Engineering:Active (1801 whaler)
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| General characteristics | |
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| Tons burthen: | 400,[1] or 419,[2] or 420,[1][3] or 430[4] (bm) |
| Length: | 116 ft 0 in (35.4 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 35[2] |
| Armament: | 16 × 6&4-pounder guns[2] |
| Notes: | Two decks and three masts |
Active was a French ship that came into British hands in 1800 as a prize. William Bennet purchased her and named her Active. He employed her as a whaler and she was lost in January 1803 at the start of her second whaling voyage.
Career
Active was first listed in Lloyd's Register in 1801,[1] and in the Register of Shipping for 1802.[4] Both show her master as Jn. Dunn, her owner as Bennett, and her trade as London to the South Seas Fishery.
Captain John Dunn acquired a letter of marque on 16 May 1801.[2] On 22 May Captain John A. Dunn sailed from England on a whaling voyage. He returned on 7 September 1802,[5] having sailed from Saint Helena on 11 July, bound for England.[6] She was valued at £9,000 in 1802.[3]
Captain Lewis (or Louis) Blair sailed Active from England on 27 October 1802.[5]
Fate
Active, Blair, master, was lost in January 1803 at the Island of Desolation.[7] The Register of Shipping for 1804 still carried her with Blair as master.[8]
In April 1804 Captain Blair acquired a letter of marque for the 1804 Active.
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lloyd's Register (1801), Supple. Seq. №AA3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Letter of Marque, p.47 - accessed 25 July 2017.". http://www.1812privateers.org/Great%20Britain/marque1793-1815.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Clayton (2014), p. 49.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register of Shipping (1802), Seq. №A50.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: Active.
- ↑ Naval chronicle, Vol. 8, p.254.
- ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4434). 9 March 1804.
- ↑ Register of Shipping (1804), Seq.№52.
References
- Clayton, J.M. (2014). Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815: An alphabetical list of ships. Jane M. Clayton. ISBN 978-1-908616-52-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=tzMzAwAAQBAJ.
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