL Am Henry Jan 6 1847 for COL Am Wm Thompson Jan 22 1847 for N.W. coast HBC Columbia Jan 27 1847 for COL HBC Mary Dare May 1 1847 for COL HBC Columbia May 23 1847 for COL Am Toulon May 30 1847 for COL Am Henry Jun 2 1847 for COL Am Mt Vernon Jun 3 1847 for COL Br Jeanette Jun 12 1847 for COL Am Toulon Aug 9 1847 for COL HBC Columbia Aug 14 1847 for COL HBC Mary Dare Aug 22 1847 for Victoria HBC Mary Dare Dec 16 1847 for Victoria HBC Cowlitz Jan 14 1848 Ft Vancouver Haw Mary Ann Feb 24 1848 for Portland, Oregon Br Janet Feb 27 1848 for COL HBC Vancouver Mar 17 1848 Victoria HBC Cowlitz May 28 1848 Ft Vancouver Am Eveline Jun 8 1848 for COL HMS Pandora Jun 15 1848 for Puget Sound HMS Constance Jun 27 1848 for COL HBC Mary Dare Jul 16 1848 for COL Haw Starling Aug 10 1848 for COL Am Eveline Sep 14 1848 for Oregon 246
This list of Hudson's Bay Company sailings to York Factory (YF) and Moose Factory (MF) is included here because mail to England was often carried overland to Hudson's Bay and then to England. The Hudson's Bay Company Round Trip Sailings to Hudson's Bay, 1826-1846 HBC Ship Dep LON Arv YF Dep YF Arv MF Dep MF Arv LON Notes Prince of Wales May 30 '26 Sep 7 '26 Sep 20 '26 Oct 26 '26 Camden May 30 26 Sep 17 26 Sep 17 26 Aug 30 26 Sep 10 26 Oct 16 '26 damaged on return trip, to YF then LON Prince Rupert Jun 2 30 Aug 15 30 Sep 17 30 Oct 29 30 Prince of Wales Jun 2 30 Aug 30 30 Sep 22 30 * Camden Jun 1 31 Aug 25 31 Oct 23/25 31 to Deal from HB Prince Rupert Jun 5 32 Aug 22 32 Sep 21 32 Oct 25 32 Prince of Wales Jun 5 32 Aug 25 32 Sep 20 32 Nov 8/18 32 Prince of Wales Jun 6 33 July 23 33 Aug 12 34 Sep 16 34 Prince Rupert Jun 6 33 Aug 22 33 Aug 31 34 Oct 20 34 * Prince George Jun 4 34 Aug 22 34 Sep 12 34 Oct 21 34 Gandymede Jun 4 34 Aug 25 34 Sep 8 34 to Ft. Chimo Sep 27 34 for winter Prince Rupert Jun 7 35 Aug 23 35 Sep 24 35 Oct 29/31 35 Prince of Wales Jun 7 35 Aug 18 35 Sep 7 35 Oct 15 35 Nonpareil Jun 7 35 Esquimaux Jun 7 35 Sep 24 35 Oct 19 37 ship damaged, wintered at Ft. Churchill Prince Rupert Jun 2 36 Sep 24 36 Oct 5 36 Nov 12 36 Prince of Wales Jun 4 36 Sep 2 36 Sep 18 36 Nov 6 36 Prince Rupert Jun 1 37 Aug 28 37 Sep 16 37 Oct 29/30 37 Prince of Wales Jun 1 37 Aug 27 37 Sep 13 27 Oct 25 37 Prince George Jun 11 37 Oct 24 37 Aurora Jun 15 37 Prince Rupert May 29 38 Aug 28 38 Oct 21 38 Prince Rupert May 29 39 Aug 14 39 Sep 11 39 Oct 16 39 mail entered at Brighton Prince of Wales May 28 39 Aug 22 39 Sep 7 39 Oct 16 39 Notes: The listed arrival dates are mostly dates of arrival at Gravesend. However, mail was off-loaded at Deal (or less frequently at other ports) usually 2 or 3 days prior. This mail reached London in advance of arrival at Gravesend. * didn't get out of Hudson's Bay that winter because of ice 247
The Hudson's Bay Company Round Trip Sailings to Hudson's Bay, 1826-1846 cont.) HBC Ship Dep LON Arv YF Dep YF Arv MF Dep MF Arv LON Notes Prince Rupert Jun 3 40 Aug 9 40 Sep 6 40 Oct 25 40 Prince Albert Jun 1 42 Aug 29 42 Sep 10 42 Oct 28/29 42 Prince Rupert (V) * May 29 44 Aug 11 44 Sep 15 44 Oct 18 44 stopped at Rigolet, Labrador Prince Albert May 29 44 Aug 28 44 Sep 10 44 Oct 14 44 Marten May 15 44 Nov 10 44 Prince Rupert (V) Jun 5 45 Aug 10 45 Sep 11 45 Oct 13 45 Prince Rupert (V) Jun 3 46 Aug 6 46 Sep 19 46 Oct 21 46 Price Albert Jun 5 46 Aug 9 46 Aug 31 46 Oct 4/5 46 * ship Prince Rupert (V) was a new vessel with old name retained, some scources report as Prince Rupert (VI) 248