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{{other ships|Belle Alliance (ship)}}
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| name = ''Belle Alliance''
| nickname=''The Bell of Lions''{{efn|In recollections of a voyage c.1823.{{sfnp|Doveton|1845|pp=321–329}}}}
| namesake = [[La Belle Alliance]]
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| builder = James Macrae, Chittagong{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=253}}
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'''''Belle Alliance''''' was launched at Chittagong in 1817. She moved her registry to England. In 1820 she carried settlers to South Africa. She then traded with India initially under a license from the British [[East India Company]], which trade continued after the company's demise. In 1847 she carried emigrants to Adelaide, South Australia. She was last listed in 1854.

==Career==
In 1819 ''Belle Alliance'' appeared on the registry at [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] with William Rolfe, master, and Alexander & Co., owners.<ref name=EIRD/>

On 12 February 1820 Captain Rolfe sailed from London with 307 settlers bound for South Africa under the auspices of the British government's [[1820 Settlers]] scheme. ''Belle Alliance'' arrived at [[Table Bay]] on 2 May and shortly thereafter arrived at [[Algoa Bay]], Elizabethtown.<ref>[https://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/settlershowship.php?ship=La%20Belle%20Alliance 1820 British Settlers to South Africa: ''La Belle Alliance''.]</ref>

{{see also|Transport vessels of the 1820 British settlers to South Africa}}

On 28 December 1821 a gale at Portsmouth drove ''Belle Alliance'', Rolfe, master, out to sea. She had to cut away one anchor and broke the stock on the other. She was on her way to India.<ref>''[[Lloyd's List]]'' [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735032?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 1 January 1822, №5658.]</ref> By 23 January she was at [[Santiago, Cape Verde]]; she reached [[Chennai|Madras]] prior to 11 May.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Master
! Owner
! Trade
! Source & notes
|-
| 1825
| W. Rolfe
| Rolfe & Co.
| London–Calcutta
| ''LR''
|-
| 1830
| H. Hunter
| Hunter
| London–Calcutta
| ''LR''
|-
| 1830
| Hunter
| Captain & Co.
| London–India
| ''RS''
|-
| 1835
| C. Arkcoll
|
|
| ''LR''
|-
|}

On 13 November 1840 ''Belle Alliance'' arrived at [[Saint Helena]]. Two days later her passengers and crew joined the procession that carried [[Napoleon]]'s body from his grave to the wharf where it was to the [[French frigate Belle Poule (1834)|frigate ''Belle Poule'']] was to convey it to France to be reburied. The crew of ''Belle Alliance'' wore ribbons around their hats with in letters of gold "La Belle Alliance".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Extract from a Narrative of the Disinterment of Napoleon Bonaparle at St. Helena on October 15, 1840 |url=https://academic.oup.com/nq/article-abstract/s3-IX/235/525/4477678 |journal=Notes and Queries |volume=s3-X |issue=235 |pages=525–528 [528] |doi=10.1093/nq/s3-IX.235.525|doi-broken-date=11 July 2025 }}</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! Year
! Master
! Owner
! Trade
! Source & notes
|-
| 1840
| C. Arkoll<br />Price
| Farncomb<br />[[Joseph Somes|J.Somes]]
| London–Madras<br />London Transport
| ''LR''; small repairs 1836 & 1837
|-
|}

On 26 February 1841 ''Belle Alliance'' left England with provisions and stores that she was carrying to China. She remained there until her discharge on 30 November.<ref>[http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/transports1839-46.shtml "The Ships List": Transports From Great Britain, 1839-1846.]</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! Year
! Master
! Owner
! Trade
! Source & notes
|-
| 1845
| West
| J. Somes
| London–Gibraltar
| ''LR''
|-
|}

On 28 February 1847 ''Belle Alliance'', Abraham Van Der Vord, master, left London with settlers for South Australia. She stopped at Plymouth on 8 March. Near Madeira she encountered a gale that carried away her main top mast. She returned to Plymouth and after affecting repairs sailed again on 4 April. She arrived at [[Adelaide]] on 30 June with 291 emigrants. Port-to-port the voyage had taken 88 days, a remarkably fast transit.<ref name=SA/>

Then on 6 July she ran aground at Adelaide.<ref name=SA060747>{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71608718 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The South Australian |location=Adelaide |date=6 July 1847 |page=3 }}</ref>

''Belle Alliance'' sailed on 16 August for Singapore, in ballast.<ref name=SA/>

{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! Year
! Master
! Owner
! Trade
! Source & notes
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| 1850
| D. Stephens
| J.&F. Somes
| London–Calcutta
| ''LR''; small repairs 1848
|-
| 1854
| G. Bawdens
| Somes, brothers
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| ''LR''
|-
|}

==Notes==
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==Citations==
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==References==
* {{cite magazine |last1=Doveton |first1=F. B. |year=1845 |title=Souvenirs of a Voyage to India |magazine=Fisher's Colonial Magazine |volume=2 |issue=17 |pages=321–329}}
* {{cite book |last1=Hackman |first1=Rowan |year=2001 |title=Ships of the East India Company |location=Gravesend, Kent |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=0-905617-96-7}}
* {{cite book|last1=Phipps|first1=John |year=1840|title=A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ...|publisher=Scott}}

[[Category:1817 ships]]
[[Category:British ships built in India]]
[[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships of England]]
[[Category:Ships of the 1820 settlers]]
[[Category:Migrant ships to Australia]]

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