32:
62:
1377:
1372:
349:
catch up. It showed her with Homes, master, Turner, owner, and trade London–Barbados. She had already sailed for
Barbados on 10 November 1806. She sailed from Portsmouth on 4 January 1807 and arrived at Barbados on 25 February and Jamaica on 11 April. She sailed back in convoy and arrived at Deal on
227:
further gave her build year as 1796. However, another report states that around 1801 a Mr. Bennett commissioned two
Nantucket whale captains, Ransom Jones and Benjamin Swift, to purchase two Danish sloops of war that the British Government was selling. Jones named his ship
331:: Captain Obediah Worth, like Swift also from Nantucket, acquired a letter of marque on 14 September 1804. He sailed from England on 24 December 1804, bound for the Isle of Desolation.
236:, after a son-in-law of Mr. Bennett. The ownership data for her whaling years gives her owners as Brook Watson, or Brook Watson, William Goodall, and John Turner.
1416:
302:
gathered 1300 barrels of black oil that she took back to
England. She was at St Helena on 8 May and arrived back at Gravesend on 12 August 1804. At St Helena
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735:
496:
31:
61:
1421:
695:
354:, Holmes, master, sailed from Deal for Jamaica. On 14 March she sailed from Antigua for Jamaica, where she arrived four days later.
1219:
1063:
1125:
728:
1290:
1073:
132:
1197:
439:
1380:
1376:
1371:
1367:
1213:
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846:
744:
770:
189:
was launched in 1796, probably in
Holland but possibly in Denmark. She became a prize in 1801 and by 1802 was a
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721:
404:
193:
in the
British Southern Whale Fishery. She made two whaling voyages between 1802 and 1806. She then became a
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1041:
935:
925:
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1235:
1135:
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532:
688:
Ships employed in the South Sea Whale
Fishery from Britain: 1775–1815: An alphabetical list of ships
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1401:
1343:
1246:
1177:
1030:
892:
874:
315:
278:
207:
471:
1353:
1312:
1300:
1257:
1155:
1083:
977:
914:
903:
885:
863:
803:
781:
668:
654:
640:
629:
257:: Captain Benjamin Swift sailed from England on 9 November 1802, bound for the South Atlantic.
1225:
1094:
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824:
691:
262:
36:
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1114:
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713:
467:
270:
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792:
311:
266:
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s mate took command and sailed her east of the Cape. By 5 February 1804 she was at the
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underwent small repairs and became a West
Indiaman. Only with the 1809 issue did the
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194:
707:
Report of the
Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Part 10
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85:
277:, where Swift died. At the time there were several other whalers there, including
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in 1802 with B.Swift, master, B.Watson, owner, and trade London–Southern
Fishery.
435:
274:
410:
607:
547:
545:
543:
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414:
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was one of several whalers that joined a convoy consisting of the
143:
717:
421:, of 158 tons (bm), had been launched in 1793 in New Brunswick.
409:
had been wrecked in
December 1801 on the Gunfleet Sands in the
709:. United States Government, U.S. Government Printing Office.
97:
1802:Brook Watson, and/or William Goodall & John Turner
335:
returned on 15 June 1806 with 4000 barrels of black oil.
608:"British Southern Whale Fishery database – Voyages:
368:
had foundered while sailing from Jamaica to London.
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551:
497:"Letter of Marque, p.54 - accessed 25 July 2017"
387:in 1810. There is no SAD data for her in 1808.
729:
630:№4479, Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data.
341:On her return from her second whaling voyage
8:
287:, who helped with the funeral arrangements.
310:that had been under the command of Captain
736:
722:
714:
434:may have been one of the vessels that the
745:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1808
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526:
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396:
17:
1417:Age of Sail merchant ships of England
491:
489:
487:
485:
483:
481:
364:, of Guernsey, on 28 September 1808.
269:resumed in early 1803 and received a
197:and was last listed in 1809 or 1810.
59:
29:
7:
591:(1802), Supple. pages "B", Seq.№B83.
466:. No. 4211. 11 December 1801.
273:on 17 November 1803. She sailed to
14:
1375:
1370:
60:
30:
329:2nd whaling voyage (1804–1804)
255:1st whaling voyage (1802–1804)
173:1804:14 × 6&9-pounder guns
1:
705:Bureau of Fisheries (1884).
440:Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
430:If this report is correct,
232:, and Swift named his ship
110:1802 by purchase of a prize
1438:
1422:Maritime incidents in 1808
552:Bureau of Fisheries (1884)
350:25 August. On 7 December,
325:escorted back to England.
1365:
1289:December (unknown date):
1206:November (unknown date):
845:February (unknown date):
122:
24:
20:
802:January (unknown date):
686:Clayton, Jane M (2014).
