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'''''Prince of Saxe Coburg''''' (or ''Prince Saxe Coburg'') was launched at Cowes in 1803 or so under another name. She acquired the name ''Prince of Saxe Coburg'' in 1816. She then sailed to the eastern Atlantic. Her owners decided in 1826 to send her on a [[seal hunting]] voyage to the [[South Shetland Islands]]. She was wrecked at [[Tierra del Fuego]] in December.

==Career==
''Prince of Saxe Coburg'' first appeared in ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' (''LR'') in 1816.<ref name=LR1816>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005689511?urlappend=%3Bseq=703 ''LR'' (1816), Suppl. pages "P", Seq.No.P39.]</ref> Original research may be required to determine her earlier name or names.

 
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! Year
! Master
! Owner
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| 1816
| Jn.Ladd
| Underwood
| London–Rotterdam
| ''LR''
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| 1819
| J.Ladd<br />Smith
| Underwood<br />Pirie & Co.
| London–Rotterdam<br />London–Madeira
| ''LR''
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| 1822
| G.Smith<br />Tremayne
| Pirie & Co.
| London–Madeira
| ''LR''; small repairs 1822, & "No Hemp"
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| 1826
| Tremayne<br />Carss
| Pirie & Co.
| Plymouth–Gibraltar
| ''LR''; almost rebuilt 1823 & damages repaired 1824
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| 1827
| Carss
| Pirie & Co.
| London–[[Cape of Good Hope|CGH]]
| ''LR''; almost rebuilt 1823 & damages repaired 1824
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Pirie & Co. appointed Matthew Brisbane captain of ''Prince of Saxe Coburg'' on 16 June 1826.<ref name=DFB/>{{sfnp|Jones|1992|p=112}} Brisbane had returned in April from the third of three voyages to the South Shetland Islands in {{ship||Beaufoy|1803 ship|2}}. Pirie & Co. outfitted ''Prince of Saxe Coburg'' for a sealing voyage to the South Shetlands.<ref name=DFB/> Having come from London, on 20 July she sailed from [[Boa Vista, Cape Verde|Bona Vista]], Cape Verde for the South Shetlands.

==Fate==
While off the South Shetlands ''Prince of Saxe Coburg'' encountered bad weather and pack-ice. Brisbane sailed to Tierra del Fuego to effect repairs. On 16 December 1826, as she was at anchor in [[Cockburn Channel]], violent [[williwaw]]s (cold blasts of wind) drove her ashore and wrecked her.<ref name=DFB/> All 21 crew members survived, and were able to rescue three boats and provisions.<ref name=DFB/>

The men established a camp. In subsequent weeks one man died and an accidental explosion of a casks of gunpowder severely injured another. Three crew members became mutinous and were exiled to three separate islands with a week's provisions each. Eventually Brisbane permitted seven crew members to take the largest boat. These men survived and joined a Buenos Aires squadron operating against Brazil. Brisbane sent the other two boats out to scout for possible rescuers. On 3 March 1827, one boat encountered {{HMS|Beagle}}, under the command of Captain [[Pringle Stokes]], who sent two launches 80 miles through the Barbara Channel to rescue Brisbane and the remaining survivors from ''Prince of Saxe Coburg''.<ref name=DFB>[https://www.falklandsbiographies.org/biographies/brisbane_matthew Dictionary of Falklands Biography – Brisbane, Matthew (1797–1833). Retrieved 1 September 2021.]</ref>

==Citations==
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==References==
* {{cite book|last=Jones |first=A.E.G. |title=Polar Portraits: Collected Papers |year=1992|publisher=Caedmon of Whitby}}

[[Category:1803 ships]]
[[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships of England]]
[[Category:Sealing ships]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in December 1826]]