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,[2] and in the Register of Shipping for 1802.[1] 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.[3] 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.[4]
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
- ^ a b c Register of Shipping (1802), Seq. №A50.
- ^ a b c Lloyd's Register (1801), Supple. Seq. №AA3.
- ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.47 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ a b Clayton (2014), p. 49.
- ^ a b British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: Active.
- ^ Naval chronicle, Vol. 8, p.254.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4434. 9 March 1804. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005721504.
- ^ 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.
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