Britannia (1794 ship)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | Britannia |
Owner: | |
Builder: | Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet[3] |
Launched: | 27 August 1794[3] |
Captured: | 1798, and recaptured |
Fate: | Lost c.1801 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage: | 384[1][4] (bm) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Brig |
Complement: | 32[4] |
Armament: |
Britannia was launched in 1794 at Northfleet. She made two voyages as an "extra ship" for the British East India Company (EIC). On her second voyage a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her shortly thereafter. She then became a West Indiaman and was lost c.1801.
Career
1st EIC voyage
Captain Thomas Nixon jnr. received a letter of marque for Britannia on 22 August 1795.[4] He left Yarmouth on 20 September 1795, bound for Bengal. She arrived at Calcutta on 22 February 1796. Homeward bound, she was at Culpee on 31 March,[Note 1] and at Saugor on 19 April. She reached St Helena on 22 July, and arrived at The Downs on 15 September.[5]
2nd EIC voyage
Captain James Stewart received a letter of marque on 17 December 1796. He left Britain on 3 January 1797. The French privateer Huron (or Herion) captured Britannia on 22 August 1798 as she returned to Britain.[Note 2] HMS Endymion and Amaranthe were in company when they recaptured her on 27 August at 46°20′N 12°55′W / 46.333°N 12.917°W.[8] They took her into Cork.[9] She reached home on 8 October.
Subsequent career
In 1799 Timperon purchased Britannia. Captain J. Mann replaced Stewart and her trade became London-Grenada.[10] She was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1804, but the Register of Shipping for 1801 has the notation "LOST".[11] Lloyd's List for 25 September 1801 reported that Britannia, from Jamaica to London, was lost at Old Harbour.[12]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
- ↑ Culpee (or Coulpy or Kulpi) was an anchorage towards Calcutta, and just below Diamond Harbour.
- ↑ The privateer may have been Huron, named for the Wyandot people, who were allies of the French against the British in North America. A possible candidate is Huron, of Bordeaux, probably commissioned in 1793, 300 tons (French; of load), 18 to 20 guns, with 9 officers and between 112 to 180 men. She was under Captain Pierre Destebetcho in 1793 (dates not clear), Captain Harismedy circa late 1797-1798, Destebetcho (first name not clear) from July 1798 to 1799, and Captain Saint Guiron from 1799 in Bordeaux to May 1800 in Mauritius.[6] HMS Magicienne captured Huron circa January 1801 in the Channel as Huron was returning from Mauritius.[7]
Citations
- 1 2 Lloyd's Register (1796), Seq. №B351.
- 1 2 Lloyd's Register Seq. №B289.
- 1 2 Hackman (2001), p.225.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Letter of Marque, p.54 - accessed 25 July 2017.
- ↑ British Library: Britannia (6).
- ↑ Demerliac (2004), №2338, p.266.
- ↑ "No. 15333". The London Gazette. 31 January 1801. pp. 140–141.
- ↑ "No. 15143". The London Gazette. 4 June 1799. p. 557.
- ↑ Lloyd's List №3029.
- ↑ Lloyd's Resister (1799), Seq. №B264.
- ↑ Register of Shipping (1801), Seq. №B375.
- ↑ Lloyd's List №4189.
References
- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7