Sydenham Teast

Sydenham Teast was a shipbuilder and shipowner based in Bristol, England, during the 18th and 19th centuries. Amongst Teast's businesses was whaling, and an ivory and wood trade between England and Africa. [Inikori, Joseph E (2002). "Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England" Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052-10107-99 p245] He constructed Redcliffe Parade in the 1770s, and was also involved in the slave trade, refitting the slaver "Hector" in 1776.

Teast built two drydocks at Wapping on the Avon in 1755, and a further two at Canon's Marsh on the mouth of the River Frome in 1790. [Farr, Graeme (1971). "Bristol Shipbuilding in the 19th Century" Bristol Branch of the Historical Association.] On 9 September 1782, the company launched the "Hermione" a fifth-rate 32-gun frigate, the only warship built by the yard.

Ships built by Teast's in Bristol include: [Damer Powell, John William Cdr (1930). "Bristol Privateers and Ships of War" JW Arrowsmith.]
* "Lion" (1744). 220 ton, 32-gun privateer.
* "Hermione" (1782). 716 ton, 32-gun fifth-rate frigate.

Teast's Docks lasted until 1832 at Canon's Marsh, and 1841 at Wapping, where the housing and flats of Merchant's Wharf now occupy the site.

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