Lively (1796 ship)

History
France
Name: Abeille
Namesake: The bee
Launched: 1787
Captured: 1795
United Kingdom
Name: Lively
Owner:
  • 1798:A. Dixon
  • 1798-loss:Daniel Bennett
Acquired: 1796 by purchase of a prize
Fate: Wrecked c.1808
General characteristics [1]
Type: Ship
Tons burthen: 240,[2] or 241[3][4] (bm)
Length: 88 ft 10 in (27.1 m) (overall)
Beam: 25 ft 9 in (7.8 m)
Draught: 14 ft 0 in (4.3 m) (laden)
Armament:
  • 1800: 10 × 9-pounder guns
  • 1804: 10 x 4-pounder guns[2]

Lively was launched in France in 1787 as Abeille. HMS Hebe captured her in 1795. A. Dixon purchased her, and Daniel Bennett purchased her from Dixon in 1798. He then employed her as whaler on some seven voyages. She was lost c.1810 on her eighth voyage.

Capture

On 3 July 1795 HMS Melampus and HMS Hebe intercepted a convoy of 13 vessels off St Malo. Melampus captured an armed brig and Hebe captured six merchant vessels: Maria Louisa, Abeille. Bon Foi, Patrouille, Eleonore, and Pecheur. The brig of war was armed with four 24-pounders and had a crew of 60 men. Later she was identified as the 4-gun Vésuve. The Royal Navy took Vésuve into service as HMS Vesuve. The convoy had been on its way from Île-de-Bréhat to Brest.[5] British casualties amounted to two men killed and 17 wounded.[1] Seaflower, Daphne, and the cutter Sprightly shared in the prize and head money.[6]

Lively

The High Court of Admiralty condemned Abeille on 9 January 1796.[1] A. Dixon purchased her and renamed her Lively, but there is no record of his having utilized her. Daniel Bennett purchased her from Dixon in 1798. She underwent a great repair and he then employed her as whaler on some eight voyages.

Voyage 1: Lively, Magnus Smith, master, returned on 17 May 1799 from South Georgia.[4]
Voyage 2: In March 1800. Lively, Magnus Smith, master, returned from South Georgia.[4]
Voyage 3: Captain Magnus Smith sailed Lively on 25 April 1800 and returned on 6 February 1801.
Voyage 4: Captain Magnus Smith sailed Lively on 31 March 1801 and returned on 21 February 1802.[4]
Voyage 5; Lively, Shubael Moore, master, left Britain on 9 April 1803.[4] She was reported at Delagoa Bay in 1804. In mid-1804, HMS Courageaux escorted a convoy from St Helena back to Britain. The convoy consisted of the East Indiamen City of London, Ceylon, Calcutta, and Wyndham, two vessels from the South Seas, Lively and Vulture, and the ship Rolla, which had transported convicts to New South Wales.[7] On the way the convoy ran into severe weather with the result that Prince of Wales, which had also left St Helena with the rest, foundered with the loss of all on board; this had been her maiden voyage.[8][7] Lively arrived back in Britain on 14 October 1804 with Keaston, master.[4]
Voyage 6: Lively left Britain on 3 December 1804 with Joseph Whiteus (also Whittens, Withers, Whitess, or Whitehouse), master. She was reported to have arrived at St Helena on 17 January 1806. She returned to Britain on 15 September 1806.[4]
Voyage 7: Lively sailed on 19 November 1806 in company with Duke of Portland and Ranger. It is not clear who her master was. Lloyd's Register still carried Whiteus/Whitehouse as master, but as she was lost on this voyage and he went on to sail other vessels, she almost certainly had a different master.

Loss

Lively was lost with all hands and so there was no report of when and where she was lost. A wreck discovered at Rowley Shoals at 16°20′S 119°35′E / 16.333°S 119.583°E / -16.333; 119.583 is believed to be her.[1]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Henderson (2007), pp.96-99.
  2. 1 2 Lloyd's Register (1806), Seq. №L316.
  3. ↑ Clayton (2014), pp.160-161.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 University of Hull - British Southern Whale Fishery - Voyages: Lively.
  5. ↑ "No. 13794". The London Gazette. 7 July 1795. p. 721.
  6. ↑ "No. 13957". The London Gazette. 3 December 1796. p. 1174.
  7. 1 2 The Times, 12 October 1804.
  8. ↑ British Library: Prince of Wales (8).

References

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