Sylvan (1800 ship)

Sylvan first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1800.^[2]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1800	W.Ostell	A.Hood	London–Antigua	Lloyd's Register
1805	W.Ostell	A.Hood	London–Antigua	Lloyd's Register
1810	W.Ostell	A.Hood	London–Bermuda	Lloyd's Register
1815	Wright	Smith	London coaster	Register of Shipping
1825	J.Noble	Snowdon	Plymouth–Quebec	Lloyd's Register; large repair 1823

On 22 December 1824 a gale drove Sylvan ashore between Hartlepool and Sunderland.^[3]

Sinking of Queen Charlotte: On 27 October 1827 the smack Queen Charlotte, Nicholson, master, was sailing from Leith to London with passengers and cargo when Silvia/Sylvan, of Shields, ran into her off Lowestoffe and cut her in half. Nicholson barely had time to get his crew and passengers aboard Silvia before Queen Charlotte sank without a trace.^[4]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1827	Bell	Snowdon	Hull–Shields	Lloyd's Register
1830	W.Gilham	J.H.Palmer	Yarmouth–Dantzig	Lloyd's Register; repairs 1823 & damages repaired 1829

On 23 July 1831 Silvan, Gilham, master, delivered 62 settlers from Yarmouth to Quebec.^[5]

On 4 June 1832 Sylvan, Gilham, master, arrived at Quebec with 16 immigrants that she had brought from Yarmouth.^[6] She had sailed on 12 April.

Sylvan, Stephenson, master, of North Shields, was wrecked on 29 March 1834 in the Kattegat. She was carrying coals, grindstones, coal tar, etc. from Newcastle upon Tyne to Wismar. A heavy gale had driven her ashore on an island. At daylight some fishermen discovered her and succeeded in getting a rope from her mast to the shore. Shortly after her crew were hauled ashore she went to pieces.^[7][8]