176:1809:12 × 9-pounder guns
170:1803:12 × 6-pounder guns
1103:August (unknown date):
123:General characteristics
934:April (unknown date):
771:HM Hired armed cutter
379:is last listed in the
987:June (unknown date):
118:Last listed 1809/1810
967:HM Hired armed ship
534:Register of Shipping
381:Register of Shipping
360:rescued the crew of
347:Register of Shipping
217:Register of Shipping
1221:Gardiner and Joseph
554:, pp. 218–219.
462:"The Marine List".
316:Battle of Pulo Aura
690:. Berforts Group.
536:(1809), Seq.№B490.
509:on 20 October 2016
296:Isle of Desolation
265:on 25 April 1803.
247:first appeared in
223:as a Dutch prize.
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1386:
472:2027/uc1.c2735020
413:off the coast of
263:Cape of Good Hope
182:
181:
37:Batavian Republic
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1120:
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385:Lloyd's Register
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271:letter of marque
208:Lloyd's Register
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64:
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18:
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267:War with France
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339:West Indiaman:
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511:. Retrieved
504:the original
464:Lloyd's List
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432:Brook Watson
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419:Brook Watson
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406:Brook Watson
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261:reached the
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131:501, or 550(
128:Tons burthen
86:Brook Watson
76:Brook Watson
75:
15:
1271:Flying Fish
1199:Lord Nelson
578:, Addendum.
403:An earlier
322:Plantagenet
318:, and that
100:1806:Turner
1402:1796 ships
1396:Categories
1215:Experiment
1209:Amphitrite
1147:Amphitrite
838:Hirondelle
816:Amphitrite
773:Lord Keith
752:Shipwrecks
680:References
513:27 October
436:Royal Navy
275:Delago Bay
219:described
215:) and the
150:Complement
140:Propulsion
1280:HMS
1269:HMS
1258:HMS
1247:HMS
1238:Proselyte
1236:HMS
1167:HMS
1156:HMS
1127:Alexander
1115:HMS
1096:Charlotte
1084:HMS
1053:HMS
1044:Delphinen
1042:HMS
1031:HMS
1020:HMS
999:HMS
978:HMS
969:Harlequin
946:HMS
937:Paramatta
927:Adventure
915:HMS
904:HMS
893:HMS
886:HMS
875:HMS
864:HMS
853:HMS
836:HMS
825:HMS
804:HMS
793:HMS
782:HMS
762:Agincourt
450:Citations
411:North Sea
320:HMS
1352:21 Nov:
1342:17 Oct:
1332:28 Sep:
1292:Nadezhda
1278:23 Dec:
1267:15 Dec:
1256:10 Dec:
1249:Crescent
1196:21 Nov:
1186:13 Nov:
1165:26 Oct:
1154:23 Oct:
1144:21 Oct:
1137:Majestic
1134:20 Oct:
1113:29 Sep:
1093:27 Aug:
1082:25 Aug:
1075:Vsevolod
1072:24 Aug:
1065:Hermione
1062:18 Aug:
1033:Meleager
1029:30 Jul:
1018:27 Jul:
1011:Chiswick
1008:19 Jul:
997:10 Jul:
976:30 Jun:
965:16 Jun:
955:15 Jun:
944:18 May:
924:28 Apr:
913:22 Apr:
902:20 Apr:
895:Milbrook
884:25 Mar:
877:Milbrook
873:24 Mar:
862:23 Mar:
834:23 Feb:
823:15 Feb:
813:12 Feb:
791:31 Jan:
780:24 Jan:
769:15 Jan:
759:14 Jan:
165:Armament
107:Acquired
82:Namesake
52:Captured
44:Launched
1345:Rachael
1260:Jupiter
1245:6 Dec:
1234:5 Dec:
1189:Nikolai
1179:Travers
1176:7 Nov:
1158:Volador
1124:8 Oct:
1086:Centaur
1051:8 Aug:
1040:7 Aug:
980:Capelin
917:Bermuda
906:Widgeon
888:Electra
866:Astraea
806:Delight
784:Carrier
366:Maryann
362:Maryann
314:at the
285:Dolphin
201:Origins
158:1804:30
155:1803:30
25:History
1355:Ceylon
1314:Lively
1302:Aurora
1106:Dundee
1055:Jaseur
1022:Pickle
1001:Netley
827:Raposa
694:
672:№4292.
240:Career
230:Africa
191:whaler
55:c.1802
1227:Glory
1169:Crane
1117:Maria
990:Eliza
948:Rapid
507:(PDF)
500:(PDF)
415:Essex
391:Notes
292:'
280:Cyrus
205:Both
144:Sails
92:Owner
1381:1809
1368:1807
1308:Byam
1282:Fama
958:Hebe
855:Tang
795:Leda
692:ISBN
515:2018
372:Fate
283:and
115:Fate
72:Name
47:1796
468:hdl
1398::
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1305:,
1224:,
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597:^
589:LR
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298:.
249:LR
225:LR
213:LR
133:bm
737:e
730:t
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517:.
474:.
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