PS Rising Star

This vessel was ordered in 1818 by Thomas Cochrane (later the tenth Earl of Dundonald) for use as a steam warship in the Chilean revolution, but not until 1820 was she laid down. The wooden hull was built by Daniel Brent, of Rotherhithe. An old print, published in 1821, represents her as a full-rigged ship with three masts, ten gun-ports on each side, and two funnels placed athwartships between the fore and main-mast. No side paddle-wheels or boxes are shown. The description attached to the picture states that the Rising Sun was built “ under the direction of Lord Cochrane upon the principle of navigating either by sails or by steam, the impelling apparatus being placed in the hold and caused to operate through apertures in the bottom of the vessel.” The Rising Star was fitted with twin-cylinder engines of 70 nominal horse-power constructed by Maudslay, Sons and Field, of Lambeth ...... In 1824, she was sold at Valparaiso to Samuel Winter and J. Brittain, of Buenos Aires ; and in 1827, she passed into the ownership of Mr. H. Stewart, of Liverpool. The vessel was wrecked in 1830. The principal dimensions of the Rising Star were : gross register 428 tons; length between perpendiculars 123.6 ft. ; breadth, 27-8 ft.; depth of hold, 6.1 ft. ; and draught, about 5.5 ft

Note: In 1820 H. Maudslay and Co became Maudslay, Son and Field, becoming Maudslay, Sons and Field in 1830/1.

1826 'At LLOYD'S COFFEE-HOUSE, CORNHILL. THIS DAY, the 30th Instant. at half-past Two,
THE Materials of Two STEAM ENGINES, (Boilers excepted) together about Seventy-horse lower, adapted for navigation or other purposes, and fitted by Mawdsley and Co. about six years since, into the Ship Rising Star, in the River Thames ; they now lie at No. 4, warehouse, London Docks. For Particulars, apply WM. WOOLCOMBE, G, Freeman's-court, Cornhill.'

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