Amelia (1795 ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name: Amelia
Owner:
  • 1795:Lushington[1]
  • 1800:Simms,[2] or Sims, or Simes
Builder: France
Launched: 1787
Acquired: 1795 as a prize
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 264,[3] or 266,[4] (bm)
Propulsion: Sail
Armament:
  • 1796:6 × 6-pounder guns[1]
  • 1798:6 x 6-pounder guns + 4 x 18-pounder carronades[4]
  • 1800:12 × 6-pounder guns[2]

Amelia was built in France in 1787. The British captured her in 1793. She became a general trader that made a voyage as a whaler in the South Seas Fishery before returning to trading. She made one voyage as a slave ship. She is last listed in 1806, but the data is stale.

Career

Although the British captured Amelia in 1793, she does not appear in Lloyd's Register until 1795. At that time her master is Whitock, her owner is Lushington, and her trade is London—St Vincent.[1][Note 1]

In late 1795 and early 1796, Amelia sailed as part of Admiral Hugh Cloberry Christian's expedition to the West Indies.[6] After numerous false starts aborted by weather issues, the fleet sailed on 26 April to invade St Lucia, with troops under Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby. St Lucia surrendered to the British on 25 May.[7] The British went on to capture Saint Vincent and Grenada. It is not clear when Amelia returned to Britain.

Lloyd's Register for 1798 shows Amelia' master as Scott, her owner as Lushington, and her trade as South Seas Fishery.[4]

Amelia was at Rio de Janeiro in June 1797 to replenish her food and water.[8] She was reported to have been at the Galapagos in August/September 1798.[3] She returned to England in March 1799.[8]

The Register of Shipping for 1800 reported that W. Scott was still master of Amelia, and that her trade was London—Cape of Good Hope.[9] Lloyd's Register for 1800 shows Amelia's master changing to Higgins, and her owner to Sims.[10] The 1801 volume confirms the changes and now shows Amelia's trade as Liverpool—Africa, something that generally signals a slave trader.[2] Amelia does not appear in a database of Liverpool-based slave traders,[11] but does appear in the one for London-based ones.[12] The database shows Amelia's master as Isaac Higgins, and her owner as John Simms. It does not reveal where she gathered her human cargo, but does report that she delivered them to Jamaica.[12] Amelia left Jamaica for London, but then had to put back because she had become leaky.[13]

Amelia is last listed in Lloyd's Register for 1806, but with data unchanged from 1801.

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Hackman conflates this Amelia with a different Amelia.[5]

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